2015 PWA Slalom World Cup – Final day overall + Video

by Fuerteventura Worldcup on 4 Aug 2015 Antoine Albeau (RRD / NeilPryde) dominated in Fuerteventura as the reigning world champion cemented his place at the top of the overall rankings with a commanding performance. AA won three out of the eight eliminations completed, whilst qualifying for all but one winners’ final as he sent out a clear warning sign that he’s going to be incredibly hard to beat over the remainder of the season.

“Fuerte for me is one of the best places for windsurfing. I always look forward to coming here because you have good wind everyday here, which makes for a great event, so thanks again to Rene Egli and his team who make a huge effort to bring us back each year. It’s a real pleasure to come back and every time it’s another big battle with the guys, so I’m super happy to have managed to win here again. Well done to both Matteo and Ross for fighting back onto the podium yesterday. I hope to be back next year. Thanks to everyone again.”

Ross Williams (Tabou / GA Sails / Mystic) moves up into second place in the overall world rankings after another great performance in Fuerteventura, which is the Brit’s second podium finish in 2015. The Brit has found the kind of consistency required to compete at the very top of the sport this season and qualified for over half of this weeks winners’ finals top another great event.

Matteo Iachino (Fanatic / North) backed up his maiden event victory in Costa Brava with a solid second place in Fuerte as he moves into third place in the overalls. The Italian was in superb form as he continued to look lighting quick, which saw him qualify for the first six finals out of six. At this point Iachino and Albeau were almost inseparable, but he then missed out on the finals in the next two eliminations, but will still be delighted with his work this week.

Pierre Mortefon (Fanatic / North) and Ben Van der Steen (Tabou / GA Sails / Mystic) finished level on points - missing out on the podium by just 0.7 of a point. The Frenchman finishes just ahead of Van der Steen in fourth with a better count back. Mortefon drops back one place into fourth in the overalls, whilst Van der Steen remains in seven place.

Taty Frans secured a top ten finish in the slalom as well as the freestyle as he claimed sixth place overall in Fuerteventura. The Bonairean also won his first ever elimination in the sixth race after timing another start to perfection as he led from start to finish and qualified the at least in top sixteen all but once as he produced his best form ever at a slalom event.

As always the French featured heavily in the top ten with Cyril Moussilmani (Starboard / Severne), Cedric Bordes (Tabou / GA Sails), Julien Quentel (RRD / NeilPryde) and Pacal Toselli (99NoveNove / Point-seven) finishing seventh-10th respectively.

Finian Maynard (99NoveNove) finished 24th in Fuerteventura, which is especially commemorative of the late and great Peter Volwater - H-24. Maynard was especially close to Peter as a best friend over their 18 years together on the PWA tour.

“This week was particularly hard to compete as Peter was always on the mind, especially on day one; very difficult indeed. Fuerte was one of his favourites over the years. The result of 24th is not what I aimed for but it is such a sign from above to finish on Peter’s sail number, a 1.9% chance! We all miss and love you Peter and thinking of you everyday.”

Fuerteventura re-enhanced its reputation as one of the most exciting events on the tour after another epic nine days on the 30th anniversary of the event.

Overall Results Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam - Men's Slalom

First Antoine Albeau (RRD / NeilPryde)
Second Matteo Iachino (Fanatic / North)
Third Ross Williams (Tabou / GA Sails)
Fourth Pierre Mortefon (Fanatic / North)
Fifth Ben Van der Steen (Tabou / GA Sails / Mystic)
Sixth Taty Frans (Starboard / GA Sails / Mystic)
Seventh Cyril Moussilmani (Starboard / Severne)
Eighth Cedric Bordes (Tabou / GA Sails)
Ninth Julien Quentel (RRD / NeilPryde)
10th Pascal Toselli (99NoveNove / Point-seven)

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