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Last update: 10-Jun-2001
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Results (in Adobe Acrobat PDF format):
Task 1 final results - Overall - Women
Previous results (PWC 2001 Konitsa - Greece)
Sunday, June 10th, 2001
The competition is finished after just 2 tasks.
Henrik Jensen (DEN) wins the PWC 2001 Simmental competition followed by Oliver Rössel (D) and Jean-Marc Caron (F).
For the women, Caroline Brille (F) wins the competition, followed by Petra Krausova (CZ) and Nicole Nussbaum (CH).
Peter Brinkeby (SWE) now leads the PWC overall ranking, followed by Martin Brunn (A) and Frank Brown (BRA).
For the women, Petra Karusova (CZ) still leads, followed by Caroline Brille (F) and Eliane Ueltschi (CH).
For the nations, France now leads, followed by Switzerland and Austria. Gin Gliders still leads the constructor ranking.
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Saturday, June 9th, 2001
No competition today because of the rain.
Friday, June 8th, 2001
No competition today because of the rain.
Thursday, June 7th, 2001
The sun is back:
Pilots are moving to another take off in the south, 20km from
Simmental:
A fast task of 54km is set:
After an air start 20km around the first turn point, pilots are
riding in the direction of the Simmental valley. Conditions are
strong and many pilots meet 8m/s varios. After the TP1 the task was
ending by a out and return in Simmental valley. The public was able
to follow the race from the landing field.
The task ending was very fast and gave very rich options.
The leading group was following the south side of the valley to reach
the last TP, an antenna 2km east of the goal. Some other pilots far
from the first one decided for another option to beat the first.
Stephane André, a new french pilot very motivated decided to go straight line in the valley after reaching the clouds. This option allow him to catch the leading pilot at the last TP but much much lower !!!
Stephane André, came so low that none could think he would
cut the line. He finally made it back wind with 3m under his feet
!!!
Alex Hoffer was first to cut the line three seconds before Stephane
but unfortunatelly lost because of a start problem in his GPS.
This is the first task victory for Stephane André, we can bet we will see him again.
In the women classification, Petra Krausova is making a beatiful task performance with a much better time than the others. In the comp classification Caroline Brille (second today) is still leading.
The winner's flight...
Wednesday, June 6th, 2001
No competition today because of the bad weather (rain, wind, clouds).
Tuesday, June 5th, 2001
The conditions are looking poor with an inversion around 1500 m but Kari Eisenhut, meet director and ex winner of the 1999 PWC decides a 44.8 km task with a lot of tactical choices.
He's right ! 21 pilots are making goal.
The beginning of the flight is very difficult. Thermals are rare and sometimes turbulents. A few kilometers after the first tunpoint, the leaders enjoy a strong back wind pushing them over 90 km/h over the swiss landscape. Flying in a postcard is nice when it is a sunny one !
German pilot Oliver Rössel is first in goal after 3:45 hours in the air. Luca Donini, Jean Marc Caron, Franck Brown are arriving a few seconds later. Caroline Brille miss the goal shortly but she is the first female pilot.
The winner flight with ground speeds above 90 km/h !
Monday, June 4th, 2001
A task of more than 70 km is set with an opening window at 11:55. Four pilots are taking off when David Casartelli has a big collapse right after taking off. The ambulance and the helicopter are arriving very quickly to rescue him.
Because of the helicopter arrival, the window is closed and the task is cancelled later.
While pilots are free flying, news from the hospital are that David has no injury.
Even if the task couldn't be completed, a lot of other activities (tandem flights, pylatus flights, airplane aerobatics, etc) were available around the landing area.
