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Ericsson
4 wins the Volvo Ocean Race while PUMA takes Leg Nine
12:26 GMT Tuesday, June 16, 2009. |
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| A third place finish in leg nine has been enough for Ericsson 4 to provisionally win the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09. The team now has a 13-point lead over PUMA, with just 12 points available in the rest of the race. |
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Ericsson 4, skippered by Torben
Grael (BRA) finish third on leg 9 from Marstrand
to Sandhamn and are provisional winners for the
overall race.
Photo © Rick Tomlinson / Volvo Ocean Race.
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| "We made a few errors on the leg, but we got what we wanted so we’re pretty happy," said Ericsson 4 skipper Torben Grael. "We were very close in Marstrand, but now it’s done. It’s finished. We can really enjoy it." |
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Ericsson 3 skipper Magnus Olsson
congratulates Ericsson 4 skipper Torben Grael on
coming 3rd in leg 9 and provisional winners for the
overall race.
Photo © Rick Tomlinson / Volvo Ocean Race.
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| It was a good night for PUMA as well. After a fearsome catfight with the crew of Stockholm-based Ericsson 3, whose crew wanted a win here in front of their home crowd more than anything, PUMA stole victory on the finish line tonight in Sandhamn (an island in the Stockholm archipelago just east of the capital city), and claimed full points for Volvo Ocean Race leg nine. |
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PUMA Ocean Racing and Ericsson 3
in a tight battle for first place on leg 9 from Marstrand
to Stockholm.
Photo © Rick Tomlinson / Volvo Ocean Race.
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Today’s win was PUMA’s first leg victory in this 10-leg race, although they have had a good showing during the in-port racing. Their score of 95 points so far strengthens their second place overall at this stage of the event.
"It feels fantastic and it’s wonderful to be here in Stockholm. We feel a little sad to spoil Ericsson 3’s homecoming, but it’s a great win, and a hard-earned win," said American skipper Kenny Read. |
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PUMA Ocean Racing, skippered by Ken
Read (USA) finish first on leg 9 from Marstrand to
Sandhamn.
Photo © Rick Tomlinson / Volvo Ocean Race.
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"Man do we know how to make it hard. I don’t think it has to be this hard, but somehow that’s the only way we seem to have success. We let them [Ericsson 3] go, on a little squall by lighthouse, and they went from half a mile behind, to overtake us. We had to battle back, but none of these guys quit. They sailed a great race and it was quite a drag race," said Read.
"When we let them get ahead of us at the lighthouse, I think most teams would have quit right there, but adversity seems to be our friend and we got a little break when they got their jib hung up on the radar dome. It’s a great relief to get our first leg win out of the way," Read added. |
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PUMA Ocean Racing, skippered by Ken
Read (USA) finish first on leg 9 from Marstrand to
Sandhamn.
Photo © Rick Tomlinson / Volvo Ocean Race.
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| Fighting PUMA for second place overall is Bouwe Bekking’s Telefónica Blue, who had the terrible misfortune of being grounded on a rock outside Marstrand shortly after the start. The crew expects to complete this leg and be in Stockholm in time to contest the in-port race on Sunday and thereby pile the pressure back on PUMA. |
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Ericsson 3, skippered by Magnus Olsson
(SWE) finish second on leg 9 from Marstrand to Sandhamn.
Photo © Rick Tomlinson / Volvo Ocean Race.
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| The largely Nordic crew of Ericsson 3, skippered by the hugely popular Magnus Olsson and winners of the longest leg of the race leg five; had to settle for second place tonight. This brings their overall score to 71.5 points. |
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This picture shows how close PUMA
Ocean Racing and Ericsson 3 were in their tight battle
for first place on leg 9 from Marstrand to Stockholm.
Photo © Rick Tomlinson / Volvo Ocean Race.
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| "It was
very close. That was enough tacks for a lifetime. We wanted
so badly to win and now Ken Read has destroyed my party.
How mad do you think I am? From now on, I’m really
going to pick on him," joked skipper Swedish Magnus
Olsson, when he stepped ashore. |
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Ericsson 3, skippered by Magnus Olsson
(SWE) finish second on leg 9 from Marstrand to Sandhamn.
Photo © Rick Tomlinson / Volvo Ocean Race.
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| The final podium
spot went to Ericsson 4, which ensures her overall victory
in the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09. Although there is still
one leg left to complete before the team crosses the finish
for the final time in St Petersburg on June 27, it is now
not possible for them to be beaten. |
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Telefonica Black, skippered by Fernando
Echavarri (ESP) finish fourth leg 9 from Marstrand
to Sandhamn.
Photo © Rick Tomlinson / Volvo Ocean Race.
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| Skipper Torben
Grael said, "We are finishing Ericsson 4’s circumnavigation.
The boat was built here and left here nearly a year ago,
so she’s back after sailing around the world and winning
the race. It couldn’t be any better." |
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Green Dragon, skippered by Ian
Walker (GBR) finish fifth on leg 9 from Marstrand
to Sandhamn.
Photo © Rick Tomlinson / Volvo Ocean Race.
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"We have
a wonderful crew. A lot of experience. They have been fantastic
on the whole leg, the whole race around the world. It’s
a pleasure to sail with them and get back to Stockholm in
this position," he said.
Ericsson 4’s full race statistics can be found at: http://press.volvooceanrace.org/?p=3030#more-3030
Fourth, fifth and six spots were filled by Telefónica Black,
Green Dragon and Delta Lloyd. |
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Delta Lloyd, skippered by Roberto
Bermudez (ESP) finish sixth on leg 9 from Marstrand
to Sandhamn.
Photo © Dave Kneale / Volvo Ocean Race.
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Ocean Race website: www.volvooceanrace.org/rdc and
navigate to the Data Tables. You will find the elapsed times
are under Position Data. |
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Ericsson
4 at dawn, as the fleet pass the Orsund Bridge on the
way to Stockholm, earlier during Leg 9.
Photo © Rick Tomlinson / Volvo Ocean Race.
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Telefónica
Blue completes Leg Nine
13:25 GMT Friday, June 19th, 2009. |
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| Leg nine of
the Volvo Ocean Race is one that the skipper and crew of
Telefónica Blue would rather forget. Instead of anticipated
heated racing against PUMA for second place in the event
overall, Telefónica Blue became securely wedged on
a rock just outside Marstrand moments after the start last
Sunday and had to return to the harbour for repairs. |
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Telefonica Blue finishes leg 9
in Sandhamn in seventh place, after having hit
a rock at the start of the leg in Marstrand and
suspending racing to undertake repairs.
Photo © Rick Tomlinson / Volvo Ocean Race.
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Today, as the
team completed the leg and arrived in safely Stockholm, the
mood was sombre onboard and what turned out to be more of
a delivery from Marstrand to Stockholm had been no fun for
the crew who had sailed silently, reflecting upon their misfortune.
"Finally we have finished, but not easy," wrote skipper
Bouwe Bekking shortly after the crossing the line. "No cheers,
no handshakes, as we crossed the line. We know we had an absolute
shocker and have given a better podium place away." |
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Telefonica Blue passing Hamlet
Castle, on leg 9 from Marstrand to Stockholm.
Photo © Rick Tomlinson / Volvo Ocean Race.
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| "On a personal
note, this was the leg I have been looking forward so much
to; sailing through home waters, going around a lot of corners,
a leg which suited us well on paper, but the opposite happened.
Now we will focus on the in-port race, where have the best
track record by far, and then it will be sweet to finish
on top in St. Petersburg," added Bekking. |
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Telefonica Blue passing Hamlet
Castle, on leg 9 from Marstrand to Stockholm.
Photo © Rick Tomlinson / Volvo Ocean Race.
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were echoed across the team: "Since we left, there was
not much talking going on. Everyone was pretty much into
his own world, dealing his theoretical philosophy of what
has happened," said MCM Gabri Olivo. |
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Skipper Bouwe Bekking (NED) onboard
Telefonica Blue, finally finishes leg 9 in Sandhamn
in seventh place after having hit a rock at the
start of the leg in Marstrand and suspending racing
to undertake repairs.
Photo © Rick Tomlinson / Volvo Ocean Race.
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The team will
be ready to race in Sunday’s in-port race and the crew
is hoping to salvage their pride by winning this, the final
of the in-port race series, and the last leg of the race
to St Petersburg in Russia.
"This is the only way we can finish this race on a decent
note. There is a lot of talent onboard as well as a lot of pride.
We are a team and as such, we want to show it to everyone. We
will be back on the water as strong as never before. This is
a must," said Olivo. |
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Telefonica Blue passing Hamlet
Castle, on leg 9 from Marstrand to Stockholm.
Photo © Rick Tomlinson / Volvo Ocean Race.
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| At the time
of the incident, skipper Bouwe Bekking offered his special
thanks to Kimo Worthington, Neil Cox, Shaun Healey and Will
Oxley from the PUMA team, all of whom were out on a chase
boat at the leg start and did not leave Telefónica
Blue’s side until she was back in the harbour, even
taking over the towing ropes to the big vessel. |
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Wives and girlfriends of the crew
climb onboard Telefonica Blue at Sandhamn, after
crossing the finishing line for leg 9.
Photo © Rick Tomlinson / Volvo Ocean Race.
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Ericsson Racing
Team quickly offered the use of their work container with
all its boat building equipment, and it took the crew and
shore crew two and half days to repair the boat in order
to restart the leg on 17 June at 19:16 GMT.
Bekking and his men now trail PUMA by seven points. In
the immediate aftermath of the grounding, Bekking conceded
that "most likely, second place is gone." |
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Telefonica Blue finishes leg 9
in Sandhamn in seventh place, after having hit
a rock at the start of the leg in Marstrand and
suspending racing to undertake repairs.
Photo © Rick Tomlinson / Volvo Ocean Race.
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However, PUMA’s
skipper, Kenny Read, is taking nothing for granted. "It
was a huge shame what happened to them. We are really happy
that everybody is healthy and that nobody got hurt. They
are, mathematically, not out of it by any means. We still
have a battle on our hands," said the skipper whose
team claimed line honours in the leg.
Telefónica Blue has just one in-port race worth
half leg points and the final leg to St Petersburg in which
to make up the deficit. It will be a thrilling finish. |
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Telefonica Blue finishes leg
9 in Sandhamn in seventh place, after having
hit a rock at the start of the leg in Marstrand
and suspending racing to undertake repairs.
Photo © Dave Kneale / Volvo Ocean Race.
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Leg
9 Finishing Order Stockholm
1. PUMA
2. Ericsson 3
3. Ericsson 4
4. Telefónica Black
5. Green Dragon
6. Delta Lloyd
7. Telefónica Blue
8. Team Russia DNS
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| All
Leg 9 Articles. |
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| Telefónica
Blue completes Leg 9 - 13:25 GMT Friday, June 19th, 2009. |
| Ericsson 4 wins Volvo Ocean Race, PUMA wins Leg 9 - 12:26 GMT Tuesday, June 16, 2009. |
| Ericsson
3 leads Fleet towards Stockholm - Leg 9 Day 2 - 14:41 GMT
Mon, June 15, 2009. |
| Telefónica
Blue hits rock at start to Leg
Nine - Day 1 - 14:36 GMT Sun, June 14, 2009. |
| Swedish sprint for Leg Nine - 12:29 GMT Saturday, June 13, 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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