Barcelona World Race - Out of 'ghost mode' and gaining ground



6:03 PM Sat 26 Mar 2011 GMT
'Mapfre - Barcelona World Race' Chris Cameron ?
Barcelona World Race - This afternoon, after having emerged from ghost mode, second placed Mapfre made a net gain of some 33 miles on the race leaders Jean-Pierre Dick and Lo?ck Peyron. The French duo are still very much in a controlling position on what promises to be a long windward leg to the Straits of Gibraltar, but it is the Azores high pressure which is still dictating terms to the leaders, forcing them east and on the wind. As they approach the Canary Islands from the west, even Virbac-Paprec 3?s Lo?ck Peyron sounded slightly wearied today, hardly inspired by ...


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