Barcelona World Race - Pole after Wellington stop-over

7:53 PM Fri 18 Feb 2011 GMT

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Barcelona World Race - After two days on land, making key repairs to the rig and boat, Virbac-Paprec 3 is back on the racecourse and in pole position this afternoon. Jean-Pierre Dick and Loick Peyron (FRA) slipped their lines at exactly 1111hrs (CET) today, having completed the mandatory 48-hours on shore for their technical stopover. The Virbac-Paprec 3 team reported that by noon, the French duo had exited Wellington Bay under full sail and in this afternoon?s 1500hrs ranking were making 11 knots into the Pacific Ocean. 'We must win this race,' commented Jean-Pierre Dick this afternoon after the duo ...

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