29er World Championship day 1 - Argentina takes an early lead

by Jerelyn Biehl on 4 Jan 2011 29er World Championship 2011 day 1, Mar del Plata, Argentina.

Challenging conditions greeted the competitors for the opening day of the 2011 29er Worlds held in Mar del Plata. With the starting gun at 11am, all 60 teams headed out in 18 knots of breeze and large swells to the two separate race courses.

The Argentine team of Pepe Bettini and Fernando Gwozdz started off winning the first two races and finishing second in the final race for today. When asked about the conditions, Bettini commented that 'we had steady winds but a big swell with waves breaking on the top. At the beginning of the downwind legs it was like surfing the Pipeline against pro surfer Kelly Slater! Our PRO Tino Mora did a really good job and we're happy with the days results. We're tied with Tavella and Greggi in points.'

Belen Tavella and Franco Greggi, also from Argentina led the south course with the exact same finishes. The French team of Gael Jaffrezic and Julien Bloyet are third with Argentine team Gonzalo Pollitzer and Jose Maria Diez fourth and fellow countrymen Juan Krevisky and Billy Lopez Segura rounding out the top 5.

Racing continues on Tuesday, January 4 with two more days of the qualifying series followed by three days of the final series. The prizegiving will be held on Saturday, January 8.

The Australian pair of Bryon White and Ashlen Rooklyn are currently seventh place, 10 points behind the leaders.

puesto	vela	timonel / tripulante		reg_1	reg_2	reg_3	puntos
1	ARG 0002	BETTINI PEPE /GWOZDZ FERNANDO	NORTH	1-1.00	1-1.00	2-2.00	4
1	ARG 1726	BELEN TAVELLA / FRANCO GREGGI	SOUTH	1-1.00	1-1.00	2-2.00	4
3	FRA 0009	JAFFREZIC GAEL / BLOYET JULIEN	NORTH	4-4.00	3-3.00	1-1.00	8
4	ARG 1314	POLLITZER GONZALO /DIEZ JOSE MARIA	SOUTH	2-2.00	7-7.00	1-1.00	10
5	ARG 1723	KREVISKY JUAN / LOPEZ SEGURA BILLY	NORTH	3-3.00	2-2.00	5-5.00	10
6	ARG 1798	REALI ETCHART VICTORIA/TERRAB GASTON	SOUTH	4-4.00	3-3.00	7-7.00	14
7	AUS 1535	BYRON WHITE / ASHLEN ROOKLYN	SOUTH	6-6.00	5-5.00	3-3.00	14
8	ARG 1316	SIELECKI MICAEL / OCAMPO TOMAS	NORTH	6-6.00	7-7.00	4-4.00	17
9	ARG 1799	BILLOCH GERMAN / KOCOUREK PEDRO	SOUTH	8-8.00	4-4.00	6-6.00	18
10	ARG 1313	AGUS BRANZ /FEDE TRAVASCIO	NORTH	8-8.00	9-9.00	3-3.00	20
11	ARG 0006	MARTINEZ NAHUEL / VUGDELIJA AXEL	SOUTH	3-3.00	6-6.00	12-12.00	21
12	USA 0005	FRASER MAXWELL / LIEBENBERG DAVID	SOUTH	7-7.00	9-9.00	5-5.00	21
13	DEN 0010	BAAD IDA MARIE / OLSEN MARIE THURSGARD	NORTH	9-9.00	8-8.00	8-8.00	25
14	DEN 1732	LUBECK MADS EMIL / LUBECK CHRISTIAN PETER	SOUTH	5-5.00	8-8.00	13-13.00	26
15	CRO 0016	FIZULIC DOMAGOS / OSTREZ LEON	SOUTH	10-10.00	10-10.00	8-8.00	28
16	ARG 1184	PIRAN CLARA / PELLEGRINO MARIANO	NORTH	17-17.00	5-5.00	9-9.00	31
17	ARG 1719	BRANZ SOL / ALVAREZ GALLESIO JUAMPI	SOUTH	9-9.00	11-11.00	11-11.00	31
18	ARG 1724	TRAVASCIO VICTORIA / SEGERS MARIO	NORTH	21-21.00	4-4.00	7-7.00	32
19	ARG 0436	AUTELLI JUAN JOSE /PINI NICOLAS	NORTH	7-7.00	13-13.00	14-14.00	34
20	USA 0019	LANE KRISTEN / NOBLE MATTHEW	NORTH	11-11.00	11-11.00	12-12.00	34
21	USA 0015	TYLER MACDONALD / JAMES MOODY	NORTH	15-15.00	10-10.00	10-10.00	35
22	ARG 1720	COSENTINO FRANCISCO /WAGMAISTER TOMAS	SOUTH	DNC-31.00	2-2.00	4-4.00	37
23	ARG 1807	LANGE SANTIAGO / LANGE KLAUS	SOUTH	11-11.00	17-17.00	9-9.00	37
24	GBR 1702	LLOYD WILLIAMS HENRY / BATTEN SAM	NORTH	12-12.00	14-14.00	11-11.00	37
25	ARG 1717	BAUDOINO ALEJANDRO / CUBRIA MARTIN	NORTH	10-10.00	22-22.00	6-6.00	38
26	ARG 1310	COSENTINO IVAN / CHOMETOWSKI NICOLAS	SOUTH	14-14.00	14-14.00	10-10.00	38
27	ESP 1615	TRITTEL FLORIAN / TRITTEL LUCAS	NORTH	2-2.00	6-6.00	DNC-31.00	39
28	ARG 1315	GOMEZ LEANDRO / VILLAMBROSA FEDERICO	NORTH	13-13.00	15-15.00	13-13.00	41
29	ARG 1805	BELLOCCHIO FRAN / ZAPIOLA IGNACIO	NORTH	5-5.00	17-17.00	20-20.00	42
30	DEN 1392	CHRISTIANSEN LIN EA / QUORNING STINE	SOUTH	12-12.00	15-15.00	15-15.00	42
31	ESP 1626	RODENAS LORDA LUIS / MARTINEZ RUIZ JUAN MIGUEL	SOUTH	13-13.00	12-12.00	21-21.00	46
32	GBR 1754	COOPER OLLIE / POYNER JAMES	NORTH	14-14.00	12-12.00	21-21.00	47
33	ARG 0590	ARIGOS JOSE MANUEL / NOE ALEJANDRO	NORTH	16-16.00	16-16.00	15-15.00	47
34	ARG 1181	VAN AVERMAETE FRANCISCO / CARRANO ALFREDO	SOUTH	17-17.00	18-18.00	14-14.00	49
35	USA 0014	HENKEN STERLING / DEADY MIKE	SOUTH	19-19.00	13-13.00	20-20.00	52
36	ARG 0577	MARLENE RIQUELME ANTONETTI /FRANCO RIQUELME ANTONETTI	NORTH	22-22.00	18-18.00	16-16.00	56
37	ARG 1308	TRAVASCIO MERCEDES / GREGGI MARIANO	SOUTH	18-18.00	21-21.00	17-17.00	56
38	GBR 1504	HAWKINS JACK / THOMAS CHRISTOPHER	SOUTH	16-16.00	19-19.00	23-23.00	58
39	ARG 0585	FUMAGALLO EDUARDO / GIAVITTO TOMAS	NORTH	20-20.00	23-23.00	17-17.00	60
40	USA 0510	HENKEN PARIS / KELTER CONNOR	NORTH	23-23.00	19-19.00	19-19.00	61
41	ARG 1311	PILAR TAVELLA /OTERO MARTIN	NORTH	19-19.00	20-20.00	23-23.00	62
42	USA 0111	ANDREW MOLLERUS / MATTHEW MOLLERUS	SOUTH	15-15.00	DNC-31.00	19-19.00	65
43	CAN 1451	CORBEIL OLIVIER / ROBITAILLE JEAN LUC	SOUTH	DNC-31.00	16-16.00	18-18.00	65
44	ARG 0433	CAZEAUX JUSTO / DE MARTIS RAFAEL	NORTH	DNC-31.00	21-21.00	18-18.00	70
45	ARG 1303	PEIRANO PEDRO / PEIRANO NICOLAS	SOUTH	DNC-31.00	20-20.00	22-22.00	73
46	USA 0841	WHITMYER DECLAN / STORCK IAN	NORTH	18-18.00	25-25.00	DNC-31.00	74
47	ARG 1317	SECCHI FEDERICO /PIERRARD JAVIER	SOUTH	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	16-16.00	78
48	ARG 0594	IVAN CASAS HOJSAN / LUIS CASAS HOJSAN	NORTH	DNC-31.00	26-26.00	22-22.00	79
49	ARG 1305	ORTIZ ANA / PITTALUGA QUIQUE	NORTH	DNC-31.00	24-24.00	24-24.00	79
50	ARG 0587	GAINZA DELFINA / ZAPIOLA MATIAS	NORTH	24-24.00	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	86
51	ARG 0435	BENOZZI NATALIA /PIERINI LUCIA	SOUTH	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	93
52	ARG 0582	HORMAZABAL RENE / CANDIA AGUSTINA	NORTH	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	93
53	ARG 0586	DASSO NICOLAS / CABELLO FEDERICO	SOUTH	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	93
54	ARG 0591	CONTEGRAND LAUTARO / CONTEGRAND ALEJO	SOUTH	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	93
55	ARG 0593	NOCERINO IGNACIO / NOCERINO FEDERICO	SOUTH	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	93
56	ARG 1307	BOZZO MARU / CONTESSI DOMINGO	SOUTH	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	93
57	ARG 1718	BONGIORNO GINO / BONGIORNO ERIC	NORTH	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	93
58	ARG 1814	BOSCO SANTIAGO / BIAVA JUAN IGNACIO	NORTH	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	93
59	CHI 1182	CAPELLE THOMAS / MALDONADO DIEGO	SOUTH	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	93
60	SWE 0845	SOMMARLUND JOHANNA / GRIM HENRIK	SOUTH	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	93

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