GRANADA - SPAIN 2000
report and pictures by X. Murillo, Technical delegate

Caution : all downloadable results files of this page are in acrobat format

Saturday 24th - Task 5

Unfortunately, no pilots succeded to reach the goal at 254km
The best distance was finally flown by Bodo Genz : 194.8km
57 pilots did more than 150km. Some of them flew until 9h30PM

Because of a late retrieval and a strong South wind on Saturday afternoon, no more task will be run here in the Sierra Nevada.

Task 5 - Open Class Provisional results.
Task 5 - Serial Class Provisional results.

PWC Open Class   provisional results (after task 5).
PWC Open Class - nation provisional results (after task 5).
PWC Open Class - women provisional results (after task 5).
PWC Open Class - constructor provisional results (after task 5).

PWC Serial Class  provisional results (after task 5).
PWC Serial Class - constructor provisional results (after task 5).
PWC Serial Class - nation provisional results (after task 5).

Competition results - Open Class (After task 5).
Competition women Open Class results (After task 5)
Competition Nation Open Class results (after task 5).
Competition Constructor Open Class results (after task 5).

Competition results - Serial Class (After task 5).
Competition Nation Serial Class results (After task 5).
Competition Constructor Serial Class results (After task 5).

No women were participating in the Serial Class in Granada.

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Friday 23rd - Task 5

A race to goal of 254 KM has been launched, pilots were starting the race at 13H30. Currently at 20H00, 6 pilots are still flying, they have already                    flown 170 km !!!! Another task record during this PWC in Granada ?.

Pilots have to report back tomorrow from 12H00 to 14H00 so results will be available on this web site tomorrow around 15H00.

Thursday 22nd - Task 4

A race to goal from 83,7 KM was launched, the cloudbase was still low but 75 pilots managed to fly to Goal.

Task 4 - Open Class Provisional results.
Task 4 - Serial Class Provisional results.

PWC Open Class   Provisional results (after task 4).
PWC Serial Class Provisional results (after task 4).

Competition results - Open Class (After task 4).
Competition results - Serial Class (After task 4).

Competition Nation Open Class results (after task 4).
Competition Nation Serial Class results (After task 4).

Competition Constructor Open Class results (after task 4).
Competition Constructor Serial Class results (After task 4).

Wednesday 21th - Task 3

After a rest day, the third task is a 89,4 km race to goal with a clockairstart starting at 15:25 and then opening every 10 minutes. After flying in the mountains of Sierra Nevada, the second part of the task  is in the flatlands over the city of Guadix. The goal is situated near Baza and the famous site of El Jabalcon. The first pilot in goal is Hans Bollinger with four othe rpilots. They started at the second clock airstart 15:35:00. Some other pilots starting 20 minutes later almost managed to catch them. Spanish Xevi Bonet Dalmau (GIN Gliders) is the winner of the day followed by the french basejumper Valery Montant (NOVA).
The best cloudbase of the day was 3000 m high and the winner's time is 2H25 to fly 75 KM.

Task 3 - Open Class Provisional results.
Task 3 - Serial Class Provisional results.

PWC Open Class   Provisional results (after task 3).
PWC Serial Class Provisional results (after task 3).

Competition results - Open Class (After task 3).
Competition results - Serial Class (After task 3).

Competition Nation Open Class results (after task 3).
Competition Nation Serial Class results (After task 3).

Competition Constructor Open Class results (after task 3).
Competition Constructor Serial Class results (After task 3).

Tuesday 20th - Task 2.

11H30 AM = Pilots came back from their flights around 7h30 AM in the morning, they are still sleeping !! We have started report back but we will be able to give you some results only around 13H30, this afternoon.  There is no task today, pilots will have a rest day.

Here are finally the results of this very long task = 197,3 KM

Task 2 - Open Class Official results.
Task 2 - Serial Class Official results.

PWC Open Class   Official results (after task 2)
PWC Serial Class Official results (after task 2).

Competition results - Open Class (After task 2).
Competition results - Serial Class (After task 2).

Monday 19th - Task 2.

21H37.   200 km !!! The pilots are still somewhere in the North of Sierra Nevada but we know they have flown the biggest task
ever in the history of Paragliding World Cup. Juan Morillas choose a free distance on an axis to make the best of the South-West wind
and the cloudbase expected to reach about 4000 m. At almost 10pm, we are still waiting for the pilots to come back at the PC.
Who is the winner and how far has he been ????    Next news : in the night when the pilots will arrive.

Sunday 18th - Task 1.

125 pilots from allover the world are in Sierra Nevada for the second event of the Millenium world cup. On saturday, registration day, pilots are flying
in the evening. Conditions are quite strong but they enjoy a wonderful and freezing cloudbase of 4800 m. The next day, saturday, starts the first task.
Conditions are not looking very good in the morning but finally the window is opening with almost nil wind at the Cauchiles take off, 2 800 m high.
The task is a race to goal with a startpoint and three turnpoints. It’s 50 km long and looking like an Indianapolis race. Conditions are unstable over 2500 m
but not under.
The first turnpoint is high in the mountain. From there the pilots have to go out of the mountain as the following turnpoints are near the city of Granada.
The pilots, flying in big gaggles, don’t find any kind of lift during 25 km. Arriving at turnpoint 3 after such a long glide, the first gaggle of about 35 pilots
find a good thermal going up at 2 or 3 m/second. The final run is a race to climb the mountain as the goal is at the same place as the take off, at 2800 m.
The leading gaggle of 10 pilots is trying to go up on the eastern side of the ridge going to take off. But, it doesn’t work. The second group is making cloudbase
before arriving at the mountain. The game is now to catch enough altitude to reach the highest goal of the PWC tour. The Austrian Martin Brunn (Nova Krypton)
is crossing the goal line first followed by Ondrej Dupal (Tchek Republic, Gradient Avax) and Thomas Stivanello (Switzerland, Nova X-Pert). 87 pilots are in goal.
The first females are Nicole Nussbaum (CH, Advance Omega proto), Sandie Cochepain (F, Edel Millenium) and Louise Crandal (Den, Gin Boomerang),
all in goal.
Also in goal are the serial class pilots Olivier Loiodice (F, Flying Planet Whisper), Andrew Smith (SA, Apco Bagheera) and Olivier Thurman (Swe, Bagheera).
The task was not very long but it was the best to do on that day’s conditions. The organisers made a very good choice.

Task 1 - Open Class Official results
Task 1 - Serial Class Official results

Monday 19th - Task 2.

21H37.   200 km !!! The pilots are still somewhere in the North of Sierra Nevada but we know they have flown the biggest task
ever in the history of Paragliding World Cup. Juan Morillas choose a free distance on an axis to make the best of the South-West wind
and the cloudbase expected to reach about 4000 m. At almost 10pm, we are still waiting for the pilots to come back at the PC.
Who is the winner and how far has he been ????    Next news : in the night when the pilots will arrive.

Tuesday 20th - Task 2.

11H30 AM = Pilots came back from their flights around 7h30 AM in the morning, they are still sleeping !! We have started report back but we will be able to give you some results only around 13H30, this afternoon. 

Here are finally the provisional results of this very long task = 197,3 KM

Task 2 - Open Class Provisional results
Task 2 - Serial Class Provisional results

PWC Open Class   Provisional results (after task 2)
PWC Serial Class Provisional results (after task 2).