Percy and Simpson take the lead

After day three of the Star World Championship

Olympic veterans Xavier Rohart and Pierre Alexis Ponsot won the Transpetro Regatta on the third day of the Star World Championship, on a course outside of Guanabara Bay.

The French duo led from the start and dominated the entire 10.5 nautical mile long race. But British Beijing Olympic Gold medallists Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson, came home second to take the overall lead in the competition. Brazilians Alan Adler and Guilherme de Almeida finished 11th to hold on to their second place overall.

1989 World Champion Alan Adler and Guilherme de Almeida were very pleased with the result: "We tried to have the best possible race and 11th place is a good result in a fleet as strong as this one," he said. "Now we have to focus on Tuesday’s race and maintain our consistent results."

Percy and Simpson celebrated their leadership in the competition. “We made some changes in our sailing compared to Sunday and this new technique is paying off,” said Percy, Olympic champion in China.

French team Xavier Rohart and Pierre Ponsot, winners of the Transpreto Regatta, were very relieved with their result. "Everything went well for us, we were going very fast and seemed to have a green light the whole way," joked Rohart, 2003 and 2005 World Champion. The team finished 66th in the first race and 14th in the second race. "The first race was a real disaster for us and we took note of our problems,” explained Rohart. The duo are now 26th overall. "Now we have to hope that Iain and Swiss sailors Flávio Marazzi and Enrico de Maria will make mistakes - but that is very unlikely."

German team Johannes Babendererde and Timo Jacobs, who dominated the first two days of the world Championship, finished in 39th place in today's race dropping them to 11th overall.

Results:

Pos	Helm	Crew	Nat	R1	R2	R3	Tot	Net
1	Percy, Iain	Simpson, Andrew	GBR	2	11	2	15	4
2	Adler, Alan	Almeida, Guilherme	BRA	6	5	11	22	11
3	Melleby, Eivind	Morland Pedersen, Petter	NOR	9	10	4	23	13
4	Loof, Fredrik	Tillander, Johan	SWE	8	9	18	35	17
5	Macdonald, Ross	Lekszycki, Andre	CAN	10	13	14	37	23
6	Marazzi, Flavio	De Maria, Enrico	SUI	30	1	6	37	7
7	Campbell, Andrew	Nichol, Brad	USA	12	3	24	39	15
8	Kouyoumdjian, Juan	Colla, Alejandro	ARG	4	30	8	42	12
9	Brun, Gastao	Kunze, Gustavo	BRA	21	7	15	43	22
10	Negri, Diego	Colaninno, Fernando	ITA	23	18	5	46	23
11	Babendererde, Johannes	Jacobs, Timo	GER	1	8	39	48	9
12	Grael, Torben	Ferreira, Marcelo	BRA	5	25	21	51	26
13	Stanjek, Robert	Stanjek, Philipp	GER	14	12	27	53	26
14	Mirsky, Andre	Jordao, Marcelo	BRA	33	6	22	61	28
15	Grael, Lars	Seifert, Ronald	BRA	35	15	12	62	27
16	Bodra, Fabio Barbosa	Lopes, Arthur	BRA	20	24	19	63	39
17	Labandeira, Julio	Thompson, Valentin	ARG	15	26	23	64	38
18	Lovrovic, Marin	Mikulicic, Sinisa	CRO	17	34	13	64	30
19	Cunha, Renato	Mascarenhas, Marcos	BRA	34	27	3	64	30
20	Poggi, Giampiero	Corsi, Manlio	ITA	22	23	20	65	42
21	Rigoni, Alejo	Percossi, Juan Pablo	ARG	29	31	7	67	36
22	Domingos, Afonso	Melo, Frederico	POR	25	29	16	70	41
23	Scheidt, Robert	Prada, Bruno	BRA	3	19	50	72	22
24	Polgar, Johannes	Koy, Markus	GER	26	4	42	72	30
25	Treacy, Max	Shanks, Anthony	IRL	13	32	33	78	45
26	Rohart, Xavier	Ponsot, Pierre Alexis	FRA	66	14	1	81	15
27	Mendelblatt, Mark	Von Schwarz, John	USA	44	17	25	86	42
28	Lima, Gustavo	Nankin, Charles	POR	7	BFD	9	90	16
29	Papathanasiou, Emilios	Papastefanou, Pachos	GRE	16	49	30	95	46
30	Schlonski, Alexander	Kleen, Frithjof	GER	24	2	BFD	100	26
31	Pascolato, Alessandro	Boening, Henry	BRA	28	22	51	101	50
32	Szabo, George	Peters, Rick	USA	53	39	10	102	49
33	Merriman, Rick	Trinter, Phil	USA	49	36	17	102	53
34	Celon, Nicola	Natucci, Edoardo	ITA	41	21	43	105	62
35	Ficker, Peter	Oliveira, Ubiratan	BRA	19	33	56	108	52
36	Lovrovic, Dan	Arapovic, Antonio	CRO	27	37	44	108	64
37	King, John A Spear	MacPherson, Norman	BRA	11	56	45	112	56
38	Miller, Matthias	Wenk, Benedikt	GER	62	20	31	113	51
39	Raulino, Guilherme	Lagoa, Marco	BRA	51	16	48	115	64
40	Gimson, John	Greig, Ed	GBR	37	41	37	115	74
41	Razmilovic, Ante	Hammersley, Brian	GBR	40	40	38	118	78
42	Hornos, Tomas	Hornos, Luis	USA	39	48	32	119	71
43	Echavarri Erasum, Fernando	Rodriguez Rivero, Fernando	ESP	18	BFD	29	121	47
44	Cramer, Brian	Johnston, Matt	CAN	31	52	41	124	72
45	Simeone, Luca	La Porta, Manuele	ITA	42	62	36	140	78
46	Conrad, Reinaldo	Pomerantzeff, Paulo André	BRA	45	50	46	141	91
47	Zimmermann, Lorenz	Hollweg, Nils	SUI	56	60	26	142	82
48	Della Torre, Daniel	Barroso, Julian Gazari	ARG	60	28	54	142	82
49	Carabelli, Horacio	Ilha, Fernando	BRA	57	46	40	143	86
50	Boggi, Lucio	Lambertenghi, Sergio	ITA	43	BFD	28	145	71
51	Gonzaga Neto, Admar	Figueiredo de Freita, Alexandre	BRA	46	47	52	145	93
52	Fornaro, Andrea	Tarabella, Andrea	ITA	48	35	63	146	83
53	Raulino, Gabriel	Camargo Rosas, Juliano	BRA	59	54	35	148	89
54	Santoni, Silvio	Toccoli, Fabio	ITA	32	43	BFD	149	75
55	Tomasini Grinover, Roberto	Bahr, Gunnar	AUT	55	44	55	154	99
56	Almeida Reis, Luiz André	Moura, Renato	BRA	64	58	34	156	92
57	Perez, Jorge Oscar	Tufarolo, Marcelo	ARG	54	55	53	162	107
58	Della Torre, Gerardo	Latour, Guillermo	ARG	67	38	59	164	97
59	Augelli, Marco	Rocca, Leone	ITA	DSQ	42	49	165	91
60	Rauch, Hubert	Schappeler, Ingo	GER	52	51	64	167	103
61	Castro, Cezar	Montezuma, Afonso	BRA	68	53	47	168	100
62	Gimeno, Pablo	Calegari, Frederico	CHI	38	65	66	169	103
63	Erac, Branislav	Tosic, Ozren	SRB	47	66	57	170	104
64	Bonanni, Claude	Burgess, Richard	USA	36	BFD	61	171	97
65	Bueno, Mauricio	Zarif, Jorge Joao	BRA	69	45	58	172	103
66	de Barros, Patrick M.	Plantier Santos, Bernardo	POR	63	57	60	180	117
67	Irrera, Renato	Cristaldini, Corrado	ITA	58	67	62	187	120
68	Gautschi, Christoph	Koenig, Juerg	SUI	70	61	65	196	126
69	Goretkin, Sergio	Cruz, Renato	BRA	50	DSQ	DNS	198	124
70	Caruso, Bruno Manzoli	Bremer, Rolf	BRA	71	59	68	198	127
71	de Almeida, Joao Marcos	Bunge, Manuel	BRA	61	63	BFD	198	124
72	Graciotti, Vincenzo	Cisbani, Paolo	ITA	DNS	64	67	205	131
73	Siemsen, Francisco	Floricke, Manfredo	BRA	65	BFD	BFD	213	139