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XI° Roberto Trombini
Challenge Trophy Match Race 2005

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Press Release 1st of July 2005

• XI Roberto Trombini Challenge Trophy: second day of Match Races
• Very difficult day: storm and irregular wind from 5 to 30 knots
• More than 7 hours to complete the Round Robin
• Ian Williams beats Spithill and wins the Round Robin, Cian arrives in third position
• Four teams out of the quarter-finals: Simoncelli, Ferrarese, Vazquez and Pillot

The second day of Match Races at Marina di Ravenna for the XI Roberto Trombini Challenge Trophy was long and difficult due to unfavourable weather conditions. Soon after the first two matches the weather clouded over, thunderstorm and over 25 knots wind. A boat was damaged and a French sailor of Luc Pillot’s team suffered an injury (nose fracture). He was replaced by a young up and coming sailor, Carlo Mazzini, from Ravenna Yacht Club. After an hours break on shore the Race Committee decided to resume the Round Robin, there were with difficult conditions, irregular rain and changeable winds, till late in the evening.

The results after a long day of matches confirmed the forecast with the surprising takeover of the English helmsman Ian Williams against James Spithill at the last flight Paolo Cian made a good third place. Matteo Simoncelli, Roberto Ferrarese (+39 Challenge), Santiago Lopez Vazquez (Desafio Espanol) and Luc Pillot.

Tomorrow the quarter finals for the qualifying teams as follws:
Ian Williams (GB) against Bjorn Hansen (SWE); James Spithill (Luna Rossa Challenge) against Sten Mohr (DK); Paolo Cian (IT) against Flavio Favini (Mascalzone Latino Capitalia Team), unprecedented challenge between the ex and the actual helmsman of Mascalzone Latino in the America’s Cup; Ben Ainslie (Emirates Team New Zealand) against Sebastien Col (K-Challenge). The first to win two matches will qualify for the semi-finals on Saturday.

Classification of final round robin

1) Ian Williams (GB) 10-1
2) James Spithill (AUS) 10-1
3) Paolo Cian (IT) 9-2
4) Sebastian Col (FR) 7-4
5) Ben Ainslie (GB) 6-5
6) Flavio Favini 5-6
7) Sten Mohr (DK) 5-6
8) Bjorn Hansen (SE) 4-7

9) Matteo Simoncelli (IT) 3-8
10) Roberto Ferrarese (IT) 3-8
11) Santiago Lopez Vazquez (ES) 3-8
12) Luc Pillot (FR) 1-10

Results of all the matches

Flight 9
Vazquez b. Pillot
Ainslie b. Simoncelli
Spithill b. Hansen
Williams b. Col

Flight 10
Spithill b. Pillot
Williams b. Hansen
Mohr b. Ferrarese
Cian b. Favini

Flight 11
Hansen b. Ferrarese
Favini b. Mohr
Col b. Pillot
Vazquez b. Ainslie

Flight 12
Cian b. Williams
Mohr b. Ainslie
Col b. Hansen
Spithill b. Simoncelli

Flight 13
Col b. Ferrarese
Williams b. Simoncelli
Spithill b. Cian
Favini b. Vazquez
Pillot b. Hansen

Flight 14
Cian b. Simoncelli
Ferrarese b. Pillot
Ainslie b. Favini
Vazquez b. Mohr
Williams b. Spithill

Quarter finals match

Ian Williams vs Bjorn Hansen
James Spithill vs Sten Mohr
Paolo Cian vs Flavio Favini
Ben Ainslie vs Sebastien Col

The Roberto Trombini Trophy Challenge is organized, as always, by Progetto Vela (President Andrea Trombini) in collaboration with Circolo Velico and the support of numerous partners and sponsors.

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America’s Cup,
the birthof Match Racing - a bit of history

It all started in 1851 around the Isle of Wight; it was a race open to all nations but only one American yacht, named simply America, challenged 16 English boats for a solid silver cup weighing over 4 kg known as the “One Hundred Guinea Cup” . America won and from that day it has been known as the “America’s Cup”. The Americans were reigning champions until 1983 when the cup finally changed hands, won by an Australian team with the Australia II; in that same year Italy joined the challenge for the first time with the unforgettable Azzurra. Il Moro di Venezia was the first Italian challenger ever to reach the finals racing against America 3 in 1992. Over the centuries the rules have been modified, the boats have become highly technical but the team spirit, the will to win and the challenge remain the same.