Team Russia arrive in Cochin

7:05 PM Wed 3 Dec 2008 GMT

'Team Russia, skippered by Andreas Hanakamp from Austria, finishes leg 2 of the Volvo Ocean Race' Rick Tomlinson/Volvo Ocean Race &copy Click Here to view large photo

Andreas Hanakamp and his men onboard Kosatka Team Russia finally made it to the finish of leg two of the Volvo Ocean Race in Cochin when they crossed the line at 13:23 GMT (18:53 local time), after being at sea for 18 days, 2 hours 3 minutes and 30 seconds (elapsed time 18:02:03:30).

They were treated to a raucous welcome onshore as their arrival happened to coincide with the inauguration of the race village in Cochin. Thousands turned out to cheer the eighth place finisher.

Team Russia skipper Andreas Hanakamp/AUT was in good spirits as the boat pulled alongside the pontoon, and philosophical about their leg:

'It's been up and down. It was our conditions in the Southern Ocean and we felt really comfortable there, we had a lot of fun and kept pushing hard. The first transition zone I don't think we got it perfect and then we had this meeting where we decided to go to the east, which made a lot of sense at the time, so we sacrificed 100 miles there in the hope we'd gain a couple of hundred miles, but...well, you know what happened. We risked, we went for it, and it didn't work - that's sailing.'

The team principal and bowman, Oleg Zherebtsov, had his first taste of the Volvo Ocean Race on this leg to Cochin and was in very good form as he stepped off the boat.

'I'm happy, happy, happy! It's a very extreme feeling,' he said. 'I can't really describe it, we've been in such different conditions from the Southern Ocean with the cold and wind to the hot, +30-degrees and the Doldrums, no wind, and before that wind up to 40 knots and the Chinese gybe and then catching the fishing net...It's such a powerful experience and after three weeks on the water to see all these people, it's really amazing.'

Team Russia scores score one point for finishing eighth and 2.5 gate points. Her overall score is 7.5 points which will puts here even with Delta Lloyd overall. The tie will be broken in favour of Delta Lloyd.

Volvo - Leg Two Finishing Order into Cochin, India

1. Ericsson 4/SWE (Torben Grael/BRA)
2. Telef?nica Blue/ESP (Bouwe Bekking/NED)
3. Ericson 3/SWE (Anders Lewander/SWE)
4. Telef?nica Black/ESP (Fernando Ech?varri/ESP)
5. PUMA/USA (Ken Read/USA)
6. Delta Lloyd/NED (Roberto Bermudez/ESP)
7. Green Dragon/CHN/IRL (Ian Walker/GBR)
8. Team Russia/RUS (Andreas Hanakamp/AUT)

Overall Leaderboard (Provisional)

1. Ericsson 4: 26 points
2. Telef?nica Blue: 19 points
3. PUMA: 18 points
4. Green Dragon: 16 points
5. Ericsson 3: 14.5 points
6. Telef?nica Black: 13.5 points
7. Delta Lloyd: 7.5 points
8. Team Russia: 7.5 points

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