Volvo Ocean Race - Green Dragon out of Stealth mode

7:29 AM Sat 28 Mar 2009 GMT

'Green Dragon out of Stealth mode on leg 5 of the Volvo Ocean Race, from Qingdao to Rio de Janeiro' Guo Chuan/Green Dragon Racing/Volvo Ocean Race &copy

With the first three boats safely tied up in the Marina da Gloria, Rio after completing the 12,300 nm leg five of the Volvo Ocean Race, the next boat expected to finish will be Ian Walker's Green Dragon.

Ian Walker and his men on Green Dragon played their stealth card following the 07:00 GMT position report Friday. On that sked, Telefonica Blue had closed to within just 55 miles of the Dragons. 24 hours earlier, they had been 184 miles behind.

As the Dragon came out of Stealth mode this morning, they were still 57 miles ahead of Telefonica Blue with 90 miles to go to the finish.

Volvo Ocean Race Positions - Leg Five Day 43: 07:00 GMT

Ericsson 3 SWE (Magnus Olsson/SWE) FINISHED
Ericsson 4 SWE (Torben Grael/BRA) FINISHED
PUMA Racing Team USA (Ken Read/USA) FINISHED
Green Dragon IRL/CHI (Ian Walker/GBR) DTF - 90
Telef?nica Blue ESP (Bouwe Bekking/NED) DTL - +57

Delta Lloyd IRL (Roberto Bermudez/ESP) DNS
Telef?nica Black ESP (Fernando Ech?varri/ESP) DNS
Team Russia RUS (Andreas Hanakamp/AUT) DNS

Leg Five Finishing Order Rio de Janeiro
1. Ericsson 3: 8 points
2. Ericsson 4: 7 points
3. PUMA: 6 points

Overall Leaderboard (Provisional)
1. Ericsson 4 (Torben Grael/BRA) 63.5 points (FINISHED)
2. PUMA (Ken Read/USA) 53 points (FINISHED)
3. Telef?nica Blue (Bouwe Bekking/NED) 46.5 points (RACING)
4. Ericsson 3 (Magnus Olsson/SWE) 43.5 (FINISHED)
5. Green Dragon (Ian Walker/GBR) 34.5 (RACING)

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