Updated Overall Results here.
Updated Team Results here.
Tracks Task 6 here.
46 pilots on goal!
Àger - Sopeira - La Pobla de Segur - Isona - Antena Bóixols - Talarn - VilamitjanaTask Distance: 108,37Km
It was a difficult task to call with the forecast of a blue day and an inversion. There was also the problem of setting a StartGate that would avoid overcrowding, especially considering it was a Sunday and there were a lot of free flyers.
Pilots started taking off, but conditions were weak and they weren't getting high enough. On top of it, launching conditions were tricky with crossed wind often slowing the process down. The first SG went by and nobody left...by then most competitors were already in the air, except a small group including most of the Spanish Team (5 out of 6). It didn't seem attractive to them to spend a couple of hours circling not getting anywhere; they preferred to stay on launch watching!
Blay Olmos Jr. (Spanish Team) said before taking off that he thought the flight needed to be flown fast because it was an easy route, nevertheless the conditions didn't seem as good as the previous day before. They had to be careful and stay high. He would've preferred a longer task, but yet again, conditions were not excellent. His guesstimate was of 50 or 60 pilots in goal.
He was pretty close, but the best is that he made it himself!!!
Filippo Oppici (Ita) once in goal said it had been a difficult day with some very stable parts and others where you were able to fly fast.
Gerolf Heinrichs (AUT) is still leading the overall results (5603pts), Attila Bertok (HUN) former World Champion is 2nd (5294pts) and Mario Alonzi (FRA) 3rd (5240pts). There are still 4 days to go...
Some images on take off today:
