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Sebastian Col (left) and Simon Minoprio engage in pre-start action in Flight 19. (Per Heegaard/Danish Open photo)
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Twenty-one-year-old skipper Peter Wibroe (right) went 3-0 on Day 2 of the Danish Open. (Per Heegaard/Danish Open photo)
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Skipper Björn Hansen and Team Apport.net. (Per Heegaard/Danish Open photo)
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SKOVSHOVED, Denmark (Aug. 11, 2006) — Three crews made a bid today for the lead at the Danish Open, Stage 2 of the 2006-’07 World Match Racing Tour, but the Day 1 leader remained atop the standings despite not having sailed a race today.
Jesper Bank (DEN), United Internet Team Germany, leads the Danish Open with a 4-0 record which he posted yesterday, but Sebastian Col (FRA), Areva Challenge, Björn Hansen (SWE), Team Apport.net, and Staffan Lindberg (FIN), Alandia Sailing Team, moved ahead of Bank in terms of wins.
All three are tied at 6-2 hot on the heels of Bank. Hansen and Lindberg won their three matches while Col went 2-1 on the day.
The Danish Open was interrupted today by a lack of wind. A front moved across the Oresund (the body of water between Denmark and Sweden) this morning and robbed the area of wind while depositing large amounts of rain.
The weather cleared early in the afternoon and racing resumed around 2:15 pm, but the schedule was altered because Bank had to travel to Germany for a launching party for his United Internet Team Germany, which saw its new America’s Cup Class sloop, GER-87, make its first sail this week.
The altered schedule meant that crews led by Jes Gram-Hansen, Ian Williams and Bank never sailed today.
Winds in the afternoon were from the east, starting around 10 knots and building up to 16 knots later in the day. The action was intense, with fierce pre-starts, overlaps at mark roundings and the right-of-way boat frequently sailing its competitor well past the leeward mark.
Peter Wibroe also enjoyed a solid day. The 21-year-old Dane, skipper of Team Wibroe, won his three matches and moved from 11th up to 7th place with a 4-4 record.
Wibroe made his World Tour debut at this event two years ago, and at No. 19 is now the highest-ranked Danish skipper on the ISAF Open Match Race Ranking List.
“Two years ago this was a big event for us,” said Wibroe. “We feel we’ve developed quite a lot. We a young team still.”
After opening the regatta at 1-4, Wibroe today defeated reigning Women’s world champion Dorte O. Jensen, New Zealander Simon Minoprio and Frenchman Mathieu Richard, currently 5th in the World Championship standings.
Wibroe said getting his mindset straight overnight after opening with a 1-4 record was a key to doing well today.
“We might have practiced too much. We weren’t prepared mentally,” said Wibroe. “It’s more important to be mentally prepared.”
Wibroe said that his starting and boathandling was OK today, the real key was the confidence and upwind tactics.
“We had good upwind tactics,” said Wibroe, complimenting tactician Jeppe Rasmussen. “We made gains on our splits so that we were always leading downwind. We had to remember that we’ve beaten guys like this before.”
Wibroe has three matches remaining against Bank, Ian Williams and Jes Gram-Hansen, all seemingly tough ones. But he pointed to his final three matches two years ago when asked if he has a chance to make the semifinals.
“Two years ago we defeated Peter Gilmour, Philippe Presti and Chris Law in our final three races,” Wibroe said. “We hope to do it again.”
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DANISH OPEN 2006 PROVISIONAL STANDINGS
(After 15 of 22 scheduled flights)
1. Jesper Bank (DEN) United Internet Team Germany, 4-0
(Crew: Henrik Blakskjaer, Thomas Jacobsen, Matti Paschen, Jan Schoepe)
2. Sebastian Col (FRA) Areva Challenge, 6-2
(Crew: Christophe André, Jean-Francois Cuzon, Gilles Favennec, Teva Plichart)
T. Björn Hansen (SWE) Team Apport.net, 6-2
(Crew: Mathia Bredin, Oskar Ljung, Johan Qviberg, Anton Wester)
T. Staffan Lindberg (FIN) Alandia Sailing Team, 6-2
(Crew: Nils Bjerkås, Niklas Carlzon, Martin Krite, Daniel Wallberg)
5. Ian Williams (GBR) Williams Sail Racing, 3-1
(Crew: Morten Henriksen, Mark Nichols, Simon Shaw, Mark Williams)
6. Sten Mohr (DEN) BMW ORACLE Racing, 4-4
(Crew: Haydon Goodrick, Tony Kolb, Kasper Helweg Larsen, Jan Neergaard)
7. Peter Wibroe (DEN) Team Wibroe, 4-4
(Crew: Joachim Carlsen, Phillip Guhle, Kristoffer Olesen, Jeppe Rasmussen)
8. Dorte O. Jensen (DEN) Team Sjælsø Gruppen, 4-5
(Crew: Jeppe Blak, Niels Gramkov, Thomas Hartvig, Henning Lambertsen)
9. Jes Gram-Hansen (DEN) Mascalzone Latino – Capitalia, 1-2
(Crew: Rasmus Kostner, Chris Pedersen, Chresten Plinius, Frederik Sparvath)
10. Mads Ebler (DEN), 2-6
(Crew: George Bry, Niels Kinch, Roar Teglers, Søren Tønder)
11. Simon Minoprio (NZL) Vision Yachting, 2-8
(Crew: Willie Beavis, Charlie Carter, Luke Cross, Stew Gray)
12. Mathieu Richard (FRA) Saba Sailing Team, 2-8
(Crew: Greg Evrard, Olivier Herledant, Philippe Saliou, Yannick Simon)
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