Troia Portugal Match Cup

The third event in this year’s World Match Racing Tour begins tomorrow with the opening round robin of the Troia Portugal Match Cup. Twelve skippers will meet each of the others once and the top scoring eight helmsmen will progress to the knock out stages of the competition, beginning with the quarter-finals that will begin as soon as the preliminaries are complete.

ENTRY LIST
Mathieu Richard (FRA) Saba Sailing Team — Leading the World Tour standings
Paolo Cian (ITA) Shosholoza
Ian Williams (GBR) Team Pindar
Björn Hansen (SWE) Team Apport.net
Sébastien Col (FRA) Areva Challenge
Staffan Lindeberg (FIN) Alandia Sailing Team
Peter Gilmour (AUS) PST Sailing Team
Gavin Brady (NZL) BMW/Oracle Racing
Alvaro Marinho (POR) Seth.pt
Team Philippe Presti (FRA) Luna Rossa Challenge
Eugeniy Neugodnikov (RUS) Lord of the Sail Team

ISAF Match Racing World Championship Leaderboard (Top 8) (After Stage 7 of 16)
1. Mathieu Richard (FRA) Saba Sailing Team, 78 points
2. Paolo Cian (ITA) Team Shosholoza, 66 points
3. Ian Williams (GBR) Team Pindar, 62 points
4. Bjorn Hansen (SWE) Team Apport.net, 49 points
5. Sébastien Col (FRA) Areva Challenge, 47 points
6. Jesper Bank (DEN) United Internet Team Germany, 45 points
7. Ed Baird (USA) Alinghi, 40 points
8. Magnus Holmberg (SWE) Victory Challenge, 40 points