2024 World Cup Sylt Tag 5

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Am fünften Tag des 2024 Citroën Windsurf World Cup Sylt wurden die Rennen bei Windstärken zwischen 15 und 25 Knoten fortgesetzt, so dass weitere vier Eliminations bei den Damen und zwei Eliminations bei den Herren absolviert werden konnten. Justine Lemeteyer (FMX Racing / S2Maui) dominiert weiterhin das Rennen bei den Frauen, während Johan Søe (FMX Racing / Point-7 / PATRIK Foils) sich an die Spitze der Männerwertung gesetzt hat. Foil Slalom

Women’s

Justine Lemeteyer was simply in a league of her own today as she rattled off another four bullets from the four eliminations completed to extend her lead at the top of the event rankings to 8.8 points. The vice-world champion didn’t put a foot wrong and has now surely built an unassailable lead having won eight of the nine eliminations completed.

Marion Mortefon (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils) remains in second place after recording a second and three third places.

Blanca Alabau (Starboard / Severne Sails) enjoyed a better day on the water after making some changes to her setup and you could visibly see how much quicker she was, which resulted in her claiming three second places and a third to cap a solid day. The reigning world champion also reduces the gap to Mortefon from 4.3 points at the start of the day to just 3.3 points at the close of play.

14-year-old Bobbi-Lynn De Jong (Starboard / NeilPryde) continues to hold fourth place ahead of Femke van der Veen (Starboard / Severne Sails), who completes the top five.

Men’s

Johan Søe started the day with just a 0.3 of a point advantage over Bruno Martini (JP / NeilPryde), however, after producing another superb display. the Dane now holds a 7.3 point advantage at the top of the rankings. Søe has raced brilliantly so far and if yet to finish outside the top three, such has been his level of consistency. Given that many sailors are expressing how difficult it is to race in these conditions, makes his performance all the more impressive.

After enjoying a great start to the event yesterday, Bruno Martini (JP / NeilPryde) lost ground in the battle for the event title. The Italian missed out in the opening winners’ final of the day and was involved in a crash with Matteo Iachino (Starboard / Severne Sails) in the run up to the start line of the b-final, which resulted in a 16th place finish, which he currently discards. Martini then made the top eight and was prominently placed before wiping out on the third reach.

Nico Goyard (Phantom / Phantom Sails / Phantom Foils) is now level on 12.7 points with Martini after earning his first bullet of the event in Elimination 4, but both sailors will be ruing wiping out in the final of Elimination 5 as they both picked up a 7th and 8th respectively. If either of them could’ve recorded another solid result then they would be right on the tail of Søe, but now they will both need a second discard.

Just 2.3 points separate second to fifth after the opening five eliminations with Daniele Benedetti (FMX Racing / Challenger Sails) gaining one place from the overnight rankings to move into fourth after signing off today with his first bullet of the event. The current World Tour leader trails Martini and Goyard by just a single point, while Pierre Mortefon (Phantom / Phantom Sails / Phantom Foils) is just 1.3 points further back in fifth after another consistent day - one third and a fourth.

After some issues yesterday, Amado Vrieswijk (Future Fly / Severne Sails) enjoyed a better today today as he qualified for both winners’ finals where he finished sixth and third, which sees him climb two places to sixth.

Mover of the Day

After suffering a quarterfinal exit in the opening elimination yesterday, Enrico Marotti (JP / NeilPryde) has been on the come back trail. The Croat started the day in 15th place, but after two fifth places today he gains eight places and climbs into seventh.

The top ten is currently completed by Nico Prien (JP / NeilPryde) - 8th - who won the b-final of Elimination 4 after a photo finish with Jordy Vonk (Duotone Windsurfing), Maciek Rutkowski (NeilPryde) - 9th - who climbs into the top ten after a sixth and a seventh today, and Matteo Iachino (Starboard / Severne Sails), who remains in tenth.

With the wind expected to turn to the northeast tomorrow the hope is that we will be able to begin the Freestyle with 17-26 knot winds predicted for the morning before dropping slightly to 15-23 knots during the afternoon. The Freestyle fleet will meet at 7:30am (GMT+2) tomorrow morning with the action commencing from 8am onwards. Meanwhile, the Foil Slalom fleets will meet again at 9am with a first possible start at 10am.

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Current Ranking 2024 Citroën Windsurf World Cup Sylt - Women’s Foil Slalom *After 9 Eliminations (2 Discards)

1st Justine Lemeteyer (FRA | FMX Racing / S2Maui)
2nd Marion Mortefon (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils)
3rd Blanca Alabau (ESP | Starboard / Severne Sails)
4th Bobbi-Lynn De Jong (NB | Starboard / NeilPryde)
5th Femke van der Veen (NED | Starboard / Severne Sails)
Current Ranking 2024 Citroën Windsurf World Cup Sylt - Men’s Foil Slalom *After 5 Eliminations (1 Discard)

1st Johan Søe (DEN | FMX Racing / Point-7 / PATRIK Foils)
2nd Bruno Martini (ITA | JP / NeilPryde)
3rd Nicolas Goyard (FRA | Phantom / Phantom Sails / Phantom Foils)
4th Daniele Benedetti (ITA | FMX Racing / Challenger Sails)
5th Pierre Mortefon (FRA | Phantom / Phantom Sails / Phantom Foils)
6th Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Severne Sails)
7th Enrico Marotti (CRO | JP / NeilPryde)
8th Nico Prien (GER | JP / NeilPryde)
9th Maciek Rutkowski (POL | NeilPryde)
10th Matteo Iachino (ITA | Starboard / Severne Sails)
Result 2024 Citroën Windsurf World Cup Sylt - Women’s Wave

1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Alexia Kiefer Quintana (ESP | Duotone Windsurfing)
3rd Sol Degrieck (BEL | Severne / Severne Sails)
4th Lina Erpenstein (GER | Severne / Severne Sails)
5th Maria Behrens (GER | Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins)
5th Justyna Sniady (POL | North Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins)
5th Maria Morales (ESP | Goya Windsurfing)
5th Coraline Foveau (FRA | Flikka / GUNSAILS)
Result 2024 Citroën Windsurf World Cup Sylt - Men’s Wave

1st Marc Paré (ESP | Simmer / Simmer Sails)
2nd Marcilio Browne (BRA | Goya Windsurfing)
3rd Victor Fernandez (ESP | Duotone Windsurfing)
4th Antoine Martin (FRA | Starboard / North Windsurfing)
5th Robby Swift (UK | JP / NeilPryde)
5th Philip Köster (GER | Severne / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins)
5th Marino Gil {ESP (JP / NeilPryde)
5th Miguel Chapuis (ESP | Flikka / North Windsurfing)
9th Thomas Traversa (FRA | Tabou / GA Sails)
9th Dieter Van der Eyken (BEL | Severne Windsurfing / Black Project Fins)
9th Henri Kolberg (GER | Naish / Naish Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
9th Liam Dunkerbeck (ESP | Starboard / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins)
9th Titouan Flechet (FRA | Tabou / Hot Sails Maui)
9th Jules Denel (FRA | Tabou / GA Sails)
9th Takuma Sugi (JPN | Tabou / GA Sails / Black Project Fins)
9th Morgan Noireaux (HI | JP / NeilPryde / Black Project Fins)