Close Finish For Puma, Delta Lloyd And Green Dragon
16:44 GMT Monday, December 1, 2008. |
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| After a terrific battle in the final stages of leg two of the Volvo Ocean Race from Cape Town, South Africa, to Cochin in India, where three boats were in sight of each other today. Ken Read / USA emerged the victor and brought the red and black PUMA across the finish today at 12:22 GMT (18:02 local time) in fifth place. |
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PUMA Ocean Racing arrive in Cochin,
India, to claim fifth place in Leg 2 of the Volvo Ocean
Race 2008-09, beating Team Delta Lloyd by only minutes
after nearly 4,500 miles of sailing. They crossed the
line at 12:22:12 GMT, securing 4 points for the finish
and 5 points overall for the leg.
Photo © Dave Kneale / Volvo Ocean Race.
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They were followed seven minutes later by Delta Lloyd (Roberto Bermudez / ESP) 12:29 GMT (18:09 local time) in sixth, and finally Green Dragon (Ian Walker / GBR) 26 minutes later at 13:08 GMT (18:38 local time) in seventh place.
It has been a painful leg for the American team who on day five, November 19, suffered damage to the main longitudinal frame (the part that prevents the boat from bending in half). The team was able to nurse the boat to the finish without having to resort to drastic measures such as stopping for repairs. |
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Skipper Ken Read of PUMA Ocean Racing
addresses the media on the dock.
Photo © Sally Collison / PUMA Ocean Racing.
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| On arrival in Cochin, Ken Read said, "It’s wonderful to be here. I have a fantastic team. We would have had to pull in to fix the boat if they were not so good and not one of them quit. The boys rebuilt the boat. We are disappointed with our finish, we think we are better than fifth. We just have to figure a way to get better. It was a very difficult leg, it was ‘life at the extreme,’ to take the Volvo tagline." |
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The crew of PUMA Ocean Racing celebrate
their arrival to Cochin, India, finishing leg 2 of
the Volvo Ocean Race 08-09 in 5th place.
Photo © Sally Collison / PUMA Ocean Racing.
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Delta Lloyd has stayed in touch with this group under the leadership of Roberto Bermudez from Spain, who took over from skipper Ger O’Rourke at the beginning of leg two. This is the first time that a ‘first generation’ boat has competed for a second time. She was designed by Argentinean Juan Kouyoumdjian and won the 2005-06 Volvo Ocean Race. The Argentinean designer has also drawn the lines of both the Ericsson boats, one of which is currently leading the event.
Roberto Bermudez said, "It was very interesting as it was my first time as skipper. The whole crew helped me. I think we have a very good crew of young guys and I am very happy." |
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Delta Lloyd, skippered by Roberto Bermudez
de Castro from Spain, finishes leg 2 of the Volvo Ocean
Race from Cape Town, South Africa to Cochin, India.
They crossed the line at 12:29:00 GMT, securing 3 points
for the finish and 3.5 points overall for the leg.
Photo © Dave Kneale / Volvo Ocean Race.
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Green Dragon, was also limping, having broken her boom on day four; sailing the final 3,554 nautical miles with the boom safely down below and the mainsail loose-footed.
Ian Walker said, "I’ve had better days sailing than today. It was a good tussle and we just lost in the last 12 hours. We didn’t get the right cards. It was particularly hard. It was an amazing leg and I didn’t think we would be in sight of other boats. It was great racing and action for us and everyone at home. We are very pleased to be here already. We’ve had a warm welcome and we are looking forward to the stopover." |
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Team Delta Lloyd's Skipper Roberto
Bermudez arrives in Cochin, India, to claim sixth place
in Leg 2 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09. They crossed
the line at 12:29:00 GMT, securing 3 points for the
finish and 3.5 points overall for the leg.
Photo © Dave Kneale / Volvo Ocean Race.
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| At 13:00 GMT today Kosatka Team Russia (Andreas Hanakamp / AUT) had 441 nm to run, having chosen the eastern route around the Doldrums and run out of breeze. Computer software is predicting a finish for the Russian team of December 4. |
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Delta Lloyd, skippered by Roberto Bermudet
de Castro from Spain, finishes leg 2 of the Volvo Ocean
Race from Cape Town, South Africa to Cochin, India.
They crossed the line at 12:29:00 GMT, securing 3 points
for the finish and 3.5 points overall for the leg.
For EDITORIAL USE only, please credit: Rick Tomlinson
/ Volvo Ocean Race.
Photo © Rick Tomlinson / Volvo Ocean Race.
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Scoring
Telefónica Black finished in fourth place, scoring five leg points and 1.5 gate points. Her total is 13.5 points and she lies in sixth place overall.
PUMA finished in fifth place, collected one point at the scoring gate and four points for leg two. This brings her tally to 18 points overall which is third place overall behind Ericsson 4 who leads with 26 points and just a point behind Telefónica Blue who has 19 points and lies second overall. |
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Green Dragon, skippered by Ian Walker
from UK, finishes leg 2 of the Volvo Ocean Race from
Cape Town, South Africa to Cochin, India. They crossed
the line at 13:08:20 GMT, securing 2 points for the
finish and 5 points overall for the leg.
Photo © Rick Tomlinson / Volvo Ocean Race.
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Delta Lloyd finished in sixth place, collected 0.5 points at the scoring gate, another three points for the leg and now has a total of 7.5 points. Team Russia will score one point for this leg when she finishes, which will put here even with Delta Lloyd overall. The tie will be broken in favour of Delta Lloyd.
Green Dragon finished in seventh place, picked up three points at the scoring gate and two for the leg. When added to her existing score, this brings her total to 16 points and fourth place overall and three points behind PUMA.
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Green Dragon, skippered by Ian Walker
from UK (pictured), finishes leg 2 of the Volvo Ocean
Race from Cape Town, South Africa to Cochin, India.
They crossed the line at 13:08:20 GMT, securing 2
points for the finish and 5 points overall for the
leg.
Photo © Rick Tomlinson / Volvo Ocean Race.
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Leg Two Finishing Order into Cochin, India
1. Ericsson 4 / SWE (Torben Grael / BRA)
2. Telefónica Blue / ESP (Bouwe Bekking / NED)
3. Ericson 3 / SWE (Anders Lewander / SWE)
4. Telefónica Black / ESP (Fernando Echávarri / ESP)
5. PUMA/USA (Ken Read / USA)
6. Delta Lloyd / NED (Roberto Bermudez / ESP)
7. Green Dragon / CHN/IRL (Ian Walker / GBR)
8. Team Russia / RUS (Andreas Hanakamp / AUT) (RACING) |
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Green Dragon, skippered by Ian Walker
from UK, finishes leg 2 of the Volvo Ocean Race from
Cape Town, South Africa to Cochin, India. They crossed
the line without their boom which broke during the leg,
at 13:08:20 GMT, securing 2 points for the finish and
5 points overall for the leg.
Photo © Dave Kneale / Volvo Ocean Race.
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Overall Leaderboard (Provisional)
1. Ericsson 4: 26 points (FINISHED)
2. Telefónica Blue: 19 points (FINISHED)
3. PUMA: 18 points (FINISHED)
4. Green Dragon: 16 points (FINISHED)
5. Ericsson 3: 14.5 points (FINISHED)
6. Telefónica Black: 13.5 points (FINISHED)
7. Delta Lloyd: 7.5 points (FINISHED)
8. Team Russia: 6.5 points (RACING)
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