K-Challenge ProAm Cup 2003 - K-Challenge Wins Thierry Peponnet Still Holds The Title!

In a 15 knots wind, the K-Challenge Pro-Am Cup ended up today with great races full of action ! 6 regattas have been raced since Friday, so the worst result has been removed for each competitor.

Photo © Franck SOCHA

Today, Région Ile de France was leading the 5th race from the beginning of it, but Thierry Peponnet and his crew on K-Challenge 1 took advantage of the wind shift on the second leg to go back to the top of the fleet.

Then, they managed to put a boat between them and Région Ile de France, this was Pierre-Loïc Berthet and the Epure by Lierac boat, and Thierry kept the advantage till the end of the race.K-Challenge 2 got on his side from the 11th to the 5th position on this race, which was a very good come back John Cutler and Nicolas Charbonnier who didn’t make a good start.

On the 6th race, K-Challenge 1 left on the right hand side of the sailing area to take control of Epure by Lierac, and Région Ile de France took this opportunity to put Nantes Saint-Nazaire behind. In the downwind leg, lots of boats messed up as the wind was really strong, and all the placing was changed…

So Nantes Saint-Nazaire managed to get back in the first part of the final general placing in front of Marseille Cap Sport which came back nicely after having touched a boat.Marseille Cap Sport and K-Challenge 1 left on the left hand side of the sailing area, while Epure by Lierac and Nantes Saint-Nazaire went on the right ; This is when Marseille Cap Sport took the opportunity to lead again in the upwind leg, with the amateur team Entra’cte- Les Copains A Bord just behind, which was a really good surprise !

In the last downwind leg, K-Challenge 1 managed to take the lead back from Epure By Lierac, Les Copains A Bord and Marseille Cap Sport, showing till the last minute how they managed the boat and sailing area very well.

So this is the second time that Thierry Peponnet wins the Pro-Am Cup with the K-Challenge team. He is more than proud as we can imagine to have been able to keep his title, and he is decided to come back next year to carry on the performance !

Photo © Franck SOCHA

Classement Général Final

Groupe PRO-AM 2003 après 6 manches (5 retenues) (23 Inscrits)

Rgs Concurrents Points m.1 m.2 m.3 m.4 m.5 m.6

1 K-CHALLENGE 1
PEPONNET THIERRY 6.00 1 1 2 (7) 1 1

2 EPURE BY LIERAC
BERTHET PIERRE LOIC 9.00 (7) 2 1 1 3 2

3 K-CHALLENGE 2
CUTLER JOHN 23.00 2 4 3 (bfd) 5 9

4 THEOULE MANDELIEU
CHTOUNDER SYLVAIN 31.00 4 6 (-) 6 8 7

5 REGION ILE DE FRANCE
PAUCHET NICOLAS 33.00 (14) 14 4 3 2 10

6 CHACAL
PALLU ALEXANDRE 33.00 3 3 5 (14) 10 12

7 ELVSTROM
LE CLEAC’H ARMEL 33.00 5 9 7 4 (15) 8

8 MARSEILLE CAP SPORT
DERUELLE DIMITRI 34.00 6 7 8 (dsq) 9 4

9 TOULON-PROVENCE MEDITERRANEE
HENRY FABIEN 35.00 9 5 (11) 10 6 5

10 VILLE DE BANDOL-CASINO DE BANDOL
CHEVALIER JEAN-FRANCOIS 44.00 11 8 6 8 (17) 11

12 ORLOFF-NANTES SAINT-NAZAIRE
SAMBRON LAURENT 45.00 (16) 10 16 2 11 6

12 COTES D’ARMOR
BIARNES VINCENT 46.00 8 (13) 9 12 4 13

13 KEEP COOL
BAULER CLAUDE 53.00 (17) 12 10 9 7 15

14 ENTR’ACTE-LES COPAINS A BORD
PORTUGAL VINCENT 68.00 21 17 12 15 (23) 3

15 TRIGA 5
PECLARD CHRISTOPHE 69.00 15 15 (18) 5 18 16

16 DEFI JEAN BART
PATOU CHRISTOPHE 72.00 12 18 13 16 13 (22)

17 VILLE DE DOUARNENEZ-ARMOR LUX

LE GARREC LOIC 73.00 13 (-) 15 11 20 14

18 ISR 1
ROTSHTAIN URI 80.00 (22) 16 14 17 14 19

19 DINARD
BASSET ERIC 81.00 19 11 17 (20) 16 18

20 BIENNE VOILE
MULLER LORENZ 86.00 18 19 (20) 13 19 17

21 T-SERVICE INTERIM BRUXELLES
PILATE JULIEN 89.00 (23) 20 19 18 12 20

22 AEOLUS
LAMBERTUS E.P.DALMOL 97.00 10 21 (-) - 21 21

23 SILICON THEATRE SCENERY
PRONK ROBERT 104.00 20 22 21 19 22 (-)