Open de Espana day 3 - Two clear leaders

11:49 PM Fri 6 May 2011 GMT

'Open de Espa?a Round Robin Results'

The third day of the 2011 edition of Open de Espa?a, World Tour Qualifier event for St Moritz Match Race, finished with two clear leaders, France's Pierre-Antoine Morvan and British Ian Williams. Under a strong, but very shifty, northerly, blowing between 15 and 18 knots and considerable swell, the two skippers came on top of the round robin, tied at first place with eight points each, and then prevailed in the first two races of the semifinals. New Zealand's Phil Robertson clinched the third spot with seven points but the real battle was to take place for the fourth place. ...

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by Pierre Ophahandis

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