Another win for Holmberg

As leg eight of Alpe Adria Sailing Tour

Following their fourth victory in the Alpe Adria Sailing Tour, the team BMW Tomic skippered by American Peter Holmberg have closed in on the over all leader City of Split on the 38 mile leg from Sibenik to Split, that began this morning at 1100.

The leader still dominates the over all results by 5m 09s, but BMW Tomic managed to close the gap. It was a regatta which put the sailors to the test, with wind speeds of up to 30 knots.

Behind BMW Tomic was team Barcolana skippered by Alessandro Bonifacio who arrived only 3m 47s after the leader crossed the finish line in Split. Alcatel steps up to third place overall with a margin of only 4m 09s from Holmberg.

On hitting the dock Alessandro Bonifacio, enthused about the leg "it was a really fun race, but it also tried us in both driving the boat and with the tactics. I'm really happy, however, because our team reacted well to the wind speed and proved to be really prepared even in intense weather conditions."

There was an interesting match race at the end of the leg when Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia sweeped pass team Sibenik by just two seconds.

Tomorrow in the Gulf of Split is the BMW Cup, a short race which will not feature in the overall results of the Alpe Adria Sailing Tour.

Results:
1. BMW 4h18m 58s
2. Barcolana 4h 22m 45s;
3. Alcatel 4h 23m 07s
4. Città di Aquileia 4h 26m 55s;
5. Scor Team 4h 27m 15s;
6. Clementei 4h 30m 31s;
7. Spalato 4h 31m 02s;
8. Magic Sailing Team 4h 34m 41s;
9. Dubrovnik 4h 40m 57s;
10. FVG 4h 57m 40s;
11. Sibenik 4h 57m 42s;
12. Val Nautika 4h 58m 38s

Overall results after eight legs:

1. City of Split 68h 02m 48s;
2. BMW 68h 07m 57s;
3. Barcolana 69h 05m 20s;
4. Scor 70h 02m 09s;
5. Aquileia 70h 29m 06s;
6. Clementei 70h 38m 46s;
7. Magic Sailing Team 71h 56m 47s;
8. Alcatel 72h 36m 00s;
9. Val Nautika 74h 45m 32s;
10. FVG 74h 52m 16s;
11. Dubrovnik 78h 02m 26s;
12. Sibenik 79h 41m 38s