Barcelona World Race - Runaways

8:29 PM Mon 7 Feb 2011 GMT

Barcelona World Race update. For the moment, approaching the longitude of Australia?s Cape Leeuwin, Virbac-Paprec 3 are runaways, Jean Pierre Dick and Lo?ck Peyron today extending their lead to the biggest margin yet of this Barcelona World Race, some 773 miles this afternoon. Dick and Peyron continue to return the best speeds of the top four teams but now in a league of their own. Their most regular pursuers, the 2004 Olympic champions on MAPFRE, have had a torrid 48 hours, not having to search for problems. Yesterday they struggled with a communication issue which meant they missed vital information. ...

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