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Spithill unbeatable at Latium Match Cup

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Spithill unbeatable at Latium Match Cup
James Spithill and his Luna Rossa team consisting of Joe Newton, Michele Ivaldi, Magnus Augustson and Andy Fethers won Latium Match Cup held in Italy taking the prize money of 55,000 EUR and adding 25 points to World Tour leaderboard.It is not however the victory that is worth attention but the style in which Spithill's team beat his opponents. During 14 matches that were sailed by Spithill he lost not a single one and gave his rivals no chance to cross the finishing line in front. That is an outstanding performance by Spithill's Luna Rossa team. Sebastian Col, ranked 4 in ISAF ranking, admitted that it is very hard to beat Spithill and no mistakes have to be made if you want to achieve this goal.Final results of Latium Match Cup 2007:1. James SPITHILL (AUS) Luna Rossa – 14-02. Sebastien COL (FRA) Areva Challenge – 10-83. Sten MOHR (DEN) Rudy Project Sailing Team – 8-54. Magnus HOLMBERG (SWE) Victory Challenge – 8.5-75. Paolo CIAN (ITA) Shosholoza – 5-56. Ian WILLIAMS (GBR) Team Pindar – 10-77. Peter GILMOUR (AUS) PST – 7-88. Ian AINSLIE (RSA) Shosholoza – 3-79. Mathieu RICHARD (FRA) – 6-610. Jure OREL (SLO) – 2-811. Victor LANIER (FRA) – 2-812. Michael HESTBEK (DEN) – 2-8 Full Story »

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