Austrians And Danes Win Rain Duel In Rostock

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Austrians And Danes Win Rain Duel In Rostock
Austrians And Danes Win Rain Duel In Rostock

Video: Austrians And Danes Win Rain Duel In Rostock

Video: Austrians And Danes Win Rain Duel In Rostock
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Hagara / Steinacher

The Tornado Olympic champions Roman Hagar and Hans-Peter Steinacher from Austria won the Volvo Champions Race in the Rostock city harbor in ten races and won prize money of 3,000 euros.

In the last race in the "sailing arena" on the Warnow, a fourth place was enough for the gold medalists to win the second tour stop of the three-part Volvo Champions Race series.

In the 49er class, the Danes Peter and Sören Hansen prevailed in eleven races and also collected 3000 euros. In the overall standings of the Volvo Champions Race, Hagara / Steinacher and Hansen / Hansen are now in the lead in the respective Olympic classes after two stages.

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Hansen / Hansen

Squalls and torrential rains had created difficult conditions for the sailors on the final day in the Rostock city harbor. One of the favorites in the tornado field - the Australian Darren Bundock and his crew member Glen Ashby - could no longer compete for the last race because the Kiel crew Johannes Polgar / Carsten Happel rammed the four-time world champions in a barrel maneuver and the Bundock boat was no longer ready to sail. Since the German sailors disregarded Bundock's right of way, the Australian duo were compensated (mean of all races sailed). Despite the mishap, Bundock / Ashby are tied with Hagara / Steinacher at the top of the Volvo Champions Race in the overall standings.

The German Olympic candidates in the Tornado, Roland Gäbler / Gunnar Struckmann (Tinglev / Kiel) could not improve any further despite two second places in the eighth and ninth races and finished the Volvo Champions Race with fifth place ahead of their German rivals Polgar / Happel. The Olympic candidates in 49ers, Marcus Baur / Max Groy (Kiel / Fleckeby) started a successful race to catch up on the Warnow and finished fourth in Rostock the day before. In the overall ranking, the two top German sailors are in second place behind the Danish Hansen duo.

The Volvo Champions Race sailing event in Rostock's city harbor was attended by a total of 19,000 spectators. Despite the bad weather - especially on Saturday, 7,000 spectators flocked to the quay walls to watch the tornadoes and the 49ers. The third stage of the Volvo Champions Race will take place from September 24th to 26th in Travemünde.

One of the surprises on Sunday was the visit of Dai Zhiqiang, Senior Specialist of the Sailing Committee of the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008. The organizing committee member watched the races of the tornadoes and 49ers and was also a guest at the award ceremony. There are hardly any tornado and 49er sailors in Chin, and the experience with the two fastest Olympic classes is not very great. Dai Zhiqiang took the opportunity to gather impressions at the Volvo Champions Race and deepened an exchange with Thomas Hanel (Volvo) and Dirk Neumann (ForSail Projects) about the requirements and special features of the two classes and the media implementation of the topic of sailing.

Thomas Hanel, member of the executive board of Volvo Car Germany GmbH and responsible for the Volvo Champions Race, drew a positive balance: "The good attendance despite the not exactly happy weather conditions and the live TV broadcasts show that we are with the Volvo Champions Race on the The right way are. This form of sailing is viewer-friendly, attractive and exciting. Many sailors have also confirmed to us here in Rostock: This is what the future of sailing looks like."

Results:

Tornado, final result after 10 races:1. Roman Hagara / Hans-Peter Steinacher (Austria), 23 points;2. Darren Bundock / Glen Ashby (Australia), 24.4 points;3. Diogo Cayolla / Nuno Barreto (Portugal), 30 points;4. Peder and Sören Ronholt (Denmark), 30 points;5. Roland Gäbler / Gunnar Struckmann (Tinglev / Kiel), 33 points;6. Johannes Polgar / Carsten Happel (Kiel), 41 points;8. Helge and Christian Sach (Zarnekau), 47 points;15. Ingo and AnnKöhn (Schwerin) 125 points

49er, final result after eleven races:

1. Peter and Sören Hansen (Denmark), 30 points; 2. Marcus Baur / Max Groy (Kiel / Fleckeby), 31 points;3. Michael Hestbek / Dennis Dengsoe Andersen (Denmark), 32 points;4. Marcin Czajkowski / Krzystof Kierkowski (Poland) 33 points;5. Jan-Peter and Hannes Peckolt (Hamburg / Kiel), 35 points;6. Pawel Kacprowski / Pawel Kuzmicki (Poland), 43 points;9. Ronald Rensch / Torsten Haverland (Schwerin), 67 points

Intermediate result of the Volvo Champions Race after 2 of 3 stations:

Tornado:

1. Roman Hagara / Hans-Peter Steinacher (Austria), 3 points; 2. Darren Bundock / Will Howden (Australia), 3 points;3. Diogo Cayolla / Nuno Barreto 8 points;4. Roland Gäbler / Gunnar Struckmann (Tinglev / Kiel) 8 points;5. Peder Ronholt / Sören Jörgensen (Denmark) 10 points;6. Johannes Polgar / Carsten Happel (Kiel), 10 points

49er:

1. Peter Hansen / Sören Hansen (Denmark), 4 points; 2. Marcus Baur / Max Groy (Kiel / Fleckeby), 4 points;3. Jan-Peter and Hannes Peckolt (Hamburg / Kiel), 6 points;4. Michael Hestbek / Dennis Dengsoe, (Denmark), 10 points;5. Pawel Kacprowski / Pawel Kuzmicki (Poland), 11 points;6. Marcin Czajkowski / Krzystof Kierkowski (Poland)

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