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FORMULA WINDSURFING EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2005 AT FORUM BEACH
HOTEL -
IALISOS BEACH / Rhodes
Download results of 4th Day
Antoine Albeau attacks but Wojtek Brzozowski still in front
Ialisos/Rhodes, June 10th 2005.
On the fourth day of the Formula Windsurfing European Championships
in
Ialisos/Rhodes (Greece) the competitors were brought to their physical
limits. Race director Bruno de Wannemaeker from Belgium ran four
races for
each of the fleets. The French Antoine Albeau (FRA-192, AHD, Neil
Pryde)
took the chance to attack the leader Wojtek Brzozowski (POL-10,
Starboard,Neil Pryde) but the reigning European Champion managed
to defend the lead.
In the women's fleet the opponents of Allison Shreeve (AUS-911,
F2, Neil
Pryde) moved closer in striking distance.
Today the qualification series ended after eight races and the
men's fleet
was divided into the Gold Fleet and the Silver Fleet. In the Gold
Fleet the
competitors are fighting for the positions 1 to 58, the prize money
and the
official Formula Windsurfing European title while the Silver Fleet
was
fighting for the positions 59 to 113. In the first race it seemed
as if
Wojtek Brzozowski would be able to move away from his biggest opponent
Antoine Albeau: The reigning European Champion from Poland dominated
while Albeau only scored a 11th place. But in the next two races
the French
windsurfing giant dominated and won in front of Brzozowski.
In the final race of the day it got even worse for the current
leader of the
event. Brzozowski thought to be over early and returned to the starting
line to start another time round the ends. Therefore he was the
last after the start and was forced to fight his way through the
fleet. He ended up on the 9th place. But Antoine Albeau was not
able to take a full advantage out of his opponents mistake. The
Dutch youngster Dennis Little (NED-13, F2, Maui Sails) scored his
first victory at an international regatta and won the race in front
of Albeau.
In the women's fleet Lucy Horwood (GBR-95, North Sails) and Verena
Fauster (ITA-31, F2, Gaastra) presented the best performance today.
Verena scored two victories, a second and a third while Lucy achieved
one victory and three second places. Before the final day Allison
Shreeve is still in the lead with 13,8 points. But Lucy (15,4 points)
and Verena (18,4 points) passed the French Sarah Hebert (FRA-61,
Starboard, Naish) and moved closer to Allison. They are now in striking
distance to fight for the European title on the final day.
In the men's fleet Wojtek Brzozowski is still in the lead with
8,9 points
but his biggest opponent Antoine Albeau is only 1,3 points behind
him with
10,2 point and he has the better discards than Wojtek. It seems
as if the
decision for the European title will take place between these two
racing
heroes. The fight for place three is full on: Last years Rhodes
event winner
Ross Williams (GBR-83, Starboard, Gaastra) and the reigning Formula
Windsurfing World Champion Micah Buzianis (USA-34, F2, North Sails)
are
fighting head to head both with 21,4 points. And on position five
the
Formula Windsurfing World Champion 2003 Steve Allen (AUS-0, Fanatic,
Neil
Pryde) from Australia is waiting with 26 points for any mistakes
of the
racers in front of him.
Before the final day of the Formula Windsurfing European Championships
the situation couldn't be more exciting as nothing is decided yet
and the focus is put on fascinating duels for the positions on the
podium in the men's
fleet and the women's fleet. The meteorologists predict again good
wind. So the race committee hopes to be able to achieve the full
15 race series in
the men's fleet with three final races. The skippers meeting is
set for
10:00 with the first start at 11:00. The prize giving of the Formula
Windsurfing European Championships will take place in the Forum
Beach hotel on the evening of Saturday, June 11th.
The event is covered on www.euro-cup.org, www.rwa.gr and
www.formulawindsurfing.org. Besides the reports and the results
you will
also find a live ticker on www.euro-cup.org and a live cam on www.rwa.gr.
So check out the internet!
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Hosted by: Municipality of Ialisos, Island of Rhodes
Organized by: Rhodes Windsurfing Academy (RWA)
Supported by: Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Aegean, Southern
Aegean
Region, Prefecture of Dodecanese (D.O.T.), T.E.D.K. - PRO.TOUR
Main Sponsors: CONN-X, Hyundai, Oxbow, Boll?, Water Park
Sponsors: Rodos Palace Hotel, Motorola, GA Ferries, Shandy Rock,
Rodos Tour,
Colorado Entertainment Center, Naftilos, E.N.AK, Extreme Sports
Shops
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Comments:
Antoine Albeau (FRA-192, AHD, Neil Pryde): "Tomorrow we will
have the
showdown between Wojtek and me. Mistakes are not allowed. But I
am well
prepared."
Wojtek Brzozowski (POL-10, Starboard, Neil Pryde): "I thought
to be over
early in the last race today. So I returned to the start to do a
round-the-ends. This has cost me the race. Unfortunately I wasn't
even over
early. Now I am hungry for tomorrow!"
Lucy Horwood (GBR-95, North Sails): "We did four races today
and I scored
quite well. I hope to move up one position tomorrow with three more
good
races."
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Contacts and further Information:
Achilleas E. Tzimas (local organizer)
Rhodes Windsurfing Academy
URL: www.rwa.gr
E-Mail: achilleas@rwa.gr
Ceri Williams (Chairman)
International Formula Windsurfing Class (IFWC)
URL: www.formulawindsurfing.org
E-Mail: FW@internationalwindsurfing.com
Matthias Regber (Director of the Windsurfing Office)
Choppy Water Event Management GmbH
Ma?mannstr. 11, 24118 Kiel, Germany
URL: www.euro-cup.org
E-Mail: info@choppywater.de
We will provide daily press releases, results, news etc. for the
media. We
can also provide high quality pictures and video footage in TV quality
from
the event. If you are interested to receive anything of these please
feel
free to contact Matthias Regber at the contact address above.
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