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Audi Winter
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RORC
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61st Brisbane to Gladstone
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Audi Sydney
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Puma pips
Green Dragon by three miles
Galway - 05:28 GMT Sunday, May 24, 2009. |
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edge of the seat stuff watching the fight for the top three
places in leg seven of the Volvo Ocean Race play out right
to the bitter end. This morning, at 02:19 GMT, PUMA pipped
hometown boat Green Dragon to second place, but only by three
miles. The Dragons finished 11 minutes later at 02:31 GMT,
greeted by a very large and noisy Galway crowd. |
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PUMA Ocean Racing, skippered by
Ken Read (USA) finish second in leg 7 from Boston
to Galway, crossing the line at 02:19: 56 GMT,
May 24, 2009.
Photo © Sally Collison / PUMA Ocean Racing / Volvo Ocean Race.
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Delta Lloyd beats Telefónica Black and Ericsson 3
Galway - 08:21 GMT Sunday, May 24, 2009. |
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The crew of
Delta Lloyd just gets better and better. Although finishing
in fifth place this morning in Galway at 03:39 GMT, the team
had been up in the lead during this leg and was in contention
for a podium finish right up until the last moment.
As the crew gelled, their performance has improved and
they scored a third place each in the in-port race series
in Rio de Janeiro and Boston as well as being third at
the scoring gate on leg six. |
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Delta Lloyd, skippered by Roberto
Bermudez (ESP) finishes fifth in leg 7 from Boston
to Galway, crossing the line at 03:39:58 GMT, May
24, 2009.
Photo © Dave Kneale / Volvo Ocean Race.
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On stepping
ashore, Spanish skipper, Roberto Bermúdez said, "We’re
sailing against really good teams and really good people.
We are trying to not make mistakes and to sail within our
limits and that’s what we did here. And you enjoy the
race so much more when you don’t ‘lose’ the
fleet."
"You always think about the real big downwind sailing in
the Southern Ocean when you think about this race, but these
last couple of days were maybe the best downwind in the race.
It was really good. It’s a happy team and we’ve enjoyed
it a lot. Everybody sailed very well and we are really starting
to feel like a close group," he added. |
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Skipper Roberto Bermudez of Delta
Lloyd, who finished fifth in leg 7 from Boston
to Galway, crossing the line at 03:39:58 GMT, May
24, 2009.
Photo © Dave Kneale / Volvo Ocean Race.
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As the winner
of the 2005-06 Volvo, Delta Lloyd already has one circumnavigation
under her keel and the team’s first priority was to
get to Galway in one piece. However, when the rest of the
fleet put the throttle down, the crew of Delta Lloyd did
the same.
The fight for fifth place was hard fought. Telefónica
Black was also a leader of the pack in the first third
of the leg. But once the fleet cleared the ice exclusion
zone and turned downwind, Telefónica Black did not
flourish. They were, according to navigator Roger Nilson, ‘demolished’ and
finished at 03:58 GMT, just 19 minutes behind Delta Lloyd. |
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Mayor of Galway Padraig Conneely
greets skipper Roberto Bermudez. Delta Lloyd finished
fifth on leg 7 from Boston to Galway, crossing
the line at 03:39:58 GMT, May 24, 2009.
Photo © Dave Kneale / Volvo Ocean Race.
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Fellow Spaniard
and skipper of Telefónica Black, Fernando Echávarri,
commented: "We performed quite well. In the first half
we were very comfortable with the boat and we did well. But
we knew it was going to be really hard downwind."
"At the end we were really close to passing Delta Lloyd,
but we could not. It was very exciting racing, very close. It
is more interesting when you can see the other boats," he
added. |
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Telefonica Black, skippered by
Fernando Echavarri (ESP) pictured, finished sixth
in leg 7 from Boston to Galway, crossing the line
at 03:58:02 GMT, May 24, 2009.
Photo © Dave Kneale / Volvo Ocean Race.
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For Ericsson
3, who finished two hours later in seventh position at 05:58
GMT today, leg seven could have been a leg the crew would
rather forget. But in his usual irrepressible way, skipper,
Magnus Olsson was pragmatic.
"We are a little disappointed with the result, but that’s
life. We think we’ve sailed the best ever, but this time
it wasn’t enough. When we sail as well, we are normally
fighting for podium positions, it was frustrating when we didn’t
go so well and in the end, we took some chances. In the short
term, our egos have taken a beating. And now we know how hard
it is to really be up there." |
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Ericsson 3, skippered by Magnus
Olsson (SWE) finish seventh on leg 7 from Boston
to Galway, crossing the line at 05:58:59 GMT, May
24, 2009.
Photo © Dave Kneale / Volvo Ocean Race.
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safely arrived in Galway, there is a full two weeks for the
crews to enjoy the legendary Irish hospitality before the
in-port race next Saturday 30 May and the start of leg eight
the following Saturday 6 June. |
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Ericsson 3, skippered by Magnus
Olsson (SWE) finish seventh on leg 7 from Boston
to Galway, crossing the line at 05:58:59 GMT, May
24, 2009.
Photo © Rick Tomlinson / Volvo Ocean Race.
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Leg
7 Finishing Order Galway
1. Ericsson 4: 8 points
2. PUMA: 7 points
3. Green Dragon: 6 points
4. Telefónica Blue: 5 points
5. Delta Lloyd: 4 points
6. Telefónica Black: 3 points
7. Ericsson 3: 2 points |
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Delta Lloyd, skippered by Roberto
Bermudez (ESP), finished fifth on leg 7 from Boston
to Galway, crossing the line at 03:39:58 GMT, May
24, 2009.
Photo © Dave Kneale / Volvo Ocean Race.
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Scoring
Gate Order
1. Telefónica Blue
2. PUMA
3. Ericsson 4
4. Ericsson 3
5. Telefónica Black
6. Delta Lloyd
7. Green Dragon |
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Telefonica Black, skippered by
Fernando Echavarri (ESP), finished sixth in leg
7 from Boston to Galway, crossing the line at
03:58:02 GMT, May 24, 2009.
Photo © Dave Kneale / Volvo Ocean Race.
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| All
Leg 7 Articles. |
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| Delta Lloyd beats Telefónica Black, Ericsson 3 - Galway - 08:21 GMT Sunday, May 24, 2009. |
| Puma pips Green Dragon by three miles - Galway - 05:28 GMT Sunday, May 24, 2009. |
| Top marks again for Ericsson 4 - Galway - 03:15 GMT Sunday, May 24, 2009. |
| High speed drag race to Galway finish - Leg 7 Day 8 - 14:45 GMT Saturday, May 23, 2009. |
| The Final Ocean Leg - Leg 7 Week 1: 14:50 GMT Friday, May 22, 2009. |
| PUMA
breaks rudder - Leg 7 Day
7 - 14:33 GMT Friday, May 22, 2009. |
| Rollercoaster
ride to the emerald isle - Leg 7 Day 6 - 15:16 GMT Thursday,
May 21, 2009. |
| A new game starts - Leg 7 Day 5 - 14:55 GMT Wednesday, May 20, 2009. |
| Telefónica
Blue wins gate points - Leg 7 Day 4 - 14:41 GMT Tuesday,
May 19, 2009. |
| Fleet focuses on scoring gate ahead - Leg 7 Day 3 - 15:02 GMT Monday, May 18, 2009. |
| Foggy start to Atlantic crossing - Leg 7 Day 2 - 14:55 GMT Sunday, May 17, 2009. |
| Telefonica Blue leads at start - Leg 7 Day 1 - 19:36 GMT Saturday, May 16, 2009. |
| Across the Atlantic - 19:43 GMT Friday, May 15, 2009. |
| Telefónica
Blue dominates Boston In-Port Race - 23:53 GMT
Saturday, May 9, 2009. |
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| Team Russia
suspends operations in Singapore |
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| As Team Russia
has suspending its operations after arriving in Singapore,
it hasn’t ruled out returning to the race at a later
date should sponsorship be found. The team remains unique
in the eight boat fleet in not having any naming or title
sponsorship. For anyone interested in helping out Team
Russia with sponsorship so they can continue to race, more
information can be found on their website at: http://www.teamrussia.org/en/partners/view/become_a_team_sponsor/ |
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