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Bjorn Dunkerbeck

For the first day of competition the mistral offered a magnificent show on Napoléon’s beach. The playground was really hard to deal with for competitors with a strong wind blowing at more than 110km/h in gusts and waves on the run making it even harder to exploit. However all kiters and windsurfers fought a fierce struggle to achieve the best possible time on this run of 500m. Spectators were not afraid to brave the storm to come and support our champions, and admire this French Speed Cup which looks more and more like a World Cup. Indeed, many foreigners have moved into southern France to try to establish a speed record during this event.

Logically, the legendary Bjorn Dunkerbeck won the first round

The participation of the Dutch multiple world champion has transformed this French Cup into an international competition with high standards. The first places of this first round were particularly hard to reach and after a tight battle, Bjorn Dunkerbeck won this round with an average speed recorded at nearly 70km/h (35.76 knots). The local rider Cedric Bordes has almost created a sensation by making the best timing of the day at 35.96 knots. In third position we can find Benoît Moussilmani from Marseille, with an average speed very close to the two leaders.

The other sensation of the day was the presence of the fastest kitesurfers in the world: Alex Caizergues (absolute speed sailing vice record holder and first man to have reached 100km/h on the water), Charlotte Consorti (holding absolute world record for female sailing and first woman to have exceeded 50 knots on the water) and some other specialists in the discipline. Unfortunately for them the course was not really suitable for their support and they could not be fully expressed. Though, Alex signed a nice time at 33.71 knots and won the first round just ahead of Sylvain Sylvain and Hoceini Morin.

In the women fleet, Charlotte Consorti imposes herself over the windsurfer Fanny Aubet, Melanie Augé and Zara Davis with a 27.60 knots run displayed.

A little rest

Today is a quiet day at Port St Louis du Rhone and the Mistral wind does not seem to rise in the early afternoon. The forecast seems optimistic for tomorrow and could allow the Speed Classic organization to launch a second round. To revive yesterday’s race in live, meet us on the GPS round replay thanks to our geo-localization partner MyGeolive.

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Rank Sail Name Nat Sponsors Average Speed Best Speed

Knots Km/h Knots Km/h

1. 11 DUNKERBECK Bjorn DUT 35.66 66.04 35.76 66.23

2. 91 BORDES Cedric FRA 35.53 65.80 35.96 66.60

3. 1 MOUSSILMANI Benoit FRA 35.06 64.93 35.07 64.95

4. 10 BRINGDAL Anders FRA 34.97 64.76 35.67 66.06

5. 71 MOUSSILMANI Cyril FRA 34.93 64.69 35.29 65.36

6. 22 GAREL David FRA 34.65 64.17 35.52 65.78

7. 800 BOULANGER Pascal FRA 34.59 64.06 35.70 66.12

8. 916 TOSELLI Pascal FRA 34.49 63.88 34.56 64.01

9. 98 BUREL Cedric FRA 34.14 63.23 34.39 63.69

10. 112 MAUFFRET Bieuzy FRA 33.94 62.86 34.06 63.08

11. 619 FIORENTINI Christophe FRA 33.66 62.34 34.27 63.47

12. 100 CAISERGUES Alex FRA 33.56 62.15 33.71 62.43

13. 767 JOLY Xavier FRA 33.50 62.04 33.72 62.45

14. 101 COUTURIER Fabrice FRA 33.41 61.88 33.54 62.12

15. 68 OGIER Martin UK 33.27 61.62 33.63 62.28

16. 986 RICHAUD Chritophe FRA 33.16 61.41 33.79 62.58

17. 53 HOCEINI Sylvain FRA 32.97 61.06 33.37 61.80

18. 30 MAURIN Sylvain FRA 32.39 59.99 33.22 61.52

19. 711 DONADA Romain FRA 32.26 59.75 32.85 60.84

20. 8 MICHEL Cyril FRA 32.25 59.73 32.46 60.12

21. 698 BERNARD Olivier FRA 31.90 59.08 32.77 60.69

22. 225 LAUBANET Steeve FRA 31.31 57.99 31.44 58.23

23. 111 FLANAGAN Steve IRL 31.22 57.82 32.81 60.76

24. 99 MAES Jean Charles FRA 31.15 57.69 31.31 57.99

25. 70 COURTIADE Fabien FRA 31.07 57.54 31.54 58.41

26. 9 PRIN GUENON Christophe FRA 30.99 57.39 31.36 58.08

27. 151 MORETTI Pierre FRA 30.48 56.45 31.27 57.91

28. 823 BRAULT Valentin FRA 30.24 56.00 30.80 57.04

29. 696 PAREDES VINUALES Gilles FRA 29.79 55.17 29.84 55.26

30. 29.25 54.17 29.52 54.67

31. 37 JOUFFRET Benoit FRA 29.05 53.80 30.11 55.76

32. 554 LANGER Nicolas FRA 28.47 52.73 28.74 53.23

33. 223 BALDINI Andrea ITA 28.36 52.52 29.24 54.15

34. 84 ESCARIO Maxime FRA 28.31 52.43 28.47 52.73

35. 39 BILA Jerome FRA 28.29 52.39 28.62 53.00

36. 877 BJORKVIST Anders SWD 28.08 52.00 29.25 54.17

37. 29 BORNEMANN Christian GER 27.55 51.02 29.82 55.23

38. 108 HAACKE Bjoern GER 26.90 49.82 27.61 51.13

39. 107 PASSATI Alberto ITA 26.02 48.19 26.23 48.58

40. 73 DAVIS Peter UK 9.59 17.76 19.18 35.52

Rank Sail Name Nat Sponsors Average Speed Best Speed

Knots Km/h Knots Km/h

1. 4 CONSORTI Charlotte FRA 26.70 49.45 27.60 51.12

2. 809 AUBET Fanny FRA 26.32 48.74 26.44 48.97

3. 47 DEVIS Zara UK 22.44 41.56 22.83 42.28

4. 21 AUGE Melanie FRA 21.69 40.17 22.79 42.21

Bjorn Dunkerbeck. Photo courtesy of star-board.com

An International French Cup

Owner of the title for 2 years, Cyril Moussilmani from Marseilles (3rd place in the PWA Slalom World Championships this year) will be here during the Speed Classic 2010 and ready to fight for his first place and try to improve his record (38.19 knots in 2008) on the Napoleon’s Beach. Among the favourites of this new edition we will find Pascal Boulanger and Benoît Moussilmani, 2nd and 3rd place in 2009, Pascal Toselli, Cédric Bordes, David Garrel as well as Fanny Aubet in the women category (French Windsurf Vice-Champion).

The Speed Classic is taking this year an international dimension thanks to the participation of Bjorn Dunjerbeck, many times World Champion in the speed discipline. Anders Bringdal, the Swedish legend who has recently participated to the establishment of the world speed record with the Hydroptère team will be present too. The battle is going to be amazing on the water!

Place of honour for the kitesurfers

Barely world speed record holders, kitesurfers are invited to race in the event to measure theirs maximum’s speeds with the windsurfers on the Port St Louis du Rhone’s run.

The local kitesurfer, Alex Caizergues, first man who crossed the 100km/h in kitesurf will come to defend its colours with the faster women on the water: Charlotte Consorti. Six other kitesurfers will participate to the event including Jérôme Bila, Sylvain Hoceini and Sylvain Maurin.

Optimistics weather forecast!

The mistral is announced in the beginning of the week, and promises us idealistic racing conditions to launch this French Speed Cup. Just follow the event in live on the internet to check the stopwatch!

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Speed Classic poster

After lots of changes in the status and dates of this competition, we all thought the French speed event would be cancelled. The Juice Event Team was though working hard for some months to save the event and would like to apologize for the late official confirmation.

Then, the Comité Départemental de Voile 13, the Town of Port St Louis du Rhône and the Conseil Général 13 are proud to announce you the launch of the Speed Classic 2010 from November the 16th to the 21st.

The best french speedsurfers will be on Napoléon Beach to confront themselves to the impressive Mistral wind and try to set up their own best timing of the event despite the coldness of the place… but not only French windsurfers will be there… In fact, Bjorn Dunkerbeck has officially announced his participation to the French cup “for the spirit of speedsurfing” and will be challenging this French trophy: what an honor!

To follow in live thanks to our partner MyGeolive during the event on www.speedclassic.fr : news what’s happening in Port St Louis and geo localization of the competitors in real time.

Event Schedule

Tuesday 16th of November

08h – 12h > Confirmation of SPEED CLASSIC registration on the event site (Plage Napoleon, Port Saint Louis du Rhone)

12h30 > Riders meeting

13h > First possible start

13h – 17h > Follow-up of the races on live from www.speedclassic.fr

18h30 > Speed Classic 2010 opening ceremony (Room Marcel Pagnol, Port Saint Louis du Rhone)

From Wednesday 17th to Friday 18th of November

10h > Riders meeting

10h-17h > Follow-up of the races on live from www.speedclassic.fr

10h30 > First possible start

Saturday 20th of November

08-10h > Confirmation of JUNIOR SPEED CLASSIC registration on the event site (Plage Napoleon, Port Saint Louis du Rhone)

10h > Riders meeting

10h – 17h > Follow-up of the races on live from www.speedclassic.fr

10h30 > First possible start

19h > Speed Classic Party

Sunday 21st of November

10h > Riders meeting

10h – 17h > Follow-up of the races on live from www.speedclassic.fr

10h30 > First possible start

16h > End of the competition

18h > Awards Ceremony of SPEED CLASSIC and JUNIOR SPEED CLASSIC (Room Marcel Pagnol, Port Saint Louis du Rhone)

For more info on the Speed Classic 2010 click www.speedclassic.fr