MAGIC MARINE BETPRO D-ONE GOLD CUP: FUN AND ACTION FOR THE FIRST TWO RACES

[Source: D-One] Perfect sailing in Valencia for the first two races of the Magic Marine BetPro D-One. Winners of the day are Hungarian Zsombor Berecz and Croatian Ivan Gaspic. Thirty-one helmsmen from 14 nations entered the event.

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”.

Ivan Gaspic leads the Magic Marine BetPro D-One Gold Cup after two races. Valencia, 1 October 2010. Photo copyright Pierre Orphanidis / Devoti Sailing

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 tight 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.

The event is sponsored by Magic Marineand BetPro.it

MAGIC MARINE BETPRO D-ONE GOLD CUP - RESULTS AFTER 2 RACES

Pos	Sail	Boat #	Helmsman	Country	1	2	Points
1	CRO 1	282	IVAN KLIAKOVIC GASPIC	CROATIA	3	1	4
2	ARG 8		AGUSTIN ZABALUA	SPAIN	4	2	6
3	HUN 4	263	ZSOMBOR BERECK	HUNGARY	1	6	7
4	GBR 11		EDWARD WRIGHT	GREAT BRITAIN	6	3	9
5	ITA 033	257	ANDREA GIAMMARINI	ITALY	5	4	9
6	ITA 007	260	ALBERTO FERRARI	ITALY	2	11	13
7	ITA 025	269	PAOLO ROSSI	ITALY	7	7	14
8	ITA 11	259	FABIO TOCCOLI	ITALY	12	5	17
9	CZE 004	274	MICHAEL MAIER	CZECH REPUBLIC	8	10	18
10	CZE 9	279	ROMAN TEPLY	CZECH REPUBLIC	13	8	21
11	GBR 72	265	TIM GARVIN	GREAT BRITAIN	9	12	21
12	FRA 012	272	JONATHAN LOBERT	FRANCE	10	14	24
13	GBR 6	268	KEITH FEDI	GREAT BRITAIN	15	13	28
14	NZL 22		MATT COUTTS	NEW ZELAND	22	9	31
15	ITA 13	261	ANDREA GANCIA	ITALIA	11	20	31
16	AUS 35	267	BRET PERRY	AUSTRALIA	16	15	31
17	GER 20	266	STEFFEN BOCK	GERMANY	14	18	32
18	AUS 23		ANDY TURTON	AUSTRALIA	19	17	36
19	GER 053	262	MATTHIAS GROTHUES-SPORK	GERMANY	21	16	37
20	ITA 26	275	STEFANO CARUSO	ITALY	17	24	41
21	ITA 14	273	GIOVANNI TRICARICO	ITALY	20	22	42
22	GER 28	277	RALF BEHRENS	GERMANY	24	19	43
23	ITA 3	270	GUIDO FALCIOLA	ITALY	23	21	44
24	ITA 043	282	PHILIPPE ROGGE	ITALY	18	30	48
25	AUT 112	256	WALTER RITSHCKA	AUSTRIA	27	23	50
26	ITA 19	281	GIANCARLO PRAGLIOLA	ITALY	26	25	51
27	26	277	MICHELE TOGNOZZI	ITALY	25	26	51
28	ESP4	271	VICENTE IRANZO	SPAIN	28	30	58
29	JAP 36	258	SUMIO SHIMOYAMA	JAPAN	30	30	60