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The first day of the Latium Match
Cup, the 12th stage of 15 in the 2007 Tour, belonged
to James Spithill.
The Luna Rossa helmsman posted 5 straight wins to
top his group and secure his place in the Quarter
Finals.
The Latium Match Cup is being held in Fiumicino,
25 km’s West of Rome. At stake is $270,000 (App.
€200,000) in prize money, with $74,000 going to
the winner. The event is held in conjunction with
the Civitavela Sail Show, a marine exhibition.
The 12 teams have been divided into 2 groups for
Round Robin Racing in the first stage of the event.
Just before midday racing got under way in a light
Westerly wind of 6-8 knots. Group A completed their
first three flights with Peter Gilmour, Ian Williams
and Sebastien Col on 2 wins. Jure Orel's debut on
the World Tour was one to be pleased with as he
won against Peter Gilmour. Sten Mohr and Ian Ainslie
both won one each.
Group B then took to the water as the sea breeze,
know locally as the “Ponentino”, built to 12 knots.
James Spithill attacked the day leaving all his
opponents to wonder what they will have to do to
beat him.
Magnus Holmberg slid into the Quarter Finals with
three wins including victory against Paolo Cian
following a close gibing duel down the last run.
Holmberg credited the win to his spinnaker trimmers
for getting downwind so quickly.
The third place in the Round Robin went to Paolo
Cian who chalked up three wins.
Mathieu Richard is fast becoming the repechage man
after going down the same route in St Moritz last
month.
Tomorrow Group A will complete their Round Robin
and the bottom three will join Richard, Victor Lanier
and Michael Hestbaek in the Repechage round scheduled
for tomorrow afternoon.
Round Robin A
Flight 1 : Col bat Orel - Gilmour bat Williams
- Mohr bat Ainslie
Flight 2 : Williams bat Orel vs - Gilmour bat
Ainslie - Col bat Mohr vs
Flight 3 : Orel bat Gilmour vs - Ainslie bat Col
- Williams bat Mohr
Round Robin B
Flight 1 : Hestbaek bat Richard - Spithill bat
Holmberg - Cian bat Lanier
Flight 2 : Spithill bat Hestbaek - Holmberg bat
Cian - Richard bat Lanier
Flight 3 : Cian bat Hestbaek - Spithill bat Richard
- Holmberg bat Lanier
Flight 4 : Spithill bat Cian - Lanier bat Hestbaek
- Richard bat Holmberg
Flight 5 : Spithill bat Lanier - Holmberg bat
Hestbaek - Cian bat Richard
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