Barcelona World Race - Less than 1400 miles for the leaders



6:58 PM Sun 27 Mar 2011 GMT
'Virbac-Paprec 3 - Barcelona World Race' Yvan Zedda &copy
Barcelona World Race - As we have anticipated, Virbac-Paprec 3 has tacked north again this afternoon, taking a short hitch to avoid passing directly through the Canary Islands archipelago and the likely long wind shadows cast bay the high mountains, especially Tenerife. With some 90 miles left to reach the westernmost extremity of the islands, Jean-Pierre Dick and Loick Peyron will take a short hitch back to the north before extending east all the way to the Moroccan coast. Iker Martinez retains his fierce optimism, believing that there will be chances to pull back some miles on the leading pair ...


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