Sailing World Cup Hyeres - Burton continues to lead Laser

by Rob Kothe & Jedda Murphy on 24 Apr 2015

Laser, Tom Burton (AUS) - 2014 ISAF Sailing World Cup Hyeres, Thom Touw http://www.thomtouw.com

Laser World ranked number one, and 2013,2014 ISAF Sailing World Cup Hyeres winner Australian Tom Burton pushed to the top of the leader board on day two of the 2015 regatta after posting a third and second place.

Overnight leader Sam Meech (NZL) fell back in the pack.

Burton's discard is a 33rd from day one, so he will have to continue to sail well to take the hat-trick.

In this interview, the 2014 Rio Olympic test event and ISAF Sailing World Cup final winner Burton explains it all.

Then he went out and posted an 11th and a fifth to hold his lead.

Laser - Men - Overall results

Pos	Nation	Sail Number	Crew	Race						Points
Pos	Nation	Sail Number	Crew	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total	Net
1	AUS	AUS 199012	Tom Burton	2	(33)	3	2	11	5	56.00	23.00
2	CRO	CRO 208709	Tonci Stipanovic	3	(8)	6	8	3	8	36.00	28.00
3	NED	NED 204566	Nicholas Heiner	5	(24)	4	5	1	17	56.00	32.00
4	NED	NED 206745	Rutger van Schaardenburg	1	13	(16)	9	4	10	53.00	37.00
5	BRA	BRA 206407	Robert Scheidt	9	6	7	(17)	5	11	55.00	38.00
6	NZL	NZL 207862	Andy Maloney	12	9	(18)	7	10	3	59.00	41.00
7	GBR	GBR 201402	Nick Thompson	8	(36)	9	6	6	13	78.00	42.00
8	SWE	SWE 199617	Jesper Stalheim	(33)	4	15	4	26	2	84.00	51.00
9	EST	EST 203724	Karl-Martin Rammo	4	(28)	13	11	2	28	86.00	58.00
10	GER	GER 208257	Philipp Buhl	19	(34)	21	13	9	1	97.00	63.00
11	NZL	NZL 208517	Sam Meech	11	2	(41) DSQ	39	7	6	106.00	65.00
12	USA	USA 206151	Charlie Buckingham	7	(31)	19	18	8	14	97.00	66.00
13	NOR	NOR 207460	Kristian Ruth	20	22	5	1	23	(37)	108.00	71.00
14	CYP	CYP 208708	Pavlos Kontides	23	3	26	3	16	(35)	106.00	71.00
15	GUA	GUA 204113	Juan Ignacio Maegli Aguero	14	(25)	8	16	12	22	97.00	72.00
16	FRA	FRA 208457	Jean Baptiste Bernaz	10	19	10	21	14	(31)	105.00	74.00
17	NOR	NOR 201382	Mathias Mollatt	13	7	20	12	(41) DNF	26	119.00	78.00
18	NZL	NZL 197250	Thomas Saunders	16	(30)	14	30	17	12	119.00	89.00
19	AUS	AUS 199015	Matthew Wearn	26	(35)	2	10	24	30	127.00	92.00
20	NZL	NZL 208337	Michael Bullot	21	18	12	22	(36)	20	129.00	93.00
21	ARG	ARG 207308	Julio Alsogaray	17	(37)	1	28	22	27	132.00	95.00
22	AUS	AUS 166021	Ryan Palk	(37)	10	17	35	29	7	135.00	98.00
23	MNE	MNE 208707	Milivoj Dukic	24	5	25	20	32	(34)	140.00	106.00
24	POL	POL 208710	Kacper Zieminski	(28)	11	24	27	21	24	135.00	107.00
25	BEL	BEL 202016	Wannes Van Laer	30	(40)	27	14	15	21	147.00	107.00
26	AUS	AUS 208360	Mitchell Kennedy	18	29	23	(31)	19	18	138.00	107.00
27	ITA	ITA 199697	Alessio Spadoni	15	12	28	(32)	28	25	140.00	108.00
28	ITA	ITA 208739	Giovanni Coccoluto	32	23	37	(40)	13	4	149.00	109.00
29	CRO	CRO 207268	Filip Jurišic	6	1	35	33	35	(36)	146.00	110.00
30	CRO	CRO 207483	Daniel Mihelic	27	16	11	26	(37)	32	149.00	112.00
31	ITA	ITA 207945	Francesco Marrai	35	20	31	(37)	18	9	150.00	113.00
32	AUS	AUS 206762	Luke Elliott	(38)	27	34	15	27	16	157.00	119.00
33	SIN	SIN 197538	Colin Cheng	22	(39)	30	23	38	15	167.00	128.00
34	CAN	CAN 207130	Robert Davis	25	15	(38)	29	30	29	166.00	128.00
35	BRA	BRA 206757	Bruno Fontes	(36)	26	22	24	25	33	166.00	130.00
36	GBR	GBR 207731	Elliot Hanson	29	17	(41) DNF	38	33	19	177.00	136.00
37	RUS	RUS 202692	Sergey Komissarov	(40)	38	36	19	31	23	187.00	147.00
38	ITA	ITA 206675	Enrico Strazzera	39	21	33	36	20	(41) DNF	190.00	149.00
39	GBR	GBR 207509	Alex Mills-Barton	34	14	29	34	(39)	39	189.00	150.00
40	GRE	GRE 150374	Adonis Bougiouris	31	32	32	25	34	(38)	192.00	154.00