France’s Groupe Edmond de Rothschild wins 2011 Extreme Sailing Series Act 7 at Nice
Home favourites, Groupe Edmond de Rothschild, made a superb comeback in the 2011 Extreme Sailing Series as their hard work finally paid off and the squad clinched the seventh act of the Extreme season with 229 points. Team skipper, Pierre Pennec is quite
happy with the crew’s performance and hopes that they will do well in the future.
Weather conditions at Nice in France were quite ideal for a solid sail and the French team had an impressive run under such a forecast. During the race on the final day, Groupe Edmond de Rothschild possessed a dangerous position with Sweden’s Artemis Racing,
who was trailing them by three points, but the French team managed to escape and hit top spot.
Swedish team of Artemis Racing could have troubled the French, but they failed to unsettle the leader board and finished second in the overall score board with 228 points. Switzerland’s Alinghi occupied third position with 215.5 points after 29 races of
the event.
The overall standings of Extreme Sailing Series Act 7 after 29 races are given below:
1. Groupe Edmond de Rothschild (FRA), Pierre Pennec / Christophe Espagnon / Thierry Fouchier / Hervé Cunningham = 229 points
2. Artemis Racing (SWE), Terry Hutchinson / Sean Clarkson / Morgan Trubovich / Julien Cressant = 228 points
3. Alinghi (SUI), Tanguy Cariou / Yann Guichard / Nils Frei / Yves Detrey = 215.5 points
4. Luna Rossa (ITA), Max Sirena / Paul Campbell-James / Alister Richardson / Manuel Modena = 209 points
5. Oman Air (OMA), Ben Ainslie / Kinley Fowler / David Carr / Nasser Al Mashari = 185 points
6. Red Bull Extreme Sailing (AUT), Roman Hagara / Hans Peter Steinacher / Will Howden / Craig Monk = 179.5 points
7. Emirates Team New Zealand (NZL), Dean Barker / Adam Beashel / Jeremy Lomas / Chris McAsey = 163 points
8. Team GAC Pindar (GBR), Ian Williams / Mischa Heemrskerk / Andrew Walsh / Brian MacInnes = 160 points
9. The Wave, Muscat (OMA), Leigh McMillan / Kyle Langford / Nick Hutton / Khamis Al Anbouri = 156 points
10. Team Extreme Nice Côte d’Azur (FRA), Jean-Pierre d**k / Jérémie Beyou / Billy Besson / Arnaud Jarlegant = 119 points
11. Niceforyou (ITA), Alberto Barovier / Stefano Rizzi / Daniele De Luca / Simone de Mari = 118 points
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