The Catalan skate has been a protagonist in the bay of Cadiz. Photo: Jaime de Pables

The Sevillian Carlos de Bricio is the new champion of the Spanish Cup from Satin to Vela after confirming on Sunday the provisional leadership he reached after the second day. Impressive final the star of the winners to the triumph and podium in a outcome that has needed the sixth and final test of the championship to solve.

The pattern of the Nautico Sevilla won the first of the two final tests, which in front of a second of Rafael Ruiz (CV Bahia de Cadiz) allowed him to distance at two points from the place to breathe something quieter, pending what happened in the next test. The tranquility only lasted what gave of itself the last tour of the cup, in which the Sevillian signed a fifth in a proof that had Ruiz had won, he would have left him with the honey on his lips. Finally, it was Vicente Citation (RCN of El Puerto de Santa María) who was the only one to win the championship in part and with Ruiz second, to do "the favor" that De Bricio needed to know the champion.

In this way, Copa de España for Carlos de Bricio, followed to a point by Rafael Ruiz, and completing the podium to nine and ten points of both, the third place is for Luis Alfonso Pérez Nogués (CV Bahia de Cadiz) saying goodbye with a fifth and an eighth. At a podium point in the fourth and fifth place, Citation, sixth in the first day, and Ramón Calero (RCN of El Puerto de Santa María), with a seventh and a fourth in the farewell.

In addition to the strong competitiveness already known in this class, the Spanish Cup from Satin to Vela, which has been held over the last three days in the bay of Cadiz, will go into history through somewhat chaotic conditions due to the soft wind and its continuous changes in direction. Conditions that have meant a greater complexity for the patterns, forced to manage based on a lot of effort and large doses of technique in the search for objectives.

The last day began with a rising wind in an area of regatas mounted in front of the port beach of Valdelagrana and the annulment of the first test after the departure, before a strong role that forced the committee to move the stage to the vicinity of the marina Puerto Sherry. His tower was a witness of the last two tests, the first with the wind of the 250º and the second of the 260º and an average of 8 to 9 knots of intensity.

Following the race, the award ceremony was held in the multi-purpose hall of the Specialized Centre for Sports Tecnification of Vela Bahia de Cadiz, headquarters of the Andalusian Federation in El Puerto de Santa María, in an event that had the presence of the city's mayor, David de La Encina; Carlos Muñoz Villareal, first officer of the race committee; Jordi Lamarca, international judge and Nicolás Mariño, technical director of the Andalusian. The organization gave the trophies to the new national champion and his companions on the podium and also highlighted the winners of categories A2 and B, Angel Miranda (CAND Chipiona) and Juan Carlos Santos (CV Bahia de Cadiz), respectively.

The Spanish Cup of Pate to Vela that has ended today ends in the waters of the bay of Cadiz has had the organization of the CN Puerto Sherry and the Andalusian Federation of Vela and the collaboration of the City Council of El Puerto de Santa María, the national secretariat of the class and the RFEV, with headquarters at the Specialized Centre of Sports Tecnification of Vela Bahia de Cadiz, headquarters of the Andalusian Federation of Vela in El Puerto de Santa María.