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Shosholoza skipper Paolo Cian wins 8 from 9 races to storm the 2009 Korea Match Cup.
The Team Shosholoza match racing team skippered by Paolo Cian today pulled off a massive victory in Stage 3 of the World Match Racing Tour by defeating world champion Ian Williams 2 – 1 in a light air final to clinch the 2009 Korea Match Cup championship title.Cian, who wears the colours of MSC Cruises and Breil Milano, was so over the moon with his win that he flung himself off his boat with a celebratory back-flip into the Korean waters of Gyeonggi while his jubilant crew sprayed him with champagne. It is Cian’s first World Tour win since the Brasil Cup early last year and puts Team Shosholoza in sixth place overall on the Tour leader board.
It was definitely celebration time on the Italian boat – champagne was spraying everywhere, and Cian executed a stylish back-flip into the water. A good deal more champagne was soon sprayed on stage in front of the Closing Ceremony crowd, and the giant cheques were presented by the Governor of Gyeonggi Province, Kim Moon-Soo. It had been a desperately slow start to the day, but it finished in cracking style with a great demonstration of light-air precision from Paolo Cian.
OVERALL RESULTS (Source: World Match Racing Tour: www.worldmatchracingtour.com)1st Paolo Cian (ITA) Team Shosholoza
2nd Ian Williams (GBR) Bahrain Team Pindar
3rd Ben Ainslie (GBR) Team Origin
4th Bjorn Hansen (SWE) Team Onboard
5th Adam Minoprio (NZL) ETNZ/BlackMatch Racing
6th Peter Gilmour (AUS) YANMAR Racing
7th Torvar Mirsky (AUS) Mirsky Racing
8th Mathieu Richard (FRA) French Match Racing Team
9th Sebastien Col (FRA) French Match Racing Team/K-Challenge
10th Laurie Jury (NZL)
11th Philippe Presti (ITA) French Match Racing Team
12th Byeong Ki Park (KOR) 2009 World Championship Standings1. Adam Minoprio
ETNZ/BlackMatch412. Ben Ainslie
Team Origin 403. Mathieu Richard
French Team364.Ian Williams
Bahrain Team Pindar345. Damien Iehl
French Team326 Paolo Cian
Shosholoza317. Peter Gilmour
YANMAR Racing 238. Torvar Mirsky
Mirsky Racing Team21
Photo’s from the event http://[URL="http://track.worldmatchracingtour.com/c/139/9838fde320cf75c9f4d3cd2a816c032662f7eee1d0678322bb07f4cdb4a3b87c"]www.worldmatchracingtour.com/dg/22059 [/URL]
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Shosholoza skipper Paolo Cian wins 8 from 9 races to storm the 2009 Korea Match Cup.
The Team Shosholoza match racing team skippered by Paolo Cian today pulled off a massive victory in Stage 3 of the World Match Racing Tour by defeating world champion Ian Williams 2 – 1 in a light air final to clinch the 2009 Korea Match Cup championship title.Cian, who wears the colours of MSC Cruises and Breil Milano, was so over the moon with his win that he flung himself off his boat with a celebratory back-flip into the Korean waters of Gyeonggi while his jubilant crew sprayed him with champagne. It is Cian’s first World Tour win since the Brasil Cup early last year and puts Team Shosholoza in sixth place overall on the Tour leader board.
It was definitely celebration time on the Italian boat – champagne was spraying everywhere, and Cian executed a stylish back-flip into the water. A good deal more champagne was soon sprayed on stage in front of the Closing Ceremony crowd, and the giant cheques were presented by the Governor of Gyeonggi Province, Kim Moon-Soo. It had been a desperately slow start to the day, but it finished in cracking style with a great demonstration of light-air precision from Paolo Cian.
OVERALL RESULTS (Source: World Match Racing Tour: www.worldmatchracingtour.com)1st Paolo Cian (ITA) Team Shosholoza
2nd Ian Williams (GBR) Bahrain Team Pindar
3rd Ben Ainslie (GBR) Team Origin
4th Bjorn Hansen (SWE) Team Onboard
5th Adam Minoprio (NZL) ETNZ/BlackMatch Racing
6th Peter Gilmour (AUS) YANMAR Racing
7th Torvar Mirsky (AUS) Mirsky Racing
8th Mathieu Richard (FRA) French Match Racing Team
9th Sebastien Col (FRA) French Match Racing Team/K-Challenge
10th Laurie Jury (NZL)
11th Philippe Presti (ITA) French Match Racing Team
12th Byeong Ki Park (KOR) 2009 World Championship Standings1. Adam Minoprio
ETNZ/BlackMatch412. Ben Ainslie
Team Origin 403. Mathieu Richard
French Team364.Ian Williams
Bahrain Team Pindar345. Damien Iehl
French Team326 Paolo Cian
Shosholoza317. Peter Gilmour
YANMAR Racing 238. Torvar Mirsky
Mirsky Racing Team21
Photo’s from the event http://[URL="http://track.worldmatchracingtour.com/c/139/9838fde320cf75c9f4d3cd2a816c032662f7eee1d0678322bb07f4cdb4a3b87c"]www.worldmatchracingtour.com/dg/22059 [/URL]
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