Volvo Ocean Race

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Continuing Coverage from the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009.
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11.11.08 - Get ready for the start of Leg 2! Saturday, Nov. 15 1:00pm local time in Cape Town, South Africa

11.4.08 - Leg One Finishing Order into Cape Town
1. Ericsson 4 SWE (Torben Grael/BRA)
2. PUMA USA (Ken Read/USA)
3. Ericsson 3 SWE (Anders Lewander/SWE)
4. Green Dragon IRL/CHN (Ian Walker/GBR)
5. Telefónica Blue ESP (Bouwe Bekking/NED)
6. Team Russia RUS (Andreas Hanakamp/AUT)
7. Delta Lloyd IRL (Ger O’Rourke/IRL)
8. Telefonica Black (Fernando Echavarri/ESP)

Overall Leaderboard (Provisional)
1. Ericsson 4: 14 points (FINISHED)
2. PUMA: 13 points (FINISHED)
3. Green Dragon: 11 points (FINISHED)
4. Telefónica Blue: 10 points (FINISHED)
5. Telefónica Black: 6 points (FINISHED)
6. Ericsson 3: 5 points (FINISHED)
7. Delta Lloyd: 4 points (FINISHED)
8. Team Russia: 4 points (FINISHED)

Ericsson 3 is the third boat to cross the finish line in Cape Town and should have consequently collected six race points. But having been penalised two points for the leg by the International Jury before the start for a measurement infringement Ericsson 3 will only collect four race points for crossing the finish line third.

10.15.08 - Puma leads, Ericsson 3 and 4, with Green Dragon in Stealth mode (could be leading).

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Terrifically Interesting   November 9, 2008 at 1:08pm
Somehow these are a little hard to find. I keep looking on your home page at the top right for more news on world race and don't find it. Love what you are doing and want more@@
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