PUMA takes third podium position
Leg 5 Day 42 - 06:48 GMT, Friday, March 27, 2009. |
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| Ken Read / USA guided PUMA over the finish line this morning in Rio de Janeiro at 04:27 GMT (01:27 local) to claim the third podium place on leg five of the Volvo Ocean Race, a result good enough for Read to retain second position in the race overall at this halfway stage. |
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PUMA Ocean Racing arrive in Rio de
Janeiro for the finish of Leg 5 of the Volvo Ocean
Race 2008-09, crossing the line at 04:27:00GMT (01:27:00
local) March 27, to finish in third place.
Photo © Sally Collison / PUMA Ocean Racing.
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| Ken Read and his team now have 53 points on the scoreboard having added six leg points and six gate points to their tally. This keeps them in second place. But this is only a whisker ahead Telefónica Blue, whose total will be 50.5 points at the end of this leg, assuming they hold their current position. Even if Telefónica Blue should beat Green Dragon on this leg, which now seems unlikely, it will not affect PUMA’s overall second place standing in the race. |
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PUMA Ocean Racing, skippered by Ken
Read (USA) finish third into Rio de Janeiro on leg
5 of the Volvo Ocean Race, crossing the line at 04:27:00
GMT 27/03/09.
Photo © Dave Kneale / Volvo Ocean Race.
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Read is skippering an entry in the event for the first time, and on this leg he had his first taste of the Southern Ocean, plus the experience of rounding Cape Horn.
On reaching the dock in the Marina da Gloria, Read said: "It was a really long race. I wondered if we would end up having to try and pace ourselves, but the fact is, there’s no such thing. If you try to pace yourself, you just lose, so you can’t."
The team recorded an elapsed time of 40 days 23 hours 26 minutes 60 seconds. |
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PUMA Ocean Racing arrive in Rio de
Janeiro for the finish of Leg 5 of the Volvo Ocean
Race 2008-09, crossing the line at 04:27:00GMT (01:27:00
local) March 27, to finish in third place.
Photo © Sally Collison / PUMA Ocean Racing.
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| On the approach to the finish, Read wrote, "We will have this experience to look back on forever, although I don’t think the magnitude of this leg will really sink in until after the completion of the race. Where we have been, what we have seen, the laughs, the frustration, the hardships are the moments in time that one can never forget - none of it can be taken away." |
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Skipper Ken Read talks to the press
on the dock as, after PUMA Ocean Racing arrived in
Rio de Janeiro for the finish of Leg 5 of the Volvo
Ocean Race 2008-09, crossing the line at 04:27:00GMT
(01:27:00 local) March 27, to finish in third place.
Photo © Sally Collison / PUMA Ocean Racing.
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| Throughout the leg, PUMA was consistently in the top three, only dropping to fourth momentarily and on three occasions leading the fleet. From day 24, March 9, they settled into third place and held that right through to the finish today. |
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Brazilian dancers greet the team on
the stage after PUMA Ocean Racing arrive in Rio de
Janeiro for the finish of Leg 5 of the Volvo Ocean
Race 2008-09, to finish in third place.
Photo © Sally Collison / PUMA Ocean Racing.
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Leg 5 Finishing Order Rio de Janeiro
1. Ericsson 3: 8 points
2. Ericsson 4: 7 points
3. PUMA: 6 points |
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PUMA Ocean Racing arrive in Rio de
Janeiro for the finish of Leg 5 of the Volvo Ocean
Race 2008-09, to finish in third place.
Photo © Sally Collison / PUMA Ocean Racing.
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Overall Leaderboard (Provisional)
1. Ericsson 4 (Torben Grael / BRA) 63.5 points (FINISHED)
2. PUMA (Ken Read / USA) 53 points (FINISHED)
3. Telefónica Blue (Bouwe Bekking / NED) 46.5 points (RACING)
4. Ericsson 3 (Magnus Olsson / SWE) 43.5 (FINISHED)
5. Green Dragon (Ian Walker / GBR) 34.5 (RACING)
6. Telefónica Black (Fernando Echávarri / ESP) 21 (DNS)
7. Delta Lloyd 12 (Roberto Bérmudez / ESP) (DNS)
8. Team Russia 10.5 (Andreas Hanakamp / AUT) (DNS)
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