The award-giving event ended the 51st edition of the Princess Sofia Mallorca Trophy, the first notable test for the world Olympic sailing circuit Hempel World Cup Series 2022. More than a thousand regatists of 62 nationalities competed for the first great meeting of Olympic classes from Tokyo 2022 between 1 and 9 April in Palma Bay

The last day of competition of the 51 SAR Trophy Princess Sofia Mallorca confirmed the title of 470 Mixed for the Spanish Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman, new world reference of the new mixed crew class. In iQFOiL Women, the Sevillian Pilar Lamadrid was proclaimed a subchampion and maintains her status as a candidate for the title in Paris 2024. The Italians Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti, the winners of Nacra 17, became the 51st absolute winners of an event that has been held since 1968 and this year exercises a first-rate test for the world Olympic class circuit Hempel World Cup Series 2022.

470 Mixed: Xammar / Brugman, new world reference
The Catalans Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman achieved a very good title in the release of 470 in mixed category. The 470 Men bronze medal in Tokyo 2020 and its new crew member initialled an excellent week of competition with a fourth in the Medal Race, a result more than enough to become champions, with a 17-point profit on the Italians Giacomo Ferrari / Bianca Caruso and 22 on the third, the French Kevin Peponnet / Aloise Retordaz. The Spanish tandem is already officially the world reference of the new470 Mixed.

49er and 49erFX: Bottle and Trittel, rooms
Diego Botín and Florian Trittel faced the Medal Race of49er from the fourth position and real podium options. But an eighth in the final test ended the aspirations of the Spaniards, who ended their fourth participation. The title was the French Erwan Fischer and Clément Pequin, followed by American Iam Barrows / Hans Henken and Poles Mikolaj Staniul / Jakub Sztorch.

In49erFX, the Dutch Odile Van Aanholt and Annette Duetz were going out in the water with the title secured. In the fight for silver, the Olympic champions of London and Tokyo, the Brazilian Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze, won the Medal Race to sign the silver in Mallorca. The Italian podium was completed by Jana Germani / Giorgia Bertuzzi, who crossed the finish line at the end of today after the Brazilian ones.

iQFOiL: Lamadrid, subchampion
The iQFOiL premiere in the Olympic race confirmed the spectacularity of this new class of flying windsurfing. A debut in which the Sevillian Pilar Lamadrid presented her credentials to the glory of Paris 2024 signing a convincing second final position in female categoryiQFOiL Women. It was only surpassed by the world and European champion 2021, the French Hélène Noesmoen. Third finished the Polish Maia Dziarnowska.

In the maleiQFOiL Menthe title was the British Andrew Brown, followed by the Italian Nicolò Renna and the Dutch Luuc Van Opzeeland.

Formula Kite: Gisela Pulida, fifth
The Formula Kite podium was resolved in a classification legule that defined the four components of an exciting final for the medals. InKite Men FormulaThere were no surprises, and the title was the French Theo de Ramecourt, who used this last test to sign the 14th partial victory of the week and become the first class champion in Sofia history. His compatriot Benoit Gomez was second and the British Connor Bainbridge was third.

InFormula Kite WomenThe winner was American Daniela Moroz. The current world champion had to impose in the final to take a very controversial title in front of French Lauriane Nolot and British Ellie Aldridge. The Catalan Gisela Pulido completed her participation in a magnificent fifth position after a week in which she demonstrated a constant progression.

Born 17: Champions to the end
The Medal Race of the Nacra 17 class was presented as a battle for the second position, after the Italians Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti confirmed their title in the previous day. But the current Olympic champions decided not to slow down, also imposing themselves on the Medal Race to say goodbye to the Bay of Palma with nine wins of 12 possible and a third as a minor, a locker that allowed them to crown themselves as absolute winners of the 51 Trophy Princess Sofia Mallorca. They were followed on the podium of the class by Finns Sinem Kurtba and Akseli Keskinen, and by British John Gimson and Anna Burnet.

ILCA: Titles for Becket and Douglas
The young British Michael Beckett is the new champion ofILCA 7after imposing on the bay of Palma some of the class's references, including the current Tokyo Olympic champion, the Australian Matt Wearn, who finished second after an excellent progression from a disappointing first day. The world champion 2020, the German Philipp Buhl, closed the podium.

InILCA 6the Canadian Sarah Douglas had already secured the title in the absence of a day, so the emotion in the Medal Race was diverted to the struggle for silver between the British Hannah Snellgrove and the Greek Vasileia Karachaliou. Snellgrove won the duel to become a subchampion.

Absolute title for Tita and Banti
Since its origin in 1968, Princess Sofia Mallorca has awarded the best regatist of each edition, whose name will be recorded in a perpetual trophy donated by S.M. Queen Sofia. Thanks to their excellent performance during the race, the Italians Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti join a select club of which they are part of the sports legends such as Sir Ben Ainslie (2011), Theresa Zabell and Begoña Via Dufresne (1995), Jordi Calafat and Kiko Sánchez Luna (1989), Santi Lange and Miguel Saubidet (1986 and 1987), or Alejandro Abascal and Miquel Noger (1979).

FINAL CLASSIFICATION
51 TROFIO SAR PRINCESA SOFIA MALLORCA

470 Mixed
1. Jordi Xammar / Nora Brugman, ESP
2. Giacomo Ferrari / Bianca Caruso ITA
3. Kevin Peponnet / Aloise Returnaz, FRA

49er
1. Erwan Fischer / Clement Pequin, FRA
2. Ian Barrows / Hans Henken, USA
3. Mikolaj Staniul / Jakub Sztorch, POL

49erFX
1. Odile Van Aanholt / Annette Duetz, NED
2. Martine Grael / Kahena Kunze, BRA
3. Jana Germani / Giorgia Bertuzzi, ITA

Kite Men Formula
1. Theo De Ramecourt, FRA
2. Benoit Gómez, FRA
3. Connor Bainbridge, GBR

Formula Kite Women
1. Daniela Moroz, USA
2. Lauriane Nolot, FRA
3. Ellie Aldridge, GBR

ILCA 6
1. Sarah Douglas, CAN
2. Hannah Snellgrove, GBR
3. Vasileia Karachaliou, GRE

ILCA 7
1. Michael Beckett, GBR
2. Matt Wearn, AUS
3. Philipp Buhl, GER

iQFOiL Men
1. Andrew Brown, GBR
2. Nicolò Renna, ITA
3. Luuc Van Opzeeland, NED

iQFOiL Women
1. Helene Noesmoen, FRA
2.- Pilar Lamadrid, ESP
3. Maja Dziarnowska, POL

NACRA 17
1. Ruggero Tita / Caterina Banti, ITA
2. Sinem Kurtbay / Akseli Keskinen, FIN
3. John Gimson / Anna Burnet, GBR

absolute champion 51 SAR Trophy Princess Sofia Mallorca
- Ruggero Tita / Caterina Banti, ITA

2022-04-09: Princess Sofia Mallorca: four Spanish ships with victory options

The Catalans Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman face the latest assault as solid leaders of 470 Mixed and maximum candidates for the title among the Spanish squadron. Pilar Lamadrid (second in iQFOIL Women) and the tandem Diego Botín and Florian Trittel (quarters of 49er) also compete with options to aspire to victory. Gisela Polido is seventh of Formula Kite Women and will fight for a post in the final

The penultimate day of competition of the 51 Princess Sofia Mallorca completed the selection of the teams that will compete for the title, reducing the number of candidates in all classes. The 49erFX and Nacra 17 mathematically already have champions. Tomorrow they will compete in the format of Medal Race all but the iQFOiL and Formula Kite, which will release a new system that will be resolved in a final between the three (for iQFOiL) and the four (in Formula Kite) best in each category.

470 Mixed: Xammar / Brugman, best Spanish
The fifth day of class competition470 mixedwas resolved with two tests in each group. A double ration that allowed the Catalans Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman to consolidate a well-deserved leader in the Gold Group by adding their fourth partial victory of the week and a fifth. They face the Medal Race with a 16-point income on their direct rivals, the Germans Luise Wanser and Philipp Autenrieth. It would be enough for them to sign an eighth to proclaim themselves as champions.

49er and 49erFX: Button and Trittel, with options
Diego Botín and Florian Trittel access the Medal Race from the fourth position of the class49er. The Catalan Cantabrian couple signed the most discreet day of the week (14 + 23 + 11), facing the final day with seven points of disadvantage against the third and 29 against the French Erwan Fischer and Clément Pequin, the leaders of the provisional.

In49erFXThe Dutch, Odile Van Aanholt and Annette Duetz, had enough to sign a 1 + 6 + 4 partial to close the battle with the double Olympic champions Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze, and they had secured the title after 20 points to the Brazilian women. Mathematically, none of its rivals can exceed their score and tomorrow they will raise the champion trophy. The Galician Patricia Suárez and the Canaria María Cantero were left out of the Medal Race (tenth sextas) after having to retire in the last manga of the day by a perch at the exit.

iQFOiL: Lamadrid, direct to the semifinal
The iQFOiL competition format is peculiar. According to the regatta instructions, the leader of the classification at the end of the penultimate day (today) goes directly to the final, the second and the third to the semi-final, and the next seven compete for two squares of that semi-final. From that semi-final two ships will come out that will compete with the current leader: the British Andrew Brown iniQFOiL Menand the French Hélène Noesmoen iniQFOiL Women. Among the Spanish participants, the Sevillian Pilar Lamadrid came to port today as second classified in the female category, which guarantees it to compete directly in the semifinal.

Formula Kite: Gisela will fight for a post in the final
The first final of Formula Kite in the history of Princess Sofia Mallorca will be held among the three best classified in each category. They have guaranteed their places inKite Men Formulathe French Theo of Ramecourt and Benoit Gómez, andFormula Kite WomenThe French Lauriane Lorot and the American Daniela Moroz. The identity of the third component of each end shall be known at the end of a short but intense leguilla to be held tomorrow between the third and fourteenth posts in each category. The Barceloness Gisela Pulido won the right to compete for that square after returning today to port in the seventh position of Formula Kite Women.

Born 17: Title for Olympic Champions
The Italians Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti are the winners of the 51 Princess Sofia Mallorca in the classBorn 17. The Olympic champions dominated their rivals from the first day, with eight partial wins of 12 possible and a third as the worst result. They completed the penultimate day of competition with a 24-point rent on their immediate persecutors, so they have mathematically already guaranteed the Mallorcan gold.

ILCA: Victory for Sarah Douglas
Sarah Douglas had enough to score a sixth and a first to confirm her absolute victory inILCA 6. The Canadian dominated its 88 rivals throughout the week and faces the Medal Race with the highest advantage of the entire fleet: 25 points over the British Hannah Shellgrove. Ana Moncada has been the best classified Spanish: twenty-eighth.

Michael Beckett was the best of the day inILCA 7with a second and a first. The British leads the provisional for the Medal Race, with nine points of advantage over the German Philipp Buhl. The canary Joaquín Blanco has finished his participation in the Sofia Mallorca in the thirteenth position.

At the logistical level, tomorrow the reduction of the fleet will concentrate the action in four areas of race (compared to the eight of the previous days), with races from 11: 30 in the morning... the closure will be held at 8: 00 in the afternoon in Ses Voltes.

PROVISIONAL CLASSIFICATION
51 TROFIO SAR PRINCESA SOFIA MALLORCA
Friday, 8 April

470 Mixed
1. Jordi Xammar / Nora Brugman, ESP
2. Luise Wanser / Philipp Autenrieth GER
3. Kevin Peponnet / Aloise Returnaz, FRA

49er
1. Erwan Fischer / Clement Pequin, FRA
2. Ian Barrows / Hans Henken, USA
3. Mikolaj Staniul / Jakub Sztorch, POL

49erFX
1. Odile Van Aanholt / Annette Duetz, NED
2. Martine Grael / Kahena Kunze, BRA
3. Isaura Maenhaut / Anouk Geurts, BEL

Kite Men Formula
1. Theo De Ramecourt, FRA
2. Benoit Gómez, FRA
3. Connor Bainbridge, GBR

Formula Kite Women
1. Lauriane Nolot, FRA
2. Daniela Moroz, USA
3. Ellie Aldridge, GBR

ILCA 6
1. Sarah Douglas, CAN
2. Hannah Snellgrove, GBR
3. Vasileia Karachaliou, GRE

ILCA 7
1. Michael Beckett, GBR
2.- Philipp Buhl, GER
3. Matt Wearn, AUS

iQFOiL Men
1. Andrew Brown, GBR
2. Luuc Van Opzeeland, NED
3. Nicolò Renna, ITA

iQFOiL Women
1. Helene Noesmoen, FRA
2.- Pilar Lamadrid, ESP
3. Daniela Peleg, ISR

Born 17
1. Ruggero Tita / Caterina Banti, ITA
2. Sinem Kurtbay / Akseli Keskinen, FIN
3. John Gimson / Anna Burnet, GBR

2022-04-07: Princess Sofia Mallorca: Botín-Trittel to a point of leadership in 49er

The bay of Palma dressed its best in the fourth day of competition of the 51 Princess Sofia Mallorca. A combination of wind and sun unpublished in the first half of the championship made it possible to complete an intense race session in all classes. Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman continue to head class 470 Mixed, Pilar Lamadrid ascends to third position in iQFOiL Women, and Diego Botín and Florian Trittel are placed at a point of the leader of 49er. Gisela Polido, ninth in Formula Kite Women, completes the picture of Spanish in the disputed top ten

The 51 Princess Sofia Mallorca begins to shape the candidates for the title in his ten classes. The candidates for a square on Saturday's eager Medal Race today consumed their penultimate chance to shine, and the classifications already reduce the list of teams with podium options.

470 Mixed: Xammar and Brugman do not yield
Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman defended with solvency their leadership of470 MixedAlthough today add its most discreet partials of the week (4 + 5). The Spanish couple is the rival to beat in the Oro Group and takes eight points to their immediate persecutors, the Italians Giacomo Ferrari and Bianca Caruso.

49er and 49erFX: Button / Trittel, to a point of the leader
Full day for the Gold Group49erwith four tests that caused a dramatic concentration at the front of the provisional. A single point separates Polish leaders Mikolaj Staniul / Jakub Sztorch from the triple tie starring their American, French and Spanish rivals Diego Botín / Florian Trittel. The tandem formed by the cantabre and the Catalan came to the front of the classification after adding a second, a third and a fourth, but he gave the lead on the last sleeve with a ninth, the worst partial of the week.

The 25 best of49erFX(Gold Group) completed four tests on their first final day. Despite the last of the day (1 + 1 + 3 + 14), the Dutch Odile Van Aanholt / Annete Duetz remain in front of the provisional. Patricia Suárez and María Cantero, the best-qualified Spanish, went down four posts and are now nineteen.

iQFOiL: Lamadrid is already third
Olympic windsurfing played five tests in the male category and four in the female category. The Sevillian Pilar Lamadrid was the best of the day iniQFOiL Women, chaining two consecutive victories that allowed him to dream of reaching the lead. An off-line on the third manga and a 13 on the last of the day slowed its excellent progression, but the best Spanish representative of the fleet returned to the ground taking the third provisional position.

IniQFOiL MenThe five cartridges of the day served the British Andrew Brown to take away the provisional leadership of the Dutch Luuc Van Opzeeland. The vineyard Tomás Vieito is nineteenth.

Formula Kite: Gisela retains its options
Gisela Pulido is still the best of the Spanish squadron in the new classFormula Kite Women. The Barceloness gave way to a position thanks to a 6 + 9 partial, but it remains among the top ten in the category.

InKite Men Formula, Theo De Ramecourt continues his unanswered master lesson. The French won four of the five sleeves today in the Gold Group and only gave in one point on the first of the day, although he is aware that he cannot lose his focus in the face of the threat of his compatriot Benoit Gomez, whom he takes for only three points.

Born 17: The leader escapes
New demonstration of the power of the current Olympic champions in classBorn 17. The Italians Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti won three wins and one second, and already beat the British John Gimson and Anna Burnet by 18 points.

ILCA: Joaquín Blanco, best Spanish
InILCA 7the British Michael Beckett managed to defend his leadership despite an irregular day (14-2) thanks to the irregular performance also of his immediate persecutor, the German Philipp Buhl (1 + 23). The canary Joaquín Blanco heads the Spanish participation with an excellent twelfth provisional position.

InILCA 6Sarah Douglas is the strongest leader of the entire fleet of the 51 Princess Sofia Mallorca. The Canadian signed a perfect card and already 20 points to the Greek Vasileia Karachaliou. The Malagasy Ana Moncada is the best classified Spanish, twenty-eighth.

VOCATIONAL CLASSIFICATION 51
Thursday, 7 April

470 Mixed
1. Jordi Xammar / Nora Brugman, ESP
2. Giacomo Ferrari / Bianca Caruso, ITA
3. Kavin Peponnet / Aloise Returnaz, FRA

49er
1. Mikolaj Staniul / Jakub Sztorch, POL
2. Ian Barrows / Hans Henken, USA
3. Erwan Fischer / Clement Pequin, FRA

49erFX
1. Odile Van Aanholt / Annette Duetz, NED
2. Martine Grael / Kahena Kunze, BRA
3. Vilma Bobeck / Rebecca Netzler, SWE

Kite Men Formula
1. Theo De Ramecourt, FRA
2. Benoit Gómez, FRA
3. Toni Vodisek, SLO

Formula Kite Women
1. Lauriane Nolot, FRA
2. Ellie Aldridge, GBR
3. Daniela Moroz, USA

ILCA 6
1. Sarah Douglas, CAN
2. Vasileia Karachaliou, GRE
3. Hannah Snellgrove, GBR

ILCA 7
1. Michael Beckett GBR
2.- Philipp Buhl, GER
3. Matt Wearn, AUS

iQFOiL Men
1. Andrew Brown, GBR
2. Luuc Van Opzeeland, NED
3. Nicolò Renna, ITA

iQFOiL Women
1. Islay Watson, GBR
2. Helene Noesmoen, FRA
3.- Pilar Lamadrid, ESP

Born 17
1. Ruggero Tita / Caterina Banti, ITA
2. John Gimson / Anna Burnet, GBR
3. Sinem Kurtbay / Akseli Keskinen, FIN

2022-04-06: Princess Sofia Mallorca: Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman command in Palma

The third day of competition of the 51 SAR Trophy Princess Sofia Mallorca allowed the Barcelona Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman to complete their progression and to become new leaders of the competing class 470 Mixed. Completed the first half of the competition program, they enter the desired top ten of their categories Pilar Lamadrid (fourth in iQFOiL Women), Diego Botín / Florian Trittel (quarters in 49er), Gisela Pulido (ninth in Formula Kite Women), and Patricia Suárez / María Cantero (tenths in 49erFX)

The 51 Princess Sofia Mallorca has officially crossed the equator of his intense race program. On Wednesday it began with ground deferral due to lack of conditions in the eight race areas, but when the wind was established it allowed to dispute tests in the ten classes that compete for this first event that can be scored for the Hempel World Cup Series 2022. Palma Bay doesn't fail.

470 Mixed: Xammar / Brugman, front
Perfect day for the Jordi Xammar / Nora Brugman tandem in the competition470 Mixedwith two wins of two possible and promotion to the first provisional position of the Gold Group. The Barcelonese feel more and more comfortable and today they won a seven-point profit on the ship that went out into the water as leader, that of the Italians Giacomo Ferrari and Bianca Caruso, who today did not know how to adapt to the conditions and added a quarter and a sixth. The French Kevin Peponnet and Aloise Returnaz signed the second best card of the day (2 + 3) and are kept third.

Formula Kite: Gisela, among the top ten
The comets of the Sofia flew for the second day in a row in front of the beach of Palma. Women (Formula Kite Women), the French Lauriane Nolot was intrepable in the three disputed trials: she joined three partial wins and is the new leader, with a tight advantage over the British Ellie Aldridge (second) and comfortable over the French Poema Newland (third). The Catalan Gisela Pulido signed an irregular card (11-23-6) that made her lose a position in the ranking, but retains her goal of staying among the top ten.

A three-way battle starring the 51 Princess Sofia Mallorca in the male category of this new Olympic class (Kite Men Formula). The Slovenian Toni Vodisek and the French Theo De Ramecourt and Benoit Gomez are at the front of the table. The best-ranked Spanish is Alejandro Citation, twenty-second.

49er and 49erFX: Bottle / Trittel are placed rooms
The second day of competition49erand 49erFX was resolved with two tests in each class. In the male category, the Diego Botín and the Catalan Florian Trittel scored a sixth and a fifth, performance sufficient to ascend to the fourth provisional position and tie to points with the third parties. The French tandem formed by Erwan Fischer and Clément Pequin (15 + 2 today) is still a leader.

In49erFX, the Dutch Odile Van Aanholt / Annette Duetz defend leadership and now take the minimum of the double Brazilian Olympic champions Martine Grael / Kahena Kunze. The Spanish Patricia Suárez / María Cantero signed a fourth and sixth that allow them to ascend five posts and enter the desiredtop tenof the category.

Born 17: The Olympic Champions do not give in
InBorn 17, the material changes that the class premiere this week do not seem to affect the performance of the current Olympic champions, the Italians Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti, who remain the rival to beat. Today they added a second and a first, and lead by six points their compatriots Gianluigi Ugolini and Maria Giubilei (10-3 today).

iQFOiL: Lamadrid wins the last day
The day of iQFOiLwas resolved with three tests for the female category and started late in the male category. IniQFOiL Womencontinues the hegemony of the current world and continental champion, the French Hélène Noesmoen (1 + 5 + 1 today), which already has 15 income points on its immediate pursuit, the British Islamic Watson (1 + 3 + 1). The Sevillian Pilar Lamadrid was from less to more, and he fired by winning the last manga to remind his rivals of his status as a serious candidate for the title. It stays fourth after ten tests.

At the time of writing, theiQFOiL Menthey had completed a sleeve and showed triple tie at the front of the provisional between Dutch Luuc Van Opzeeland, British Andrew Brown and also Dutch Amado Vieswijk.

ILCA: The candidates for the title are defined
The ILCA today premiered the final series, divided into groups according to the results of the two previous days (Oro-Plata-Bronze for ILCA 7 and Oro-Silver for ILCA 6). InILCA 7, the German Philipp Buhl has renounced the victory in the second manga of the day to place himself at a point of the leader, who continues to be French Jean- Baptiste Bernaz. InILCA 6also retains leadership Sarah Douglas despite adding a painful off-line on the first sleeve of the day.

VOCATIONAL CLASSIFICATION 51
Wednesday, 6 April

470 Mixed
1. Jordi Xammar / Nora Brugman, ESP
2. Giacomo Ferrari / Bianca Caruso, ITA
3. Kavin Peponnet / Aloise Returnaz, FRA

49er
1. Erwan Fischer / Clement Pequin, FRA
2. Jakob Meggendorfer / Andreas Spranger, GER
3. Mathias Berthet / Jeppe Nilsen, NOR

49erFX
1. Odile Van Aanholt / Annette Duetz, NED
2. Martine Grael / Kahena Kunze, BRA
3. Sophie Steinlein / Marie Thusgaard, GER

Kite Men Formula
1. Toni Vodisek, SLO
2. Theo De Ramecourt, FRA
3. Benoit Gómez, FRA

Formula Kite Women
1. Lauriane Nolot, FRA
2. Ellie Aldridge, GBR
3. Poema Newland, FRA

ILCA 6
1. Sarah Douglas, CAN
2. Vasileia Karachaliou, GRE
3. Anna Munch, DEN

ILCA 7
1. Jean- Baptiste Bernaz FRA
2.- Philipp Buhl, GER
3. Pavlos Kontides, CYP

iQFOiL Men
1. Luuc Van Opzeeland, NED
2. Andrew Brown, GBR
3. Beloved Vieswijk, NED

iQFOiL Women
1. Helene Noesmoen, FRA
2. Islay Watson, GBR
3. Shachar Reshef, ISR

Born 17
1. Ruggero Tita / Caterina Banti, ITA
2. Gianluigi Ugolini / Maria Giobilei, ITA
3. Sinem Kurtbay / Akseli Keskinen, FIN

2022-04-05: The multicolor show continues in Palma with Princess Sofia Mallorca

The second day of competition brought together all the participants of the 51 SAR Trophy Princess Sofia Mallorca, including the expected Formula Kite debut, the class with which the kitesurf will land in the Olympic arena in Paris 2024. More than a thousand regatists competed in ten classes distributed in eight race fields, which filled the bay of Palma with candles, an unpublished show since 2019. Jordi Xammar / Nora Brugman (seconds in 470 Mixed), Pilar Lamadrid (fourth in iQFOiL Women), Diego Botín / Florian Trittel (sepmos in 49er) and Gisela Polido (eighth in Formula Kite Women) are the best classified Spanish

The bay of Palma provided extraordinary conditions for the participants of the 51 Princess Sofia Mallorca. The sun shone for moments to encourage the thermometer, and the wind was established from noon in a range of slightly more gentle intensity than yesterday, which allowed to fulfill the competition program and confirm the excellent reputation of the Mallorcan stage for the sailing show.

For the first time since March 2019, the ten Olympic classes were called, adding to those that competed yesterday (ILCA 6, ILCA 7, 470 Mixed, iQFOiL Men and iQFOiL Women) the 49er, 49erFX, Nacra 17, Forula Kite Men and Forula Kite Women, and more than a thousand regatists were deploying their sails in the eight areas of race distributed by Palma Bay. The Regata Committee decided to take advantage of the excellent conditions to organize a long test of the iQFOiL tables, leading to the first departure of the day at 09: 00.

Kite Formula: Comets in Olympic format
The first departure of the new Formula Kite class was an official debut of thekitesurfat Princess Sofia Mallorca, with 76 comets of male category and 38 of female category on a program of four outstanding tests at unpublished speeds in the history of the event.

InKite Men FormulaThe fleet was divided into three groups. After four sleeves, and applied a discard, the equality is maximum at the front of the provisional, with tie and shared leadership between the Slovenian Toni Vodisek (1 + 1 + 1 + 1), and the French Benoit Gómez (1 + 1 + 1 + 1) and Theo De Ramecourt (1 + 27 + 1 + 1), the current world champion of the category. The Valencian Alex Client is 23rd after a very regular day (7 + 6 + 8 + 8).

InFormula Kite Womenthe competition began without clear control of any participant. The British Ellie Aldridge (3 + 17 + 2 + 2), followed by her compatriot Maddy Anderson (2 + 2 + 5 + 9) and the American Daniela Moroz (1 + 3 + 7 + 6), the absolute dominator of the class's world circuit in the last five seasons. Gisela Polido, the best classified Spanish, occupies the eighth position (8 + 14 + 6 + 5), nine points from the podium.

49er and 49erFX: On the limit
The premiere of the class competition programskiffIt tested the crew's ability to compete in a range of winds on the edge of its safety limit. In49er, the French couple Erwan Fischer / Clément Pequin ran as a rival to beat, with three possible wins. They lead the class tied to points with the Germans Jakob Meggendorfer / Andreas Spranger (4 + 1 + 1) and two points ahead of the Swiss Sebastien Schneiter / Arno de Plant (2 + 11 + 2). The song Diego Botín and the Catalan Florian Trittel completed a very good day (2 + 5 + 5) and are septic, only four points from the podium.

The meeting49erFXwas resolved with the distribution of wins in the three contested sleeves. The Dutch Odile Van Aanholt / Annette Duetz (4 + 1 + 2) returned to the ground at the front of the table, tied to points with the Brazilian Olympic bicampeons Martine Grael / Kahena Kunze (2 + 1 + 6), and followed by the Italian Carlotta Omari / Steva Carraro (1 + 4 + 9). La galician Patricia Suárez and the canaria María Cantero are the best Spanish classified and occupy the fifteenth position (9 + 3 + 23).

Nacra 17: Change of pace
TheBorn 17today at Princess Sofia Mallorca a new configuration offoilscall to revolutionize the management and performance of the Olympic catamaran. Several teams were going out into the water with little experience with this change, which will allow the ships to fly in the direction of a close, and with many unknowns about the performance of their rivals. The day was resolved with three sleeves and provisional leadership of the Italians Ruggero Tita / Caterina Banti (2 + 1 + 1), current Olympic champions, followed by their compatriots Gianluigi Ugolini / Maria Giubilei (1 + 4 + 3) and the Finns Sinem Kurtbay / Akseli Keskinen (3 + 2 + 2).

iQFOiL: Long race day
The most mature of the day were the components of the iQFOiL flying windsurfing. Convoked at 09: 00 in the morning to celebrate a long race (13 miles), they met the hardest conditions of all day (20 to 25 knots), with victory for British Andrew Brown in male category and French Hélène Noesmoen in female. After a well-deserved break, they returned to the ground in the afternoon to complete two tests. After two days and seven partials, the leader iniQFOiL Menis the Dutch Luuc Van Opzeeland, tied to points with British Andrew Brown and also Dutch Amado Vieswijk. IniQFOiL Women, lead Noesmoen with the highest income in the entire Sofia: 13 points on the Israeli Schachar Reshef and 17 points on the British Islay Watson. The Sevillian Pilar Lamadrid occupies the fourth position, at a point of the third, after today scoring a sixth in the long race, a 15 and a seven.

470 Mixed: Xammar and Brugman are still stalking
The day of470 mixedwas resolved with two sleeves that have not changed the order of the podium. The Italian tandem Giacomo Ferrari / Bianca Caruso (1 + 9 today), one point ahead of Jordi Xammar / Nora Brugman (2 + 3), remains a leader. The game of discards (each team subtracted its worst result after a certain number of partials depending on the class) favours the Italians, although the Spanish are demonstrating better regularity at this championship start. Third are the Australians Nia Jerwood / Conor Nicholas (1 + 17).

ILCA: Double ration
The ILCA contested the evidence on their second day. InILCA 7, the menu of the day served the British Michael Beckett (1 + 2 today) to tie to points with the Cypriot Pavlos Kontides (2 + 4) and to become a new leader. Third is French Jean-Baptiste Bernaz (2 + 1). Women (ILCA 6), heads the Canadian Sarah Douglas classification after a perfect day (1 + 1) that allows her to distance four points from her immediate pursuit, the Hungarian Mária Érdi (11 + 5). Third is the Dutch Maxime Jonker (8 + 2). Cristina Pujol is the best classified Spanish and occupies the 40th position.

After the first two days of competition, ILCA 6, ILCA 7, 470 and iQFOiL will be divided into groups to begin to define the candidates to occupy a position in the Races Medal, which will be held from Friday.

2022-04-04: Spectacular beginning of the 51 Trophy Princess Sofia Mallorca

The first day of competition of the 51 SAR Trophy Princess Sofia Mallorca presented a challenge in the form of wind, sea stirred and cold in the bay of Palma. Five of the ten classes of this edition premiered their locker, including the historic debut of the spectacular iQFoil in their career towards Paris 2024. Tomorrow the Formula Kite will be the fastest class in the history of the Olympic Games, as well as the rest of the classes to complete the fleet of about 800 ships that will compete until Saturday. The Barcelona tandem Jordi Xammar / Nora Brugman and the Sevillian Pilar Lamadrid are second in 470 Mixed and iQFoil Women, respectively

The first punctuable test for the Hempel World Cup Series 2022 is already in place. The 51 Princess Sofia Mallorca began with a lethal cocktail of conditions in the bay of Palma, with winds above 20 knots, wave and low temperatures. The first major Olympic class race in Europe since March 2019 met the highest expectations.

Today the classes ILCA 6, ILCA 7, 470 Mixed, iQFoil Men and iQFoil Women were called, bringing together more than half a thousand ships and boards in the bay. For the first time, the two categories of the new iQFoil Olympic windsurfing (Men and Women), a debut that made it possible to advance the show that will be starring in their career towards Paris 2024, were competing for the first time.

iQFoil: Great premiere of Pilar Lamadrid
The iQFoil were the first to jump to the pitch in Palma Bay. They did so in order: first the male mode (Men) and then the female mode (Women). The number of registered persons (101 men and 74 women) required the Regatas Committee to divide each category into two groups. The maleiQFoil MenHe completed four sleeves to erect as the first leader of the week the British Samuel Sills (thanks to three wins of four possible and one off-line he could rule out), followed by his compatriots Finn Hawkins (2-1-9-3) and Andrew Brown (4-2-1-6). The Galician Tomás Vieito occupies a provisional fifth position after a magnificent first day (2-8-2-2).

IniQFoil WomenThere were three trials that confirmed the announced duel between the French Hélène Noesmoen (17-2-2-1) and the Sevillian Pilar Lamadrid (1-1-14-4), the first and second respectively for the second day. Behind the current world champion and the second world ranking are four components of the Israeli federation, headed by Shachar Reshef (3-3-1-3).

470 Mixed: Xammar / Brugman glow in their debut
The470 mixedis another of the highlights of this Princess Sofia Mallorca. The evolution of the class (divided into male and female until Tokyo 2020) led to a radical restructuring of the crews after the Games and the Bay of Palma has today been the stage of its first great test on the way to Paris 2024. The Spanish tandem formed by Jordi Xammar (470 bronze medal in Tokyo) and Nora Brugman premiered his locker with the first partial victory of the championship ahead of the ship of Giacomo Ferrari and Bianca Caruso. Both teams alternated positions on the second sleeve to return to the ground tied three points to the front of a provisional leading the Italian ship, ahead of the Spanish and the Australian of Nia Jerwood and Conor Nicholas (6-6).

7: 231 ships in the bay
The male multitudinary categoryILCA 7this week with the best specialists in the world, including the champion and subchampion of the last Games. No less than 165 regatists face the glory of Sofia, and they do so divided into three groups. At the end of this inaugural day, the first leader of the championship is the Cypriot Pavlos Kontides (silver in London 2012) after imposing on the two sleeves. The current European champion, the British Michael Beckett (2-1), and the German Philipp Buhl (1-2) are still tied to points.

WomenILCA 6 (66 registered) A single manga was won by Hungarian Mária Érdi, followed by Dutch Maxime Jonker and Canadian Sarah Douglas. All three lead the provisional.

The second day will bring together for the first time the ten classes involved, adding to the five that competed today the 49er, 49erFX, Nacra 17 and the Formula Kite Men and Women, protagonists of the historic kitesurf debut in a test of the Hempel World Cup Series. Tomorrow they will fly over the sky of Palma Bay 115 comets (77 in male category and 38 in female category) to record speed points never before seen in an Olympic circuit race field.

2022-04-04 All ready in Palma to start a historic edition of the Sofia

The Olympic class race returns tomorrow to Palma Bay after two years of absence from the pandemic. The 51 Princess Sofia Mallorca Trophy premiered for five of the ten participating classes, with half a thousand water regites and two historical debuts: the iQFoil flying boards and the 470 mixed crew. Today, the cruises and monotypes ended their event before the beginning of the Olympic classes

After the success of the 50th edition in 2019, after two years of parenthesis the 51 SAR Trophy Princess Sofia Mallorca finally starts with the premiere of the Olympic class competition. The new edition comes full of news in terms of both classes and crews, and an exceptional participation that shows the excellent moment of the Olympic sailing and the unbeatable international reputation of Sofia Mallorca. This year's classic balloting will mark the first race of the world Olympic class circuit Hempel World Cup Series 2022.

The competition program will open tomorrow the lockers in five of the ten classes called. The ILCA 6, ILCA 7, 470 Mixed, iQFoil Men and iQFoil Women are called, adding up to 509 ships and 577 regatists in the bay. This initial day will be the historic debut in a world circuit event of the new iQFoil flying windsurfing class and 470 in the mixed crew mode that will compete at the Paris Games 2024.

The new Olympic windsurfing class debuts in Sofia Mallorca with a large participation (102 in the male iQFoil Men and 74 in the female iQFoil Women) and the maximum expectation for unpublished performance in the Olympic arena. "It is basically a table, a film and a candle," summarizes the component of the Spanish team Pilar Lamadrid, second of the world class classification and one of the favorites in this edition. These elements allow iQFoil to achieve maximum speeds around 30 knots, levels of adrenaline never seen in the Olympic candle. P

The 470 have always competed at the Olympic Games as two separate events for the male category (since Montreal 1976) and the female (since Seoul 1988). Now its evolution and fusion to mixed category is another of the novelties that premiere in the 51 Sofia Mallorca. This change of mode has meant an absolute reorganization of the crews and it will be from tomorrow when the teams begin to know where they are regarding their rivals. "We are in the initial phase, there is much to learn and improve," recognizes the British Olympic champion Eilidh McIntyre, a good connoisseur of the Palma race field. "I've been coming for 12 years, it's definitely my favorite headquarters."

Among the 60 ships of this edition, part of the group of head the tripulated by the Barcelona Jordi Xammar (bronze medal in Tokyo 2020) and Nora Brugman. His victory a few days ago in the Majorca Sailing Regatta, considered an authentic informal training race for the Sofia, places them a priori as a rival to beat in this new scenario of 470 mixed. The 470 will compete from 12: 00.

The Laser premiere in Sofia Mallorca the names ILCA 6 (in female category) and ILCA 7 (male). This is the largest class in the event (165 ILCA 7 and 95 ILCA 6) and a priori one of the most competitive. The local hero Joan Cardona, Finn-class bronze medal in Tokyo 2020, premiered in this category. "It is my first international race in ILCA 7, and also at home, so I want to make a good role," the regatist of the Royal Nautical Club of Palma recognizes. "But I think it will be hard to make a good result, because it's a super competitive class; being on top 30 would make me happy." The ILCA are also called at 12: 00.

The competition program continues on Tuesday, day 5, with the incorporation of classes 49er, 49erFX, Nacra 17 and the new Formula Kite Men and Formula Kite Women. They'll all end on Saturday, April 9.

As the Olympic classes completed preparations for their debut, today they finished their competition program cruises, monotypes and Musto Skiff. The instability of the wind and the chubbasks prevented competition in the last day of ORC and the J80 and Dragon monotypes, which gave the final results of the previous day.

The Elena Nova, by Javier Sanz, with the first two in the barlovento-sotavento sleeves of the previous day, was awarded the victory in ORC 1-2. In ORC 3-5, the victory was in the Shazam of Phillip Seippel, with a record of a victory and a third. The Azuree, by Eduardo Horrach, winner of yesterday's coast, was crowned champion in ABC A2.

In monotypes, Michael Zankel's Powow gave no choice to his rivals in Dragon by imposing on the three sleeves held between Friday and Saturday, while J80's victory corresponded to Helena Alegre's Unfriendly AGD by two wins and one second.

The Musto Skiff completed their participation with ten partials in their locker and final victory for South African Andy Tarnoton. The race proclaimed the British Peter Greenhalch a new European class champion.