rigger 47 Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 Tele Fourth... Link to post Share on other sites
benny14 6 Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 From Twitter... "And that's the gun, Tele takes fourth place ahead of Camper..." Link to post Share on other sites
Fogg 427 Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 for f@ck's sake Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 and that is why a boat that hasnt completed every leg of this volvo edition is now in third overall by a nice margin at this stage of the race. Link to post Share on other sites
Grinna 2 Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 FFS, they should scuttle the CamperVan in the middle of the next leg. It'd be a mercy killing! Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 ....I think I'm gonna barf The race for fourth and fifth turned into an excruciating, slow-motion match race in the early hours of Friday morning, with Telefónica holding off arch-rivals CAMPER for a five-point bump that may yet prove crucial. Team Telefónica, winners of the first three offshore legs, find themselves in second place overall after Groupama's Leg 7 finish on the shoulders of Abu Dhabi proved enough to take the French team three points clear at the top. The consolation for skipper Iker Martínez was in squeezing past CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand in a heroic struggle with an adverse current, exacerbated by a lack of breeze, on the River Tagus. There were times when both teams were actually going backwards, others when they headed away from the line to the coast, and then back again to produce tracks that looked like snails' trails. The race was impossible to call in the pitch black night, with Telefónica finally crossing the line at 02:28 local time, one minute 42 seconds ahead of CAMPER. The result kept Telefónica within striking distance of the new leaders and left CAMPER 21 points off the pace, although still well in with a chance of victory with two legs and three in-port races still to sail. With PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG in third place overall, 12 points behind the leaders, four teams are still in contention, making this the closest contest in the history of the Volvo Ocean Race Link to post Share on other sites
Fogg 427 Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 The result .... left CAMPER 21 points off the pace, although still well in with a chance of victory with two legs and three in-port races still to sail. Tui ad. Link to post Share on other sites
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