Barcelona World Race - Spanish duo say Non-stop is non-stop

7:30 PM Sat 19 Feb 2011 GMT

'Barcelona World Race' Renault Z.E.

Barcelona World Race - As second placed Mapfre passed Wellington today, the first of the BWR fleet to pass through the Cook Strait without stopping, the Spanish 2004 Olympic champions raised the bar, adding pressure on the pack which is pursuing them but most of all on the race leaders Virbac-Paprec 3 who are heading SSE into the Pacific. Iker Martinez and Xabi Fernandez, the Mapfre co-skippers, came to the tough decision not to halt despite acknowledging that they considered it made logical sense to do so, that in fact they felt they would be quicker to the finish if ...

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