Poles apart

Two races sailed so far in 49er Europeans

After two days and two races Team GBR have made a good start at the 49er
European Championships in Laredo, Spain. At this early stage, world bronze
medallists Paul Brotherton/Mark Asquith are in fourth place overall after
scoring a fifth and a first and team mates Chris Draper/Simon Hiscocks are
tied on the same points after scoring two third places, putting them in
eighth place overall.

Pawet Kacprowski/Pawet Kuzmicki of Poland have taken the early lead scoring
two race wins to lead from Peter Hansen/Soren Hansen of Denmark.

All of the groups have now sailed two races in light breezes ranging from
6-12 knots.

Results:

Pos	Sail Nr	Crew	R1	R2	Tot
1	POL 23	Pawel Kacprowski/Pawel Kuzmicki	1	1	2
2	DEN 27	Peter Hansen/Soren Hansen	1	2	3
3	NOR 11	Christoffer Sundby/Frode Bovim	4	1	5
4	IRL 20	Tom Fitzpatrick/Fraser Brown	5	1	6
4	GBR 3	Paul Brotherton/Mark Asquith	5	1	6
6	GER 12	Marcus Baur/Max Groy	1	5	6
7	AUS 766	Ben Tardrew/Marcus Tardrew	4	2	6
8	UKR 5	Rodion Luka/George Leonchuk	3	3	6
8	ESP 1	Iker Martinez de Lizarduy Lizarribar/Xabier Fernandez	3	3	6
8	GBR 2	Chris Draper/Simon Hiscocks	3	3	6
11	GRE 183	George Panagiotidis/Alfonso Panagiotidis	2	5	7
12	DEN 21	Jonatan Persson/Thomas Iversen	4	4	8
13	AUS 416	Mark Turnbull/Nick Partridge	2	7	9
14	ESP 4	Santiago Lopez-Vazquez/Javier de la Plaza	2	8	10
15	GER 16	Markus Steeg/Moritz Deml	6	4	10
16	DEN 8	Michael Hestbek/Dennis Dengsø Andersen	4	7	11
17	FRA 710	Emmanuel Dyen/Yann Rocherieux	2	10	12
18	BRA 146	Andre Otto Fonseca/Rodrigo Linck Duarte	8	4	12
19	NED 9	Pieter Lantermans/Pim Nieuwenhuis	7	5	12
20	AUS 15	Chris Nicholson/Gary Boyd	5	7	12
21	USA 18	Andy Mack/Adam Lowry	1	12	13
22	DEN 723	Allan Norregaard/Klaus Naur	9	5	14
23	GBR 30	Stevie Morrison/Ben Rhodes	13	2	15
24	USA 13	Tim Wadlow/Pete Spaulding	11	4	15
25	GER 808	Gabriel Wicke/Wolf Jeschonnek	9	6	15
26	NZL 635	Mike Bassett/Kurt Riechellmann	7	8	15
27	USA 32	Dalton Bergan/Zack Maxam	10	6	16
28	GER 804	Jan-Peter Peckolt/Hannes Peckolt	6	10	16
29	FRA 728	Marc Audineau/Stéphane Christidis	6	11	17
29	BEL 760	Quentin Blondiau/Lionel Blondiau	6	11	17
31	FRA 709	Alexandre Monteau/Damien Guillon	8	9	17
32	GBR 007	Alister Richardson/Peter Greenhalgh	15	3	18
33	SWE 803	Marcus Haas/ Christoffer Haas	7	11	18
34	SWE 778	Peter Backe/Anders Bengtsson	10	8	18
35	GRE 785	Athanasios Pachoumas/Vasilis Portosalte	13	6	19
36	SUI 19	Chris Rast/Christian Steiger	10	9	19
37	FRA 777	Nicolas Cau/Kévin Orlandi	18	2	20
38	ITA 752	Michele Mazzotti/Francesco Ivaldi	3	17	20
39	ITA 6	Pietro Sibello/Gianfranco Sibello	12	9	21
40	NOR 724	Aleksander Brekke/Carsten Hopstock	7	15	22
41	RUS 734	Ilya Ermakov/Maxim Logoutenko	14	8	22
42	GBR 688	Paul Towers/Ben Remocker	8	14	22
43	ITA 33	Luca Modena/Manuel Modena	9	13	22
43	FIN 829	Tom Lônnquist/Jacob Granquist	9	13	22
45	ESP 31	Juan Luis Paez/Carlos de Bricio	14	9	23
46	FRA 755	Eric D'Hooghe/Cedric Chateau	14	10	24
47	ESP 495	Federico Alonso Tellechea/Arturo Alonso Tellechea	11	13	24
48	CAN 741	Andrew McCorquodale/Hunter Lowden	12	12	24
49	NOR 673	Øyvind Peder Jahre/Frank Kirkeland	10	15	25
50	DEN 633	Emil Toft Nielsen/Simon Toft Nielsen	13	12	25
51	SWE 805	Axel Netterlid/Jonas Lindberg	20	6	26
52	POL 743	Marcin Czajkonski/Krzysztof Kierkowski	19	7	26
53	DEN 722	Jonas Warrer/Peter Krüger Andersen	8	18	26
54	FRA 26	Vincent Joyeux/Frederic Moreau	17	10	27
55	GBR 831	Ben McGrane/Jonathan Clegg	11	16	27
56	FIN 754	Jan Thorstrom/Matias Niemelainen	15	12	27
57	SUI 712	Marcel Walser/Caspar Buettner	13	14	27
58	ITA 833	Tristano Vacondio/Gabbi Francesco	18	11	29
59	AUT 29	Nico Delle-Karth/Nikolaus Resch	16	13	29
60	DEN 628	Martin Kirketerp/Dion Valente	5	DNF	30
61	NED 631	Jeroen van Catz/Constantijn Weber	12	18	30
62	HUN 727	Peter Hamrak/Balazs Sükösd	14	16	30
63	GBR 736	Greg Barker/Diederik Bulters	16	15	31
64	GBR 599	Mark Dell/Paul Dell	11	21	32
65	USA 34	Ty Reed/Bora Gulari	15	17	32
66	GBR 691	David Hall/Paul Constable	19	14	33
67	SWE 588	Mattias Bengtsson/Niklas Bengtsson	17	16	33
68	USA 47	Michael Karas/Anthony Boscolo	16	17	33
69	GBR 739	Brian Wilson/Felix Thornton-Jones-	15	19	34
70	SWE 509	Magnus Gravare/Peter Mickos	16	18	34
71	ESP 732	Alejandro Dominguez Garcia/Jaime Martínez del Cerro	19	16	35
72	SUI 301	hürch/Florian Hotz	21	15	36
73	ESP 731	Alberto Padrón Torrent/Antonio Bonilla Paz	19	17	36
74	SUI 737	Cyril Wasmer/Patrick Wasmer	17	19	36
75	AUS 28	John Harris/Euan McNicol	12	OCS	37
76	GBR 717	Alex Hopson/John Garth	23	14	37
77	HUN 251	Miklos Ujhelyi-Gaspar/ Matyas Majthenyi	17	21	38
78	GBR 534	Andrew Hadfield/Olivier Vidal	20	18	38
79	GBR 467	Mike Senior/Jonny Sinclair	18	20	38
80	GBR 17	Andy Rice/Nick Murphy	20	19	39
81	SUI 542	Cedric Bart /Ueli Marti	22	19	41
82	GBR 260	Jerry Ibberson/Gareth Riley	22	20	42
83	BEL 650	Yohann Blondiau/Pim Peters	21	21	42
83	FRA 801	Gaël Moysan/Bruno Fournier	21	21	42
85	SUI 579	Fabio Pérez/Martin Hofmann	18	BFD	43
86	GBR 749	Steve Hopper/Matt Rainbow	23	20	43
86	GBR 485	Jon Emmet/Chris Tattersall	23	20	43
88	SUI 252	Jorg Hotz/Anja Hotz	20	23	43
89	IRL 294	Marcus Spillane/Bob M'Carthy	21	22	43
90	SUI 120	Anne-Katrin Weber/Stefan Braegger	22	22	44
90	GBR 523	Richard Smith/Ian Turner	22	22	44
92	GBR 806	Jonny Coates/Charlie Muir	23	22	45
93	IND 671	Malav Shroff/Madhavan Thirumalai	24	23	47
94	TPE 223	Chu-Pin Yang/Chu-Fu Yang	DNC	DNC	50