SOUTH OF FRANCE DELIVERS FOR WORLD CUP SERIES
27 Apr 2018The South of France delivered a sensational day of sunshine and some stable breeze, living up to its name as a famous sailing location on the fourth day of competition at Sailing's World Cup Series in Hyères, France.
After three days of light and testing winds under grey and foggy skies, the sun shone proudly on day four, enabling the competitors to start on schedule.
The 470s, Laser, Laser Radial and Finn fleet leaderboards took shape with clear frontrunners emerging. They have one more day of fleet racing with Medal Races on Sunday.
Mat Belcher and Will Ryan (AUS) won both of the Men's 470 races to move into medal contention but the leaders from the opening day, Anton Dahlberg and Fredrik Bergström (SWE) finished behind them in both races to retain their lead.
The Swedes top the bill on 14 points, Belcher and Ryan follow on 31 and Tetsuya Isozaki and Akira Takayanagi (JPN) are third on 33.
Camille Lecointre and Aloise Retornaz (FRA) sit seven points clear of Hannah Mills and Eilidh McIntyre (GBR) in the Women's 470. Afrodite Zegers and Anneloes van Veen (NED) won both Women's 470 races on Friday and move to 12th.
Saturday's Medal Races commence at 12:00 local time with the remaining fleets starting at 11:00.
By Daniel Smith - World Sailing