Julien Bontemps wins the Delta Lloyd Regatta

 some lost. According to many Olympians, this year's Delta Lloyd Regatta has been a good training for Beijing with an interesting end.

 

"Today was a different competition", said overall winner Julien Bontemps (FRA). "It is interesting to finish the series like this. I had a good start with Dorian. Of course I was covering him, but my upwind speed was bad and he was in front of me."

 

The two Dutchmen Dorian van Rijsselberge and Casper Bouman, both coached by McIntosh (NZL), like the heavy weather conditions and were flying. Going into the Medal Race, Bouman was in ninth position. He needed to finish top six in order to qualify for Beijing. He took the bullet, but missed the sixth position by just one point. He has one more chance in Kiel. If he fails, Van Rijsselberge will go.

 

Despite the fact he has a full nomination of NOC*NSF, he lost the national selection to Bouman, who still needs to complete his nomination. Today, Van Rijsselberge sailed in second position as he saw Bouman making a small mistake at the bottom mark:

 

"I was eager to catch him and wanted to make a smooth gibe, but I accidentally hooked into my harness and made a catapult." Bontemps passed him and secured his overall victory, followed by Van Rijsselberge and Tom Ashly from New Zealand.

 

Marina Alabau (ESP) did not take any risks in the women fleet: "I already had a big lead, so I took it easy. It was heavy going downwind in these choppy conditions. I did not have much control." But the Spanish European Champion finished third and won the regatta, followed by Barbara Kendall (NZL) and Blanca Manchon (ESP), who took the final bullet.

 

 RESULTS

 

 1 FRA Julien Bontemps
 2 NED Dorian van Rijsselberge
 3 NZL Tom Ashley
 4 SUI Richard Stauffacher
 5 HKG King Yin Chan
 6 HUN Aron Gádorfalvi
 7 NED Casper Bouman
 8 FRA Etienne Saiz
 9 ARG Mariano Reutemann
 10 FRA Henry Quentin
 11 CYP Andreas Cariolou
 12 KOR Taehoon Lee
 13 TUR Ertugrul Icingir
 14 HKG Chi Ho Ho
 15 FRA Martin Gaveriaux
 16 GBR Elliot Carney
 17 USA Ben Barger
 18 CAN Zachary Plavsic
 19 HKG Kwok Fai Cheng
 20 KOR Hyungkwon Kim
 21 DEN Jonas Kaeldso
 22 FRA Gauthier Lefevre
 23 RUS Konstantin Peredkov
 24 FRA Alexandre Guyader
 25 GER Christian Freimueller
 26 GBR Richard Hamilton
 27 FRA Pierre Noesmoen
 28 FRA Pierre Loquet
 29 GER Florian Freimueller
 30 FRA Rémi Ledoux
 31 BEL Arne Herpoele
 32 GER Oliver-tom Schliemann
 33 SVK Patrik Pollak
 34 RUS Alexey Tokarev
 35 GER Leon Delle
 36 VEN Daniel Flores
 37 NZL Antonio Cozzolino
 38 FRA Vivien Habert
 39 COL Nicolas Lozano
 40 GRE Stefanos Leonetti
 41 NZL Joshua Nixon

 

SOURCE: RS:X Class