Kostas Karageorgiou’s “Modus Vivendi-3Alfa” won back the World title in the waters of Alicante. The Greek boat was crowned Champion after six days of fierce competition. The sailors coming from Greece, who got the sceptre in 2008 and Silver in 2009, were undoubtedly the best and most consistent team. Suffice to say that they won with a race to spare. in which, nonetheless, they ended up in sixth.
Numbers don't lie, their score is impressive with three victories, a third, two sixth, two seventh and an eleventh as their worst. Their consistency was apparent in any of the thirteen races and sometimes their superiority did not leave any chance to their opponents.
The rest of the podium is an all Spanish affair with “Carpantxo” owned by Jesús Pintos getting the Silver while “Iberdrola” helmed by Manu Weiller the Bronze
The last race was really exciting and full of action. The medals were not decided until the very end with three teams all on 61 points !
The satisfaction is great, as Kostas Karageorgiou confirmed: “Yes we won again. We have already conquered the World title in 2008 in Greece and we arrived second in Punta Ala last year. I don’t think there is any secret, or only one key for explaining the success. There are many reasons. I have the best crew I could imagine to compete with. Takis Manatis, at the helm and Pavlos Kargialis are two of the most expert in the world. Recently they raced in the Eurolymp 2010. With the rest of the crew, we have been racing since1992,
and there is a big feeling of comrardery that involved the other new members of the crew. It’s true, in Punta Ala I promised that this year I would win but it was a playful challenge more than a promise. In this regatta it was difficult to do forecasts, the level of the participants was very high and the variables were considerable. Alicante put us on probation with conditions changing every day but consistency in the results is really attributable to the high quality of the team.
I would like to thank the Real Club Regata di Alicante for the splendid hospitality. And for next year… another promise? I promise that Modus Vivendi will be in the World Championship in Austria in 2011. I hope my two young Champions will be available (next year there will be the Olympic qualifications in London). If so , I know that they will want to be there because they greatly appreciated the big family of Platu 25”
On the other hand some boats such as Carlos and Antón Paz's “Mexillón de Galicia-Movistar” had a difficult start but then went on improving their performances day after day, even menacing the Greeks but ending just down the podium. After the day's second race they seemed to have the silver medal already at their neck but due to a bad start had to trail all the race and ruined it all with an eleventh place and an OCS in the final races.
Their rivals did exactly the opposite, like Carpantxo owned by Jesús Pintos, that scored a nearly perfect last race. Pintos' crew, like the Greeks, are the ones who got the max number of wins: three each and their scoreboard is clear of any OCS or DSQ penalties, their discards would be considered as good as any by other teams, being a tenth and a 25th in a fleet made of 66 boats. Their silver medal is then more than justified.
The bronze medal goes to Iberdrola helmed by Manu Weiller who scored a total of 61 points, even with Mexillón de Galicia-Movistar. Both teams had a disqualification for an over the line start but Iberdrola, thanks to a second and a fourth in the last two races had the opportunity to jump on the podium, doing significantly better than they did in 2009.
Behind them the battle was intense, especially when two discards were taken into account. La Revoltosa aspired to be in the winning trio, but did not show enough focus today and a twelfth made their dream fade away and they finish with the same result as last year, in fifth overall, while Fermax owned by dai Mestre goes down one spot and ends sixth.
The last of the "Top Ten" places were taken by another two Spanish teams and a German: El Xacobeo 2010 Galicia owned by Ero Pons, Alfredo Mella's The Collection Coppel Dental Flexi, and El Mundo Marino Team who paid dearly for the two black flag penalties they got on Thursday.
The Platu 25 Alicante 2010 closes with some disappointing results too, such as those of Bribón-Movistar owned by Marc de Antonio who was bronze in the last two editions or the Italians on Emanuele Vitrano's Brera Hotels who at the start were accredited with more than the thirteenth place they achieved. Some regrets for Farrbar skipperd by the German Ahlgrim, reigning champion of the Primo Cup 2010 in Monaco. On the bright side the result of Oriol Bou's PIX1 Anna Mora that showed a brilliant improvement.
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OVERALL RESULTS (66 ENTRIES)
1 – Modus Vivendi (Greece) : 1+3+67(DNF)+2+6+1+7+2+7+4+1+11(11)+6 = 40 puntos
2 – Carpantxo (Spain) : 2+4+10+3+(10)+9+1+ 25(25)+9 +9+9+1+1 = 57 puntos
3 – Iberdrola (Spain) 15(15)+9+1+7+12+6+OCS(67)+1+2 +3+14+2+4 = 61 puntos
4 – Mexillón de Galicia-Movistar (Spain) 6+31(31)+2+4+2+5+OCS(67) +5+5+5+11+5+11= 61 puntos
5 – La Revoltosa (Spain) 4+12(12)+8+1+4+17(17)+8 +4+11 +11+3+12+2= 61 puntos
6.- Fermax (Spain) 10+17(17)+3+9+1+BFD (67)+4 +8 +8 +78+6+9 = 73 puntos
7 - Xacobeo 2010 Galicia (Spain) 8+24+4+13+7+13+7+13 +67(DSQ) +14 +1 +1+5+3+13= 82 puntos
8 - The Collection /Coppel Dental (Spain) : 11+1+6+5+8+21 (21)+11+3 +13+12+67(DNC)+7+5 = 82 puntos
9.- Flexi (Germany) 3+10+26(26)+16+5+8+6 +21(21) +12+21+2+4+8= 95 puntos
10.- Mundo Marino Team (Spain) 14+18+7+8+ BFD (67)+ BFD (67)+10+15+4+6+4+9+7 = 102 puntos
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