BRONTOLO RACING MAINTAINS THE LEAD OF THE MELGES 20 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP IN MALCESINE

Malcesine (Verona), 13 September - The third and penultimate day of the Melges 20 European Championship 2019 ended a few minutes ago on the race course of Fraglia Vela Malcesine and, as expected, the duel between those who are in full fight for the title went on for the whole day: the Italian Brontolo Racing of Filippo Pacinotti and the holder of the continental title the Russian Russian Bogatyrs of Igor Rytov are into the challenge.

A duel that did not spare attacks between the two teams at the head of the fleet. Russian Bogatyrs couldn’t start the day in a better way than by winning the fifth race of the program: Brontolo offers a solid defense by responding to the attack of the Russian team with a precious third place.

In the next regatta the roles are reversed, with Pacinotti gaining the fourth place (the bullet carries the signature of Jammin by Gian Marco Mariotti) with Russian Bogatyrs behind him (8th). The pressure begins to reach the guard levels and the two crews start racing never detaching their eyes from each other and it is still Brontolo to guarantee a useful result (9th) with ten positions of advantage over the rival (19th in the regatta won by the connational Path by Anatoly Karakinsky): both of these last partials appear currently as discards for the two above mentioned teams, in a general ranking that still rewards Brontolo, leader with 8 points of margin on Russian Bogatyrs and 17 on the third step of the virtual podium, currently occupied by the other Italian crew, Caipirinha Jr. by Alessandro Agostinelli.

Tomorrow will be the day of truth in the context of a script that will necessarily see the defending champion Russian Bogatyrs attempting to overturn the standings, despite not having wide margins of error given the worse difference in discard compared to Brontolo. The latter will instead have the burden of trying to keep the same level of performance and concentration shown up until now as perhaps the most delicate day of his sailing career. A game still very open and all to play.

In the Corinthian division Siderval of Marco Giannini with today's partials (6,5,12) re-enters the top ten again (9th) digging a very deep groove with respect to the first of the pursuers, Alex Team of Alexander Mikhaylik, now 20th.

All the Melges World League european events are supported by: Helly Hansen, North Sails, Tiirenia, Quantum Sails, Garmin Marine, La Thuile, Rocket Performance, Revi Trento Doc, Loison Pasticceri dal 1938, Rigoni di Asiago, Dai Dai, Norda, XPouf, Le Formiche di Fabio Vettori, boutique hotel Rifugio Azul (Minorca) e Rifugio hotel Lilla (La Thuile) and One Ocean; the events can also count on the support offered by Team Partners UYN (thanks to Brontolo and G3Bau Sailing Team), l'Enoteca e Camarca Caffè (thanks to Fra Martina Sailing Team).
The events in Malcesine are supported by Fraglia Vela Malcesine, Comune di Malcesine, Falconeri, Funivia Malcesine Monte Baldo, Speck Stube, Cassa Rurale Alto Garda, Frantoi Redoro.

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