Qualifications are over: the 29er Europeans is now ready for the finals
Riva del Garda – With a total of five valid races, the first phase of the 29er European Championship has ended, an event organized by Fraglia Vela Riva in collaboration with the International 29er Class Association that is gathering an impressive fleet in Riva del Garda: in fact, there are two hundred and fifty-one crews registered, coming from twenty-nine nations.
After the excellent opening day, closed with three valid races for all the teams in the race, the instability of the weather affected yesterday, closed with some groups one race late. The situation was recovered today, during the only navigable weather window, expertly exploited by the Race Committee chaired by Claudio Tosi and the Class Representative Peter Lubeck, to close the qualifications.
With five races in the score line, the French Le Goff-Vidor are leading the way, first with a single point margin over the Swiss Huber-Berger and two over their compatriots Huet Des Aunay-Gresset and Matini-Allain. The Norwegians Holt-Forslund complete the top five, four points behind the leaders. The best female team is still the Polish Puchowska-Dampc, even if their margin over the closest pursuers, the Hungarians Feher-Feher, has been reduced to just one point. The top player among the mixed teams is the Italian team composed of Bartolozzi-Rizzi, placed fifteenth and just one point behind the best Italian duo, Del Bimbo.Scerpellini, thirteenth and also hot on their heels by Montesano-Coslovich.
Tomorrow, with the fleets divided between Gold, Silver and Bronze, the final phase of the 29er European Championship will begin, an event that is set to end on July 8th with the awards ceremony scheduled for the multifunctional terrace of the Fraglia Vela Riva.
Meanwhile, during the Sailor Party held at the PalaVela, the Paris 2024 Olympic sailors of the ILCA class Chiara Benini Floriani and Lorenzo Brando Chiavarini, former athletes of the Fraglia Vela Riva and now members of the Sports Groups of the Guardia di Finanza and the State Police, met the protagonists of the event, telling them about their competitive path and answering questions from those present.
