Magic Marine BetPro D-One Gold Cup at Valencia - Day 1
by D-One Gold Cup Press Officer 1 Oct 2010 19:57 BST
1-3 October 2010
Valencian October welcomed at the best today the Magic Marine BetPro D-One
Gold Cup's fleet. Sun, summer temperatures and a nice seabreeze from 8 to 14 knots took the best from the D-One.
Two fantastic races were sailed with lots of fun and tough racing by the 31 helmsmen fleet from 14 countries. This is
the first event of the adrenaline-pumping single-handed dinghy designed by UK dinghy master Phil Morrison, tested
and developed by Olympic Silver Medallist Luca Devoti, and built by Devoti Sailing managed by Roman Teply. The
early winners ot the Championship are Hungarian Zsombor Berecz and Croatian finn sailor Ivan Gaspic. The
organization by the world renowned Real Club Nautico de Valencia and Devoti Sailing was perfect. At the end of the
day, sailors were welcomed onshore with a marvellous Valencian Paella.
Talking about the day, Luca Devoti said: “Who will win in a couple of days? There are a lot of good guys out there that
can win this event. The fleet in very high-talented and I want to point out that there are sailors in the top positions with
very different weights, ranging from 100 kg like Gaspic or Wright down to Zabalua's 72 kg, all can be competitive in
the D-One”.
Croatian Ivan Gaspic, top ranked after two races, said: “Today was all about speed, both upwind and downwind. This
boat is a perfect idea by Luca Devoti, nice hull and lots of fun”.
Today's races resulted in a very short leaderboard, which suggests a hard fight in the next two days, because the double
point score of the last race will keep everything open untill the end. Croation Ivan Gaspic (3-1) took an early lead with
a two point advantage over Argentinean Agustin Zabalua (4-2). Third was Hungarian Zsombor Berecz (1-6). British
Ed Wright, winner one month ago of the Finn Gold Cup, took the fourth place (6-3). In the fifth there is the first Italian,
Andrea Giammarini (5-4). The event resumes tomorrow with two more races.
Overall Results:
| Pos | Sail | Helm | Nat | R1 | R2 | Pts |
|---|
| 1 | CRO 1 | IVAN KLIAKOVIC GASPIC | CROATIA | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | ARG 8 | AGUSTIN ZABALUA | ESPAÑA | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | HUN 4 | ZSOMBOR BERECK | HUNGARY | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 4 | GBR 11 | EDWARD WRIGHT | GREAT BRITAIN | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | ITA 033 | ANDREA GIAMMARINI | ITALIA | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | ITA 007 | ALBERTO FERRARI | ITALY | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| 7 | ITA 025 | PAOLO ROSSI | ITALY | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| 8 | ITA 11 | FABIO TOCCOLI | ITALY | 12 | 5 | 17 |
| 9 | CZE 004 | MICHAEL MAIER | CZECH REPUBLIC | 8 | 10 | 18 |
| 10 | CZE 9 | ROMAN TEPLY | CZECH REPUBLIC | 13 | 8 | 21 |
| 11 | GBR 72 | TIM GARVIN | GREAT BRITAIN | 9 | 12 | 21 |
| 12 | FRA 012 | JONATHAN LOBERT | FRANCE | 10 | 14 | 24 |
| 13 | GBR 6 | KEITH FEDI | GREAT BRITAIN | 15 | 13 | 28 |
| 14 | NZL 22 | MATT COUTTS | NEW ZELAND | 22 | 9 | 31 |
| 15 | ITA 13 | ANDREA GANCIA | ITALIA | 11 | 20 | 31 |
| 16 | AUS 35 | BRET PERRY | AUSTRALIA | 16 | 15 | 31 |
| 17 | GER 20 | STEFFEN BOCK | GERMANY | 14 | 18 | 32 |
| 18 | AUS 23 | ANDY TURTON | AUSTRALIA | 19 | 17 | 36 |
| 19 | GER 053 | MATTHIAS GROTHUES-SPORK | GERMANY | 21 | 16 | 37 |
| 20 | ITA 26 | STEFANO CARUSO | ITALY | 17 | 24 | 41 |
| 21 | ITA 14 | GIOVANNI TRICARICO | ITALY | 20 | 22 | 42 |
| 22 | GER 28 | RALF BEHRENS | GERMANY | 24 | 19 | 43 |
| 23 | ITA 3 | GUIDO FALCIOLA | ITALY | 23 | 21 | 44 |
| 24 | ITA 043 | PHILIPPE ROGGE | ITALY | 18 | 30 | 48 |
| 25 | AUT 112 | WALTER RITSHCKA | AUSTRIA | 27 | 23 | 50 |
| 26 | ITA 19 | GIANCARLO PRAGLIOLA | ITALY | 26 | 25 | 51 |
| 27 | 26 | MICHELE TOGNOZZI | ITALY | 25 | 26 | 51 |
| 28 | ESP4 | VICENTE IRANZO | SPAIN | 28 | 30 | 58 |
| 29 | JAP 36 | SUMIO SHIMOYAMA | JAPAN | 30 | 30 | 60 |
