2019 Worlds
The task:
But most pilots used the hills to find lift then scoot across the flats and back
to the hills, showing that the "optimized" course is not necessarily the best
course.
Task 5:
# |
Name |
Nat |
Glider |
Time |
Total |
---|
1 |
John
Simon |
USA |
|
02:12:57 |
885 |
2 |
Arne
Tanzer |
NED |
|
02:25:32 |
880 |
3 |
Gerd
Doenhuber |
GER |
|
02:25:53 |
859 |
4 |
Marco
Laurenzi |
ITA |
|
02:25:31 |
851 |
5 |
Alessandro Ploner |
ITA |
|
02:25:38 |
848 |
6 |
Daniel
Velez |
COL |
|
02:25:44 |
845 |
7 |
Minoru
Kato |
JPN |
|
02:27:28 |
835 |
8 |
Manfred Ruhmer |
AUT |
|
02:27:12 |
831 |
9 |
Primoz
Gricar |
GER |
|
02:26:27 |
828 |
9 |
Christian Ciech |
ITA |
|
02:27:18 |
828 |
John Simon took the second clock twenty five minutes after the
1:45 PM clock. He was 21st into goal.
Nene and Georg Schweier landed in the river bed just outside the goal cylinder
getting within 90 and 40 meters respectively. They both made the end of speed
section. Their distance points were very slightly less than those who made goal,
but their speed points were reduced by 20 percent.
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After the grueling day yesterday (much appreciated by all the
pilots also for the encroachment in Slovenia that gave them unique scenarios),
today's task has developed from the Valinis mountain to the by now tested
Bordano landing, with a covered length of almost 100km, practically all on the
plain.
Three buoys are planned, with a sort of "zig zag": after taking off from Valinis,
the pilots headed towards the area between Povoletto and Cividale del Friuli (a
very large cylinder) and then headed towards Rivoli di Osoppo, Tarcento and
finally return to Bordano at the landing field.
The start of today's task has been of fundamental importance since it causes a
very different weather situation from yesterday (damp air in the lower layers
has led to a reduction in the cumulative base altitude of 1500-1700m against
even 2300m yesterday, not allowing pilots to develop immediately a lot of
altitude as pointed out by Damiano Zanocco weather manager), the pilots
immediately had to choose between the way of the plain (faster but very risky
today) and the one that skirted the hills (longer but more likely to find
thermal).
A group of about ten pilots opted for the "low street", but the choice was
rather risky because after a few kilometers more than someone, including the New
Zealander Matthew Barlow, they were forced to land early in the Buja area. The
most correct intuition turned out to be that of the group of the best in the
standings, with - among others - the Austrian Ruhmer (yesterday penalized for an
early start), the Italians Ploner, Laurenzi and Ciech, the Slovenian Klemencic,
who proceeded towards the first target at about 1000m altitude with a speed of
55 km/h. Among them were the two Japanese Tanaka and Sunama and the Brazilian
top pilot Glauco Pinto, who went on to form the leading group together with the
German Woehrle and Ruhmer himself.
In the return to Rivoli di Osoppo, the Dutchman Arne Tanzer, who in a previous
task had given a hard time to his opponents, who has opted to fly over the flat
area not without risks, forced to stop before reach the second buoy in a
desperate search for altitude to continue his adventure. Even the Italian Suan
Selenati chose this strategy, managing to maintain an altitude of 500m but still
struggling to find altitude.
Pinto, Woehrle and Selenati have won it by turning around the second turn with
the best time and continuing the race, or rather the flight, towards Tarcento
after about an hour and forty minutes.
In fact, a situation has emerged with three groups: the one farther north that
managed to make a great deal, the central one that touched the second mark in
the first position and the one further south, which instead took longer to tack
towards the last turn point. On the way to Tarcento, once it has gained enough
altitude, the small group of Ciech, Ruhmer, Tanzer and Laurenzi veered towards
the route chosen by Pinto, Woehrle and Selenati, in the hope of being able to
proceed without the last obstacle. Further stops towards Bordano. Between
Artegna and Magnano many pilots have benefited from the so-called "service
pump", that is a very strong thermal that usually develops in these areas and
that allowed the Colombian Daniel Velez to take the lead allatask towards the
final part of the race, followed by Tanzer and the Italian Marco Laurenzi, once
again among the leaders albeit at his second experience in a world championship,
a high hopeful driver for our national team. The Austrian Ruhmer, the Italian
Ploner, the Germans Gricar and Doenhuber and the same Laurenzi have embarked on
a thrilling pursuit of Velez, with Ruhmer who hired a great duel with the
Colombian at around 15km from the finish overtaking and counter-passing,
managing to win and quickly gaining precious seconds.
The most beautiful surprise for the public was the group that presented itself
above Bordano fighting for the success of the day, made up of more than ten hang
gliders that at speeds greater than 100 km/h gave great excitement to the
fans: the Dutch Tanzer and the Italians Laurenzi and Ploner were the first three
pilots to touch the ground, under the watchful eyes of the team leader Flavio
Tebaldi who thus demonstrated, once again if there was any need, the great
technical skills capable of getting the off to the Azzurri in the various
rankings.
Cumulative:
|
Name |
Nat |
Glider |
Total |
---|
1 |
Alessandro Ploner |
ITA |
|
4704 |
2 |
Christian Ciech |
ITA |
|
4642 |
3 |
Manfred Ruhmer |
AUT |
|
4569 |
4 |
Marco
Laurenzi |
ITA |
|
4411 |
5 |
Mario
Alonzi |
FRA |
|
4259 |
6 |
Primoz
Gricar |
GER |
|
4234 |
7 |
Suan
Selenati |
ITA |
|
4191 |
8 |
Alvaro
Figueiredo Sandoli |
BRA |
|
4180 |
9 |
Peter
Neuenschwander |
SUI |
|
4123 |
10 |
Grant
Crossingham |
GBR |
|
4075 |
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