Delta Lloyd Regatta - Fierce battle on day 2 + Video

by Delta Lloyd Regatta on 24 May 2012

Fierce battle for the ladies in RS:X Sander van der Borch http://www.sandervanderborch.com

Day two of the 2012 Delta Lloyd Regatta got underway with very little wind. As the day progressed, the wind would slightly increase for the Sailing World Cup battle. Competition amongst the ladies in the RS:X Class was fierce. Hayley Chan from Hong Kong took the lead from the Norwegian Jannicke Stalstrom and the 20-year-old Dutch woman Lilian de Geus also reported for battle - achieving a victory in the sixth race, which currently puts her in fourth place on the leaderboard.

In the Lasers, the Dutchman Roelof Bouwmeester took the first place from his compatriot and training partner Rutger van Schaardenburg. The difference between the two ‘Dutchies’ was a mere two points.

A thrilling battle ensued amongst the ladies in the RS:X Class on Wednesday. Hayley Chan worked herself up to the top position by winning the fourth race and then finishing second and eighth. She has a two point lead on the Italian Flavia Tartaglini, who initially did not want to start in Medemblik when she failed to obtain a ticket for the Olympics in London.

Bouwmeester takes lead in Laser © Sander van der Borch http://www.sandervanderborch.com

'I wanted to change my programme and stop competing in RS:X. My coach convinced me to finish the programme we had planned out for this year after all. I was not in a good mood when I arrived in Medemblik, but now that I’m in second place after two days, I do want to win. I won’t stop sailing and I think you will see me in a boat again. I’d like to keep going for a while. Sailing is my life,' said the Italian, who is at the top of the leaderboard after four World Cup competitions.

Lilian de Geus surprised everyone with a victory in the sixth and last race of the day. The young, 20-year-old Dutch girl was extremely happy. 'I am showing people that I can compete at the top. I have come close to winning before and just fell short. Now I finally have,' said the Dutch girl, who did not make the Olympics either and was all the more disappointed that RS:X will be taken off the Olympic programme after London 2012. 'I was mainly preparing for Rio 2016. There’s no point in that now.' De Geus will focus on Kitesurfing which will replace RS:X.

In the Lasers, Roelof Bouwmeester rose to first place on the leaderboard. He obtained two second places and a sixth place. He has a two point lead on his compatriot Rutger van Schaardenburg, who was the top scorer after the first day. 'I sailed really well,' said the number one on the leaderboard, who is competing with Van Schaardenburg for a Dutch Olympic ticket.

For the male windsurfers in the RS:X Class, the Israli Sharar Zubari remains in first place for the second day. Like Tuesday, he won two races and came in sixth for one. With his six points, he has created a gap between himself and the French number two Pierre le Coq (15). Zubari’s compatriot Nimrod Mashiah, with whom Zubari is competing for the Olympic qualification, fell to seventh place as a result of a bad day.

Results:

24MR:

Rank	Country	Skipper	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Points
1	NED	Schmitter Thierry	1	2	4	10	1	8
2	GBR	Pascoe Megan	9	3	3	1	3	10
3	GBR	Lucas Helena	4	5	8	3	2	14
4	NED	Kol Barend	2	7	2	7	4	15
5	USA	Le BLANC Mark	7	1	1	13	10	19
6	CAN	Tingley Paul	6	8	6	5	7	24
7	NED	Rademaker Andre	3	6	9	16	11	29
8	FIN	Salomaa Niko	10	9	11	4	6	29
9	AUS	Bugg Matt	8	4	12	9	9	30
10	GBR	Whittingham-Jones Martin	11	13	5	2	13	31
11	ITA	Olmi Fabrizio	19	10	13	12	5	40
12	NZL	Willcock Brett	5	12	10	14	15	41
13	GBR	Stowe Iain	15	15	19	6	8	44
14	FRA	Cantin Kevin	13	18	7	8	16	44
15	NZL	Francis Paul	12	11	17	11	12	46
16	USA	Evans Daniel	16.5	16	14	17	14	60.5
17	GBR	Bullmore Stephen	14	14	15	18	18	61
18	GBR	Street Will	16.5	20	16	15	17	64.5
19	ITA	D'agaro Cristiano	18	17	DNF	19	20	74
20	NED	Zuidervaart Jasper	20	19	18	20	19	76

Laser:

Rank	Country	Skipper	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Points
1	NED	Bouwmeester Roelof	4	17	1	2	6	2	15
2	NED	Van SCHAARDENBURG Rutger	1	1	10	14	1	4	17
3	FRA	Bernaz Jean-Baptiste	9	9	2	1	13	9	30
4	CRO	Vujasinovic Milan	3	5	7	15	3	21	33
5	NED	Van VIANEN Eduardo	20	7	8	10	5	5	35
6	SUI	Bottoni Christoph	23	14	5	12	7	1	39
7	NED	Hummel Yuri	14	33	9	9	2	7	41
8	EST	Rammo Karl-Martin	7	12	3	20	16	3	41
9	NED	Heiner Nicholas	5	10	4	6	20	17	42
10	FRA	Naud Mattis	8	24	16	4	8	6	42
11	USA	Buckingham Charlie	2	18	6	28	11	10	47
12	CHI	Del SOLAR Matias	22	2	22	5	17	8	54
13	KOR	Ha Jee Min	10	4	14	23	21	13	62
14	NOR	Ruth Kristian	29	OCS	15	3	4	16	67
15	FIN	Westman Fredrik	15	13	18	31	10	11	67
16	ISV	Thompson Cy	OCS	20	19	8	9	15	71
17	BEL	Van LAER Wannes	16	16	31	7	23	12	74
18	NED	Broekens Douwe	17	15	11	30	12	22	77
19	CAN	Davis Robert	6	8	40	16	26	23	79
20	SIN	Cheng Colin	25	3	35	22	24	14	88
21	CAN	Ramshaw Tom	37	6	13	35	14	26	94
22	FRA	Ferrer Jules	12	21	25	24	22	18	97
23	ITA	Spadoni Alessio	21	11	20	18	32	36	102
24	NED	Ter HAAR Sierk Jan	26	23	12	13	40	30	104
25	CRO	Mihelic Daniel	13	26	23	26	34	20	108
26	GBR	Cornish Ben	31	19	21	11	27	38	109
27	SWE	Tidemand Holger	19	40	26	21	25	19	110
28	FRA	Munos Antony	41	25	17	25	18	28	113
29	AUS	Lilley Jake	33	22	24	36	15	32	126
30	CAN	Martin Kyle	18	29	43	17	31	34	129
31	CAN	Heinzemann Alexander	11	27	28	OCS	28	OCS	138
32	FRA	Babonneau Nathan	24	31	37	19	39	29	140
33	TUR	Cakir Mustafa	30	36	36	32	19	33	150
34	CHI	Moraga Ignacio	27	35	30	27	35	37	154
35	CAN	Mclaughlin Evert	34	37	41	29	30	27	157
36	TUR	Bilgen Onur	36	41	29	40	29	24	158
37	AUS	Sulkowski Ki-Raphael	28	32	27	38	41	OCS	166
38	BEL	Balcaen Lander	39	28	32	34	36	OCS	169
39	MEX	Montemayor Ricardo	32	38	39	33	38	31	172
40	CAN	Ryder Matthew	38	39	33	41	33	35	178
41	IRL	Russell Chris	40	42	34	39	43	25	180
42	CAN	Norton Justin	42	34	38	37	37	40	186
43	NED	Moerman Maarten Max	35	30	42	OCS	42	39	188

RS-X Men:

Rank	Country	Skipper	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Points
1	ISR	Zubari Shahar	1	1	2	1	6	1	6
2	FRA	Le COQ Pierre	2	2	5	4	4	3	15
3	ISR	Sofer Omer	5	13	9	2	2	2	20
4	FRA	Hug Louis Benoit	10	8	3	6	1	5	23
5	ESP	Moreno Vega Juan Manuel	4	9	7	3	3	8	25
6	UKR	Oberemko Maksym	9	3	8	7	5	7	30
7	ISR	Mashiah Nimrod	6	7	1	9	9	18	32
8	ARG	Reutemann Mariano	3	4	10	10	7	23	34
9	HKG	Leung Ho Tsun Andy	7	6	6	5	11	11	35
10	FRA	Tillier Benjamin	12	10	12	8	8	6	44
11	LTU	Bernotas Juozas	13	12	4	15	13	10	52
12	FRA	Noesmoen Pierre	8	11	17	12	15	9	55
13	NOR	Wang-Hansen Sebastian	11	5	11	16	17	19	60
14	ISR	Asulin Ron	17	20	14	11	12	13	67
15	FRA	Hirtzmann Paul	19	18	18	14	10	15	75
16	SIN	Ong Leonard	16	22	22	18	20	4	80
17	VEN	Flores Perez Daniel	14	19	16	20	OCS	12	81
18	GER	Delle Leon	18	14	19	17	14	OCS	82
19	LTU	Juodeska Martynas	15	15	20	22	19	21	90
20	FRA	Gasparian Alexandie	21	25	24	13	18	17	93
21	FRA	Longy Benjamin	22	17	13	26	22	25	99
22	GER	Gotzke Nikolas	25	24	23	23	16	14	100
23	CRO	Mratovic Luka	20	23	15	19	25	24	101
24	AUS	Baillie Luke	24	16	OCS	25	23	20	108
25	POL	Handke Jan	DPI	21	DPI	21	24	22	114
26	BLR	Zhukavets Mikalai	DNC	DNC	DNC	24	21	16	115

RS-X Women:

Rank	Country	Skipper	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Points
1	HKG	Chan Hei Man Hayley Victoria	2	3	3	1	2	8	11
2	ITA	Tartaglini Flavia	3	2	1	7	4	3	13
3	NOR	Stalstrom Jannicke	1	1	2	4	6	6	14
4	NED	De GEUS Lilian	12	5	4	6	3	1	19
5	AUS	Crisp Jessica	7	6	6	3	1	4	20
6	GRE	Skarlatou Angeliki	4	9	5	2	14	2	22
7	POL	Dziarnowska Maja	9	7	8	5	7	7	34
8	POL	Bilska Agnieszka	5	4	7	12	DNF	DPI	42
9	NOR	Mollestad Maria Aadland	11	11	15	14	5	5	46
10	POL	Zembrzuska Hanna	8	13	11	9	8	10	46
11	FRA	Noesmoen Helene	10	12	9	8	9	11	47
12	FRA	Clidane Humeau	6	10	12	10	11	15	49
13	NZL	Williams Steffanie	13	8	10	17	12	12	55
14	NED	Wennekes Sara	16	15	13	11	13	18	68
15	AUS	Sterling Joanna	15	14	14	13	15	14	70
16	POR	Souza-Mendelblatt Carolina	14	16	16	16	10	17	72
17	USA	Sayre Solvig	18	18	18	15	16	13	80
18	SIN	Ng Amanda	17	17	17	19	17	16	84
19	SWE	Baumann Fanny	19	19	19	18	18	19	93

Sonar:

Rank	Country	Skipper	Crew 1	Crew 2	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Points
1	FRA	Jourdren Bruno	Vimont-Vicary Nicolas	Flaguel Eric	2	3	1	1	2	6
2	NOR	Wang-Hansen Aleksander	Solberg Marie	Kristiansen Per Eugen	1	1	4	4	4	10
3	AUS	Harrison Colin	Churm Stephen	Harris Johnathan	5	5	2	2	1	10
4	NED	Hessels Udo	Rossen Mischa	Van De Veen Marcel	3	2	3	3	7	11
5	CAN	Millar Bruce	Campbell Logan	Lutes Scott	4	6	7	5	3	18
6	IRL	Twomey John	Hegarty Anthony	Costello Ian	6	4	5	8	6	21
7	GRE	Christoforou Vasilis	Alexas Thodoris	Notaroglou Argiris	7	7	6	6	5	24
8	ITA	Squizzato Antonio	Dighe Massimo	Protopapa Paola	8	8	8	7	8	31
9	AUT	Reiger Sven	Badstober Kurt	Rath Edmund	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	44
9	GBR	Robertson John	Stodel Hannah	Thomas Steve	RAF	RAF	RAF	RAF	RAF	44