Barcelona World Race - Accelerating towards the Pacific

7:58 PM Mon 21 Feb 2011 GMT

'Pachi Rivero and To?o Piris crossing Cook Strait - Barcelona World Race' ? Chris Cameron / DPPI / Barcelona World Race

Barcelona World Race update. Eight days ago they were fifth a distant 844 miles from third place in the Barcelona World Race fleet, but this afternoon Pachi Rivero and To?o Piris passed by Wellington, New Zealand and elevated themselves to a podium place as they accelerated towards the Pacific to pursue leaders Virbac-Paprec 3 and Mapfre. While Estrella Damm and Groupe Bel are sidelined in the New Zealand capital working on their respective repairs and counting down through their mandatory 48 hours which they are required to be tied to the dock, the Spanish duo Rivero and Piris passed the ...

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