Barcelona World Race - A ferocious battle for Virbac-Paprec 3

6:59 PM Fri 25 Feb 2011 GMT

'Jean-Pierre Dick and Loick Peyron Virbac-Paprec 3 - Barcelona World Race'

Barcelona World Race update from the Virbac-Paprec 3 duo Jean-Pierre Dick and Lo?ck Peyron. Since they returned to the race after their technical pit stop in Wellington last Friday, Virbac-Paprec 3 has been fighting a ferocious battle with Mapfre in the Pacific Ocean. This week, the weather conditions distinctly favoured the Spanish Olympic Champions who made their way back to just behind the blue monohull. In the ranking at 15:00, Jean-Pierre Dick and Lo?ck Peyron were ahead of the Iberian duo by twenty-four miles. The two duos will continue to cross swords until Cape Horn. Which of them will round ...

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by Anne-Charlotte Meyer