Barcelona World Race - Halfway from Wellington to Cape Horn

6:18 PM Fri 25 Feb 2011 GMT

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Barcelona World Race update. Virbac-Paprec 3 maintains its lead as Mapfre has so far been unable to make any further impression on the leader. Now over half way from Wellington NZ to Cape Horn, the BWR's two leading IMOCA Open 60?s play their angles downwind towards the Mid Pacific ice gate. Though the two leaders had become increasingly isolated at the head the fleet, with nearly twelve hundred miles now between Virbac-Paprec 3 and third placed Renault Z.E Sailing Team, the third to fifth placed peloton were back up to full speed this afternoon after extricating themselves from a persistent ...

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