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Argentina dominate 29er Worlds

by Sail-World UK on 26 Jan 2007
29er Worlds 29er
In the first races of the final stage of the 29er World Championship in Argentina, three local teams head the table. Pepe Bettini and Matías Keller lead with 20 points, Matías Gainza Eurnekian and Federico Villambrosa are second with 29points and Gonzalo Pollitzer and Jose María Diez are third with 33.

In fourth place are Britain's James Ellis and Rob Partridge with 38 points. James Peters and Oliver Spensley Corfie (GBR) are in seventh place.

Argentine and British sailors make up the top ten positions, with Australia's Joel Rose and Jamie Woods breaking into the table at 11th and Mogamat Taariq Jacobs and Neil Christophe Malan from South Africa at 18th.

María Agustina Torre and Franco Greggi are tied in the lead of the Silver fleet with Emily Dellenbaugh and Briana Provancha of the USA. Nathalie Keller and Irina Hotz of Switzerland are in third place.

Gold fleet positions:

Pos. B# Crew From Split 1 9A 10A 11A 12A 13A Tot
1 3 Pepe Bettini & Matías Keller Argentina Red 2 6 3 3 6 20
2 4 Matías Gainza Eurnekian & Federico Villambrosa Argentina Yellow 1 18 2 1 7 29
3 18 Gonzalo Pollitzer & Jose María Diez Argentina Red 6 10 8 6 3 33
4 39 James Ellis & Rob Partridge United Kingdom Red 11 2 7 9 9 38
5 11 Micael Sielecki & Tomas Wagmaister Argentina Blue 22 1 1 4 12 40
6 24 Ignacio Fernández Besada & Tigris Martirosjan Argentina Yellow 8 7 4 14 8 41
7 44 James Peters & Oliver Spensley Corfie United Kingdom Green 10 5 14 2 11 42
8 2 German Billoch & Martín Billoch Argentina Yellow 4 4 18 10 10 46
9 20 Adela Deschamps & Juan De la Fuente Argentina Blue 7 12 10 12 5 46
10 41 Huw Humphreys & Max Todd United Kingdom Green 5 23 12 5 2 47
11 5 Francisco Piccini & Santiago Daneri Argentina Blue 3 24 6 16 1 50
12 1 Joel Rose & Jamie Woods Australia Green 17 16 11 8 4 56
13 43 Hannah Diamond & Nick Hollis United Kingdom Green 16 11 9 13 14 63
14 23 Adrian Terrab & Marcos Lamas Argentina Green 20 22 5 18 13 78
15 38 Will Twemlow & Pete Perera United Kingdom Yellow 15 15 21 7 20 78
16 22 Fernanda Sesto & Fernando Sotelino Argentina Yellow 14 8 15 17 25 79
17 37 Sophie Weguelin & Sophie Ainsworth United Kingdom Red 9 13 13 23 22 80
18 32 Mogamat Taariq Jacobs & Neil Christophe Malan South Africa Blue 13 20 16 20 16 85
19 45 Frances Peters & Neale Jones United Kingdom Yellow 23 21 17 11 15 87
20 51 Judge Ryan & Hans Henken United States Yellow 19 9 19 19 23 89
21 6 Luz Bonello & Sofia Tedin Argentina Blue 25 3 22 21 19 90
22 15 Ana Labourt & Daniel Pierrard Argentina Green 12 25 26\DNF 15 17 95
23 42 Henry Maxfield & Dicken Maclean United Kingdom Blue 21 14 20 24 18 97
24 46 Sarah Martin & Nicola Groves United Kingdom Red 18 17 23 22 21 101
25 53 Max Fraser & Alex Bernal United States Green 24 19 24 25 24 116


Silver fleet leading positions:

1 Argentina María Agustina Torre & Franco Greggi 10 1 1 1 8 21
2 United States Emily Dellenbaugh & Briana Provancha 6 2 6 2 5 21
3 Switzerland Nathalie Keller & Irina Hotz 1 4 4 14 1 24
4 Argentina Robby Bisi & Manuel Garcia Diez 5 3 2 7 7 24
5 Argentina Nicolás Pini & Esteban Gulias 3 13 3 4 3 26
6 United Kingdom David Hopper & Bruce Spratt 4 6 7 5 13 35
7 United States Alain Huggler & Eric AAhkus 19 9 11 3 2 44
8 Argentina Martín Tomas Otero & Diego Andrés Radio 7 7 14 9 14 51
9 Sweden Erik Pettersson & Calle Pettersson 8 8 5 17 15 53
10 Argentina Juan Krevisky & Eduardo López Segura 15 10 13 12 6 56
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