April 2007
Monthly Archive
Mon 30 Apr 2007
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China Team score a major upset by beating BMW Oracle for their first win in the Louis Vuitton Cup off Valencia.
Mon 30 Apr 2007
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Emirates Team New Zealand got its first race of round robin 2 today, beating Mascalzone Latino. On the leaderboard, NZL 92 with 20 points is third in the Louis Vuitton Cup rankings behind Oracle and Luna Rossa, both ...
Mon 30 Apr 2007
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Bernard Stamm wins the Five Oceans
solo around-the-world yacht race for the second straight time.
Mon 30 Apr 2007
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A 14 knot breeze is blowing on the northern course at the start of the race between Luna Rossa and Victory Challenge. Spithill attempts to avoid the dial up but is not able to cross in front of Holmberg ...
Mon 30 Apr 2007
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It was a day of close racing and surprise finishes at the Louis Vuitton Cup where the bottom ranked China Team earned its first win of the competition over the leader, BMW ORACLE Racing, when the American team lost …
Mon 30 Apr 2007
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Japanese Kojiro Shiraishi has crossed the finish line of the VELUX 5 OCEANS in Bilbao (Basque Country) at 17:56:45 local time (15:56:45 GMT), just 43 minutes after Bernard Stamm. The skipper has completed the third and final leg of ...
Mon 30 Apr 2007
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A gear problem on USA 98 saw the team record its first loss of Louis Vuitton Cup Round Robin Two in Valencia today and saw China Team record its first win of the series so far. The problem came ...
Mon 30 Apr 2007
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The United Internet Team Germany is still waiting for its second win in the Louis Vuitton Cup. The second flight of Round Robin 2 against Team Shosholoza from South Africa was lost by the German team. The distance was ...
Mon 30 Apr 2007
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Captain Salvatore Sarno, Managing Director: "It looked easy but it is never easy. We have demonstrated that our boat is also fast with 17 knots of wind. We had the right side and a nice race. It was a ...
Mon 30 Apr 2007
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After 3,200 miles of North Atlantic racing, Bernard Stamm took his Open 60, Cheminées Poujoulat, across the VELUX 5 OCEANS Leg 3 finish line outside the harbour wall of Puerto Deportivo marina, Gexto, Bilbao, at 17:13 and 25 seconds ...