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On 26/07/2010
Gonzalo Botin is the new Class40 World Champion
It is thus Gonzalo Botin on Tales who becomes World Champion of Class40 in 2010, 2 points ahead of Thierry Bouchard’s Mistral Loisirs - Pôle Santé Elior. Concise 2, 9 points behind the first boat, scores third. Destination Dunkerque with Thomas Ruyant finishes 4th, followed by Sam Manuard on Vecteur Plus. Some results which predict a good fight, a full suspense for the Route du Rhum - La Banque Postale 2010.
Gonzalo Botin (Tales), Class40 World Champion in 2010: “We only got to enjoy the victory once we were back in the port. This adds one more victory to our credit but this one is an important one for the Class40, which is quite recent. Today was tight, the breeze was very light, and we almost didn’t make it. Our main opponant was really close behind. Fort he first time we were not first to reach the windward mark, but we managed to catch up and get back on top. As I said yesterday, we had to get through today to see what we are capable of. We were consistent and it all worked out. Today we were third but we did better on the previous races. Nothing was ever sure. We fought against several countries and I am really happy about this outcome. This Lombard Design deck is really good and has just been picked out to be produced in series. I hope this victory contributes to developing the Class40 in Spain. The boats are easy, fun and adaptable. It’s a wonderful result that adds up to the rest of the Spanish victories in many sports.”
Some results: Thierry Bouchard (2nd), Thomas Ruyant (4th) and Sam Manuard (5th), which predict a good fight and a full suspense for the Route du Rhum - La Banque Postale 2010.
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