"Alinghi" proclaims GC32 Racing Tour 2019 champion in Oman
"Alinghi" proclaims GC32 Racing Tour 2019 champion in Oman
The Swiss team won the title 2019 of the GC32 Racing Tour after achieving a strong victory at the GC32 Oman Cup, the fifth and final test of the GC32 flying catamaran circuit. Alinghi thus initiates an impeccable season, adding the absolute title to the GC32 world champion achieved last June in Portuguese waters, in Lagos
The fleet of the GC32 Racing Tour 2019 reached the last date of the season with an exciting tie in front of the provisional. The title would be decided to a single letter in the waters of Oman between the Alinghi patrolling by Arnaud Psarofaghis and the Oman Air patrolling by Adam Minoprio, who fought for victory as a local team. Whoever was left ahead in the classification of the event would take glory.
After three days of competition and 14 partial in the locker of all the teams, the final day was dramatic. The forecast of hard wind and excessive waves for the competition over foils forced the regatta director Stuart Childerley to advance the first departure of the day from 13: 00 scheduled at 10: 00, although conditions would not allow the hostilities to begin until an hour later.
Alinghi reached a five-point advantage over his immediate pursuit, Erik Maris' Zoulou, with Oman Air at ten points, a considerable but mathematically save distance for the Omani team. Thus the classification in Oman was:
| Pos | Equipment | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | R12 | R13 | R14 | R15 | R16 | R17 | Tot |
| 1 | Alinghi | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 37 |
| 2 | Zoulou | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 46.1 |
| 3 | Red Bull Sailing Team | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 54 |
| 4 | Oman Air | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 60 |
| 5 | Black Star Sailing Team | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 68 |
| 6 | Argo | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 107 |
The final general was thus:
| Pos | Equipment | Villaimius | Lakes | Palma | Riva | Massage | Total |
| 1 | Alinghi | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | Oman Air | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | Red Bull | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | Zoulou | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 |
| 5 | Argo | 5 | 3 | DNC / 7 | 5 | 6 | 26 |
| 6 | Black Star | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 28 |
06 / 11 / 2019: Oman last stop of the GC32 Racing Tour 2019
The current GC32 world champion, Swiss Alinghi, seeks to complete the season with the absolute title
The Omani town of Mascate-Muscat is home to the GC32 Oman Cup, the fifth and final punctuable test for the GC32 Racing Tour 2019. The emotion is maximum in the fight for the title between the local Oman Air and the Swiss Alinghi, tied to points at the front of the provisional.
Behind the dramatic duel between the candidates for the absolute crown, four points separate the French Zoulou and the Austrian Red Bull Sailing Team in the fight for the third square and three to the American Argo and the Swiss Black Star Sailing Team for the fifth. The Spanish Manu Weiller will compete as a tactic of Argo.
The competition starts tomorrow, Wednesday, with first test scheduled for 13: 00 (local time, 16: 00 in Peninsular Spain). The event will take place until next Saturday, when the identity of the GC32 Racing Tour 2019 champion will be unveiled.
22-26 May: GC32 Villaimius Cup / Villaimius, Sardinia, Italy
26-30 June: GC32 World Championship / Lagos, Portugal
July 31 - August 4: 38 Copa del Rey / Palma de Mallorca, Spain
11-15 September: GC32 Riva Cup / Riva del Garda, Italy
6-10 November: GC32 Muscat Cup / Massage, Oman
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