The race is consolidated as a reference meeting in Europe with 316 participants

The OptiOrange Valencia 2019 has ended this afternoon after a very exciting day in which the provisional classifications have changed completely. The Latvian Martin Atilla, of Team Rene Racing has been proclaimed champion in the male category after a great performance in the three final series tests.

The Majorcan Maria Perelló, of the CN S'Arenal has shown a great consistency that has made it rise with the female gold and the second general square. His club partner Nicola Sadler has also signed a regular performance that has given him the third and second general square of the female podium.

Spain has been the country that has achieved the best overall results, and has stood with the Cup of Nations, with the first ten seats on the table, with the exception of the winner, occupied by national regatists.

09 / 03 / 2019: The "small army" dominates the Valencian OptiOrange of the Optimist class

Tomorrow the fleet will fight the final series in Valencian waters

The regatta base of the Real Club Náutico de Valencia today lived a great international regatta atmosphere with the second day of the OptiOrange Valencia, which this week brings together 316 children's athletes from 15 different countries, who are among the best of their respective national rankings. The test, which is organized by the Royal Nautical Club of Valencia and the Saint Petersburg Yacht Club, is intended to be a claim to turn the Valencian club into a winter training base for the countries of northern Europe.

The Spanish contingent has demonstrated its power in the three tests held today in what has been a magnificent day of competition, with wind that has started blowing from the south to roll and then set in the southeast with an intensity that has passed from the 7 knots of the beginning of the day to the 12 - 15 knots in the afternoon.

With a first, a third and a sixteenth since it has been discarded, the canary Jaime Ayarza remains at the head of the table, followed by the torreviejense Antonio López and also the canary Javier Ojeda, only one point behind, which augurs a hard struggle by title in the final series of tomorrow Sunday. The Latvian Martín Atilla has also signed a good performance today, going up to a threatening fourth general post and with the current world champion of Optimist in the female category, María Perelló, in the fifth position.

08 / 03 / 2019: Ayarza (Canarias), López (Alicante) and Ameneiro (Galicia) dominate the OptiOrange of Valencia

More than 330 regatists from 15 different countries measure forces in the waters of the Royal Nautical Club of Valencia

First day of the OptiOrange Valencia 2019, an international race of class Optimist organized jointly by the Royal Nautical Club of Valencia and the Saint Petersburg Yacht Club.

After the training race held yesterday, today the qualifying series began, with the first three tests, for which the fleet has been divided into four groups. The three sleeves have been held with soft wind, which has started blowing from the southeast with an intensity of 5 to 6 knots, and have rolled to the south and increased to reach 9 knots throughout the day.

The Spanish fleet has shown its highest level in the inaugural day of the OptiOrange Valencia, which has ended with 9 Spaniards in the top ten of the race. The regatist of the RCNG Canaria Jaime Ayarza has not given truce in the, awarding three victories in the three trials held, and being the leader of the general table, followed by Antonio López, of the RCN Torrevieja, who has achieved a second and two first positions. For its part, Bruno Ameneiro of the RCN Sanxenxo has left first in the first and third manga and made a fifth in the second, taking the third position in the provisional table.

With two first posts and a sixth square, the canary Javier Ojeda has shown that he is one of the rivals to take very seriously, as well as the Lithuanian Martin Atilla, the only international among the first ten classified, which comes from taking the victory for the second consecutive year in the Palamós Optimist Trophy, the second largest race in the world, and from taking the second general square of the Excellent Cup.

Tomorrow the groups will mix again according to today's results to fight up to three more tests of the qualifying series, and on Sunday, depending on the results, the athletes will be divided into three groups, Gold, Silver and Bronze, to compete in the final series.

06 / 03 / 2019: 330 optimists from several countries in the OptiOrange organized by Valencia and S.Petesburg

The test, conceived as a joint preparation for Russian and Spanish regatists, has acquired an international dimension and a great success of call, which has led to the number of registered in this second edition having quadrupled that of 2018.

The Royal Nautical Club of Valencia and the Saint Petersburg Yacht Club celebrate this weekend the second edition of the international race OptiOrange, one of the most important tests of Optimist in Europe, which brings this edition to more than 330 top-level athletes.

The numerous national fleet is led by the Optimist World Champion, the Majorcan Maria Perelló Mora of the CN S'Arenal, and the subchampion of Europe David Santacabu of Tenerife. Another of the athletes to be closely followed is Miguel Campos, the current leader of the Excellence Cup.

Belgium will be represented by almost the full team that took part in the European and World championships, while the Irish fleet is composed of the first five of the national ranking. The Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Poland, Italy and Switzerland also participate, with powerful teams and, of course, Russia, with 46 regatists, the second largest fleet of the competition, in which Kirill Shunenkov, with two national titles, and Nikita Chernykh who took bronze at the last Russian Championship, stands out.

Among the smaller teams in number is Latvia, with two participants, one of whom Martin Atilla has just proclaimed himself a winner in Palamós in front of more than 500 competitors and is the second ranked of the Excellence Cup. Bermuda comes with four representatives, including the national leader, Christian Ebbin, who was the winner of the United Kingdom National Championship in 2018, and Ukraine participates with Maria Leonchuk, daughter of the Olympic Georgiy Leonchuk who achieved silver in class 49er in Athens.

The competition will begin on Friday, March 8, and will end on Sunday, with a maximum of 8 scheduled tests... the fleet will be divided into four groups to first dispute a series of classifications and, later, a series of final series, to which the conclusion will be held the delivery of trophies... also, during the days before the test, the prestigious Belgian preacher Pieter Van den Bossche is giving children a clinic and training for the race.