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Formula Kite World Championship 2015 in Gizzeria, Italy

2015 Formula Kite World Champioships in Gizzeria Italy, from 14 to 19 July 2015!

Tomorrow will start  in Gizzeria, in the south of Italy, the 2105 Formula Race World Championships.

More than 70 riders from all around the world will try to win the title!.

World champions 2014 are:

  • Maxime Nocher (MON / F.One) in Senior
  • Mazella Axel (FRA / North) in Junior
  • Steph Bridge (GBR / North) in Women

The major favorite for the men title is the young British Olly Bridge, Vice World Champion 2014 and European Champion 2015! He seems untouchable.

Behind him, the fight will be between:

  • Alejandro Climent (SPA)
  • Florian Trittel (SPA)
  • Florian Gruber (GER), 2013 Formula kite world champion,
  • Maks Zakowki (POL)
  • Blazej Ozog (POL)
  • Maxime Nocher (MON)
  • Axel Mazella (FRA)
  • Theo De ramecourt (FRA).

For the women, the battle will be between:

  • the British Steph Bridge,
  • the Russian Elena Kalinina 2014 Formula Kite Champion and 2015 European champion 2015,
  • the French Ariane Imbert!

To comply with current regulations, the riders have to use strictly series equipment , registered with IKA. This material has been filed with the IKA in the early 2014, with wings and boards developed in 2013! The serial equipment validated in 2015 will be used after 1 September 2015.

The class of Formula Kite is the kitesurfing class selected to participate in the next Olympic Games in 2020.

Before the Formula Kite World Championship 2015, it has been the second stage of Kite Foil Gold Cup 2015, a class of kite surfing that uses a super fast and ultra modern board that can rise from the water like a hydrofoil and catamarans used in the past America’s Cup. This competion has been won by Maxime Nocher.

Stay Tuned with KiteGeneration to follow the event in real time!!

  1. Summary of 15 July 2015 – 2015 Formula Kite World Champioships, Day 1
  2. Summary of 16 July 2015 – 2015 Formula Kite World Champioships, Day 2
  3. Summary of 17 July 2015 – 2015 Formula Kite World Champioships, Day 3
  4. Summary of 18 July 2015 – 2015 Formula Kite World Champioships, Day 4
  5. Summary of 19 july 2015 – 2015 Formula Kite World Champioships, Day 5

5. Summary of 19 July 2015 – 2015 Formula Kite World Champioships in Gizzeria, Italy – Day 5, Medal Races

Olly Bridge so Sad, Max Nocher fair Play - 2015 Formula Kite World Championship
Olly Bridge so Sad, Max Nocher fair Play – 2015 Formula Kite World Championship

This is the ending of the 2015 Formula race World Championship.

Olly Brigde so sad on the beach.

In effect today has been a incredible and very ba day for Olly Bridge. The best rider in Formula kite, ss the past year in Turkey, lost the Formula Kite World Championship.

We are so sad too, but this is the life and the game. Let’s go Olly!

But what’s happened?

Bridge dominated in the first race of the Medal race ahead Trittel and Nocher.

In the second race Bridge is untouchable again. Behind him, Nocher in 2nd, Ozog in 3rd and Trittel in 4th position. After race 3, Bridge and Nocher are first with 30 points each!

Spanish Trittel tries again to destabilize Nocher with a protest, quickly rejected by the jury.

In the 3rd race Bridge did a new error. He tack too early and start the race in 6th position. In the second upwind, trying to passing Ozog, tangled with him and kites on the water. Max Nocher finisth the race in first position. Protest Bridge-Ozog: the jury does not have time to judge before launching the next race.

Bridge won easily in front of Ozog and Trittel.

For several minutes, the suspense is palpable. Finally Ozog prevails on protest with Bridge and Max Nocher is 2015 Formula kite world champion. Brisge is second.

As in 2014, Bridge is the fastest but he did so many errors. In any case he is the junior word champion.

  • Max Nocher 2015 Formula Kite World Championship
  • Olly bridge 2
  • Blazej Ozog 3

In women, Ariane Imbert did a lot of errors plus bad luck (excluding frame, plastic bags, disqualification) and has been prived of the third positions by the Russian Anastasia Akopova. First place for Elena Kalinina, new aorld champion, second position for Steph Bridge.

 

4. Summary of 18 July 2015 – 2015 Formula Kite World Champioships in Gizzeria, Italy – Day 4

In a very light wind with 6-8 knots, 4 races have been done today in the Gold races. The 2015 Formula race world championship will be one betwee Olly Bridge (GBR), Florian Trittel (ESP), Blazej Ozog (POL) and Max Nocher (FRA).

The second gold race provided the first psychodrama of the day with Olly Bridge that made a lot of mistakes and arrived 12th. Spanish Trittel won the race ahead of Nocher and Ozog.

In the third race, Bridge got the first position, Trittel and Nocher tangled!

Max Nocher won the fourth race ahead Trittel. Bridge can not do better than sixth position.

The wind finally falling, the organizers decided not to launch the final rounds in Silver and in female.

In the women races, British Steph Bridge won 2 races of 3 but it was not enough to get the overall first position from Elena Kalinina.

Today has been also the second act of protest of yesterday between Nocher and Trittel (Background: The Spanish claimed that starting port in the race 3, Max Nocher had embarrassed and was the cause of its abandonment; Nocher was disqualified). Today a series of photos showed clearly that at this famous departure Nocher was 50m far from Trittel and could not in any way interfere with him! Result: the jury has reclassified Max Nocher in first position.

At The end of the Men Gold Races, these are the first 5 positions:

  1. Max Nocher 25
  2. Olly Bridge 28
  3. Blazej Ozog 36
  4. Florian Trittel 48
  5. Alexander Bachev 48.7

Here below the overall ranking till now, tomorrow Medal Races:

3. Summary of 17 July 2015 – 2015 Formula Kite World Champioships in Gizzeria, Italy – Day 3

Today it’s the Gold and Silver Races.

The top 31 men are in the Gold, the 31 other in Silver. Florian Trittel and Oliver Bridge are he leaders actualy, but who can finish in the top 10 for medal race?

In Women race, there is a hard battle for the 1st place between Steph Bridge and Elena Kalinina and 4 womens for the place 3 !

Here the flight assignements

Summary

It has been a crazy day with a lot of changes of leader. The tension was so palpable on the beach and on the spot that no less than 22 protests have been submitted to the jury.

In first race of the day, Bridge Olly did a mistake and  Max Nocher won the race; bihind him Florian Trittel (ESP) and Blazej Ozog (POL)!

In the race 2, the German Florian Gruber, 2013 world champion, dominate the fleet a large part of the race but he has been overtaken by Olly Bridge in the last round. Max Nocher was 3rd, Trittel 4th.

In the 3rd race, Trittel tangled with another rider and can not leave! Bridge, Nocher and Gruber for the first 3 positions.

The 4th race, Bridge, Trittel Climent and Nocher in the first 4 positions.

At the end of this crazy day, while Max Nocher and Olly Brdige dominated the competition, it is Florian Gruber (GER) who is ahead Polish Blazej Ozog in the overall ranking!

Indeed, Olly Bridge was convicted of misconduct in gold race 1 and was disqualified and Maxime Nocher was convicted by Trittel because going Babord at the gold race 3.

In the women, Russian Elena Kalinina is in first position, Steph Bridge in second , Ariane Imbert in 3rd place with 9 points ahead of Russian Anastasia Akopova.

Ranking Men After protest:

  1. Gruber 30
  2. Ozog 31
  3. Bachev 32.7
  4. Bridge 39
  5. Trittel 42
  6. Climent 42
  7. Zakowski 45
  8. Doronin 45
  9. Nocher 48
  10. Dolenc 52
  11. Mazella 75

Here the full results ofter 4 gold races.

2. Summary of 16 July 2015 – 2015 Formula Kite World Champioships in Gizzeria, Italy – Day 2

Flight assignment of Day-2: here.

In the second day of the 2015 Formula Race World Championship in Gizzera, italy!

Behind the two aliens Olly Bridge and Florian Trittel, the Polish Blazej Ozog in 3rd place, Max Nocher in 4th place after a difficult day in the “death” group (along with Bridge and Trittel). The young Bulgarian Alexander Bachev confirms its good performance of yesterday with a 5th place. It is leader in the under 21 years. The German Florian Gruber has the sixth place overall, Spanish Alejandro Climent is in 7th. Ivan Doronin (RUS), Maks Zakowski (POL) and Martin Dolenc (CRO) completed the top 10.

The German Jannis Maus has an incredible 25th overall position with an inflatable 13m²  kite (North Dyno), behind him many riders with 18m² foil kites!

You can find the overal ranking (before jury) at this link.

See you tomorrow with KiteGeneration!

 

1. Summary of 15 July 2015 – 2015 Formula Kite World Champioships in Gizzeria, Italy – Day 1

Today and tommorow qualification day.

Then the top 31 riders will be in the gold race, the other in the silver race.

Friday an saturday gold and silver race.

Sunday medal race with the top 10 men and women.

Here below the Flight assignements of day1:

  1. Yellow and Blue for Men
  2. Women

Summary of the day 1

The Formula Race World Championship 2015 has started.

In the first race of men yellow flight,  the favorite Olly Bridge (GBR) arrives too low to buoy and had to do 2 more tacks. He finished sixth in this race won by Max Nocher. Olly Bridge will not repeat that mistake twice and won the second race.

In the blue group, Spanish Florian Trittel assumes its status as favorite and won the first 3 innings followed the Polish Blazej Ozog. Unfortunately for Florian, his has been Black Flag in the men blues fourth race (early departure).

After 4 races, it is the Polish Blazej Ozog who is head of the provisional ranking tonight with 1 point ahead of Olly Bridge and Max Nocher.

Tomorrow, the riders will do 4 more races and will have just one discard.

In women, Steph Bridge (GBR) and Elena Kalinina (RUS) have engaged a titanic battle. They are both in the first position. Ariane Imbert is in fifth position behind Russian Anastasia Akopova and suissesse Astrid Berz. 

You can find the overall ranking after 4 races herebelow:

 

 

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