ASSA ABLOY Holds Off Tyco

by Volvo Ocean Race media on 10 May 2002 ASSA ABLOY won the match race with their unofficial tuning partners, Team
Tyco, to finish second into La Rochelle at 16.39.47GMT this afternoon.

It is a respectable enough position for Neal McDonald and his crew,
cementing their second place overall, with a five-point buffer on the next
boat, provided Amer Sports One holds her current fifth place into La
Rochelle this evening. They are almost even with SEB and at the current
state it will be a match race finale for fourth place. News Corp is
clearly behind and only a serious breakage on SEB or Amer Sports One can
get her in front.

For Kevin Shoebridge and Tyco, a third place on this transatlantic leg
goes some way to restoring lost pride after their disastrous sixth place
finish in Baltimore. This team has always shown more promise than it has
delivered, but at least this latest podium finish puts them within
striking distance of Amer Sports One and News Corp for third place
overall.

Volvo Ocean Race Position Report, Day 12, 1804 GMT

PS Yacht Latitude Longitude DTF CMG SMG TFHR DTL DTL-C ETA PO

4 TSEB 46 04.81N 001 27.57W 9 79 10.6 309 9 -15 09/05/02 18:35 26

5 AONE 46 07.28N 001 30.08W 10 94 10.3 312 10 -16 09/05/02 18:43 36

6 NEWS 46 09.92N 001 37.36W 16 103 10.5 316 16 -15 09/05/02 19:11 34

7 DJCE 46 16.08N 003 17.28W 85 92 10.6 309 85 -16 10/05/02 00:42 23

8 ATOO 44 38.96N 063 34.24W 4512 0 0 152 4512 -5 No Data 10


Overall position after five legs pending protests
PS Yacht Leg 3 points Arrival Time Elapsed Time Combined Time PO Overall
Pos.
1 ILBK 8 09 MAY 02 13:44:30 10d 20h 44m 30s 117d 17h 41m 44s 49 1
2 AART 7 09 MAY 02 16:39:40 010d 23h 39m 40s 121d 21h 54m 28s 41 2
3 TYCO 6 09 MAY 02 17:19:10 011d 00h 19m 10s ----------- 33 5

Leaderboard
PS Yacht Points
1 illbruck 49
2 ASSA ABLOY 41
3 Amer Sports One 36
4 News Corp 34
5 Tyco 33
6 SEB 26
7 DJCE 23
8 Amer Sports Too 10