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RANKING 2003
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DIA 1 ( 26/04/03 - Sábado ) |
Annual Ranking after 4 events:
- 4 events, 33 races, 150 competitors! -
- Steve Allen wins back the lead! -
- Fanatic in front of Starboard by tie
break rules! -
- Neil Pryde continues its domination! –
The Windsurfing Euro-Cup continues its
success also in the season 2003! The most
important racing series of the World had
already 4 great events in this season. The
kick-off event took place in Porto Santo /
Madeira (Portugal) in the middle of the
Atlantic Ocean. From there the tour
continued to Malcesine / Lake Garda (Italy)
which is one of the home bases of racing.
After that the racers were welcomed by the
hot Mediterranean sun of Cagliari /
Sardinia (Italy) to continue to Cascais /Lisbon
(Portugal) for some more races on the
Atlantic Ocean. A total of 33 spectacular
races have been sailed already in a big
variety of conditions and 150 different
competitors can be found in the Annual
Ranking List already.
Steve Allen (AUS-0, Fanatic, Neil Pryde)
has been able to win back the lead with a
victory at the Euro-Cup in Cascais. The
Euro-Cup Champion of 2002 has finally
found his usual form after a disappointing
7th place at the EC Cagliari. The
Australian Fanatic rider has a total of
355 points which gives him a small 2-point-lead
in front of the Polish hotshot Michal
Polanowski (POL-16, Starboard, Neil Pryde)
with 353 points. The young Starboard rider
was second at the last two Euro-Cups and
stresses his ambitions to enter the circle
of the top racers of the World. On the
third place we find the “Italian
Stallion” Andrea Cucchi (ITA-1,
Starboard, Neil Pryde). The Italian Racing
Champion has presented a brilliant
performance at his home spots Lake Garda
and on Sardinia which granted him the lead
in the Windsurfing Euro-Cup after three
events. But in Cascais he was a little bit
unlucky and finished only on the 7th
position. With 352 points the Starboard
rider is only one point behind Michal
Polanowski but has managed to build up a
small distance to the “Dutch Fanatic
double pack” Ben van der Steen (NED-57,
Fanatic, Neil Pryde) who is on the fourth
position with 346 points and “Wild
Animal”Pieter Bijl (NED-0, Fanatic, Neil
Pryde, 344 points) only two points behind.
Alex Grynis (POL-86, Starboard, Neil Pryde)
has become stronger and stronger in the
last months and was finally able to
confirm his talent with strong performance
at the last events where he scored two
times a 5th place. He is hoping for the
second discard to be able to attack the
riders at the very top of the ranking list.
At the moment he is on the 6th place of
the Annual Ranking List with 338 points.
Only two points behind on position 7 is
“Danish Dynamite” Brian Rögild (DEN-173,
Starboard, Gaastra). The fast Viking has
presented a consistent performance in the
events so far which ensures his save
position as a top-10 rider. On the 8th
place we find one of the biggest surprises
of the year: The Italian youngster Alberto
Menegatti (ITA-456, Starboard, YES Sails,
335 points) is following the Windsurfing
Euro-Cup tour for the first year but he is
already one of the guys with ambitions for
a victory in an event and getting stronger
from regatta to regatta which increases
the pressure on the top racers. Again only
one point behind we can find another
Youngster: Devon Boulon (ISV-1, F2,
Windwing, 334 points) is the new baby of
the F2 racing team and is also installing
himself in the top. The pack of youngsters
and the top-10 is finally closed by the
Fanatic-kid Roy van Koolwijk (NED-97,
Fanatic, Neil Pryde) with 329 points.
Annual Ranking List after 4 events
(Cascais)
TOP-10
1. Steve Allen (AUS-0, Fanatic, Neil Pryde)
355 points
2. Michal Polanowski (POL-16, Starboard,
Neil Pryde) 353 points
3. Andrea Cucchi (ITA-1, Starboard, Neil
Pryde) 352 points
4. Ben van der Steen (NED-57, Fanatic,
Neil Pryde) 346 points
5. Pieter Bijl (NED-0, Fanatic, Neil Pryde)
344 points
6. Aleksander Grynis (POL-86, Starboard,
Neil Pryde) 338 points
7. Brian Rögild (DEN-173, Starboard,
Gaastra) 336 points
8. Alberto Menegatti (ITA-456, Starboard,
YES Sails) 335 points
9. Devon Boulon (ISV-1, F2, Windwing) 334
points
10. Roy van Koolwijk (NED-97, Fanatic,
Neil Pryde) 329 points
the complete ranking list can be
downloaded from the official website www.euro-cup.org
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The Manufacturers Rankings are getting
more and more important for the
windsurfing brands. As only production
boards are competing in the series the
results are a direct indicator for the
performance of a manufacturer and a
valuable help for the decisions of the
customers. Already 11 board manufacturers
and 16 sail brands have joined the
challenge and can be found on the list.
In the Boards Ranking we can enjoy an
exciting head to head fight of Fanatic and
Starboard. Starboard benefits from its
strength in the past and has the biggest
base of competitors. Fanatic has put big
investments into the racing scene which
are paying of now. They have developed a
very competitive board and build up a
strong team. Fanatic started with a
victory in Porto Santo but lost the lead
to Starboard who won in Malcesine and
Cagliari. Now Fanatic has been able to
score a bullet at the last event in
“their backyard” Cascais in Portugal
where they do all their development. Both
manufacturers have 359 points and only by
the tie break rules Fanatic is able to win
back the lead. So the situation can’t be
more fascinating after four events! F2 has
managed to install themselves on the third
position with a new board and some
investments in strong team racers with a
total of 354 points. AHD (351 points) has
to face a significant lack of strong
racers using their boards just like Exocet
(348 points) which gives this
manufacturers the positions four and five
in the Boards Manufacturers ranking.
Manufacturers Ranking Boards after 4
events (Cascais)
TOP-5
1. Fanatic 359 points
2. Starboard 359 points
3. F2 354 points
4. AHD 351 points
5. Exocet 348 points
the complete ranking list can be
downloaded from the official website www.euro-cup.org
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The Manufacturers Ranking – Sails is
completely dominated by Neil Pryde. They
have been able to win all of the four
Windsurfing Euro-Cups so far and lead the
list with the maximum of 360 points. Neil
Pryde has the biggest base of competitors
and many of the top racers use their sails.
At the moment 7 out of the top-10 racers
are powered by Neil Pryde sails. Gaastra
can be found in the second place with 357
points and a solid performance but always
clearly behind the leader Neil Pryde.
Although the sails seem to be very
competitive Gaastra suffers from a serious
lack of top racers representing their
sails in the competition. YES Sails has
learned its lesson very well and has
developed into one of the top brands in
the racing business with 354 points. North
Sails (350 points) and Gun Sails (347
points) still have to work on their team
structure in order to ensure that enough
strong racers can bring their brand in top
positions at more Euro-Cups.
Manufacturers Ranking Sails after 4 events
(Cascais)
TOP-5
1. Neil Pryde 360 points
2. Gaastra 357 points
3. YES Sails 354 points
4. North Sails 350 points
5. Gun Sails 347 points
the complete ranking list can be
downloaded from the official website www.euro-cup.org
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The next Windsurfing Euro-Cup will take
place in Westerland / Sylt (Germany) from
July 3rd to 6th. Then the best racers of
the World will be welcomed by the choppy
conditions of the North Sea and thousands
of spectators. The German people are
famous for their enthusiasm for
windsurfing and the events are some of the
biggest ever. The party program is another
highlight that will await the racers which
might on the other side make the
concentration on the pure sport even
harder for them. We are looking forward to
the beginning of July for some more great
windsurfing action!
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26th June '03
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