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World Match-racing Tour
Local French hero Mathieu Richard wins stage 1
"we are very happy to have won here in Marseille"
dimanche 11 avril 2010 –
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Mathieu Richard, who is also tactician for the French America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup syndicate, Aleph, was in jubilant form with the back drop of Queen’s notorious lyrics playing ‘We are the Champions’, “It is really great to win Stage 1 of the 2010 ISAF World Match Racing Tour World Match Racing Tour #WMRT , we are very happy to have won here in Marseille. We had a slow start to the regatta, but a slow start motivates you to really improve when it counts. My team worked fantastically with great communication Communication #Communication and tactics”.
Ainslie sees his time invested in attending WMRT events as a profitable way to keep his match race training fresh, “My ultimate goal for the ISAF World Match Racing Tour World Match Racing Tour #WMRT events is to improve my match racing skills and rules knowledge”. The Tour forms an important ingredient in Ainslie’s long term America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup ambition with TEAMORIGIN.
For Richard, instead of winning back trade routes through lifting sea blockades as in the 1800s, today’s victor heads home from Match Race France with a prize packet of 10,000 Euros. This is a very lucrative reward for five days of racing against some of the world’s most esteemed match racers and also provides French Match Racing Team with 25 points in pursuit of the ultimate ISAF Match Racing World Championship title.
This French event has seen a significant elevation of the Tour’s profile across social media networks, the communication Communication #Communication channel now essential in satisfying the public’s thirst for ‘real time’ sports results. The live blog, newly introduced to the WMRT media machine this year, has been a certain success. It has formed the engine to accelerate the Tour into virtual on line conversations through tweets and Facebook Wall posts. A one hour television show on Match Race France is also being broadcast internationally later this month.
The beach based prize giving closes Stage 1 of the 2010 World Match Racing Tour and leads us into the 9 remaining Stages around the globe. Stage 2 of the WMRT will be run in Langenargen, Germany 19 – 24 May where Mathieu Richard will again be racing.
Press info www.wmrt.com
Classement final
1er Mathieu Richard (FRA) French Match Racing Team - Aleph Sailing Team
2e Ben Ainslie (GBR)
3e Francesco Bruni
4e Paolo Cian (ITA)
5e Sébastien Col (FRA) French Match Racing Team - ALL4ONE
6e Adam Minoprio (NZL)
7e Torvar Mirsky (AUS)
8e Philippe Presti (FRA) French Match Racing Team
9e Pierre-Antoine Morvan (FRA)
10e Bertrand Pacé
11e Peter Gilmour
12e Gian Lucas Perris
Sur le web :
Site de l’épreuve : www.matchracefrance.com
Site du World Match Racing Tour : http://www.wmrt.com
Site de Mathieu Richard (APCC Voile Sportive) : www.mathieurichard.fr
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