Welcome to the Istanbul 2014 Formula Kite Worlds daily report by KiteGeneration, Kiteschool in Cagliari, Sardinia (Italy).
Special thanks to kitenews.fr , Jeff Valet and IKA for their reports.
Istanbul 2014 Formula Kite Worlds will run from 19 August 2014 to 22 August 2014.
Thursday, the 26 best men will be in the Gold race, the 26 other in silver race. Saturday it’s the medal race’s day with the top 10.
Click on the following links to see the report of:
- First day
- Second day
- Third day – Silver and Gold Races
- Fourth day – Silver and Gold Races
- Final Day, Saturday – Merdal Race
Istanbul 2014 Formula Kite Worlds: Final day of Races – 23 August 2014
Summary of 22 August
Olly Bridge standing with his board on the beach and waiting for his kite! It is the strong image of yesterday.
To understand why Olly Bridge was without his kite losing the title, let’s have a step back. The Bridge family has registered only one kite of 18m. The group of women is just before the Gold group. Markus, the race director, announced that the races succeed every 30 minutes. Steph Bridge decided to get the 18 m, thinking she would have time to give back it to his son before the gold race start. But in the last upwind, the wind dies and women have great difficultyto finish the race and they needed more than 30 minutes. When she arrives on the beach and she understood that at this time Olly lost the title of world champion, she break down in tears.
Olly will be unable to start and no more races because no wind. Olly will be not the world champion but he can finish second.
Maxime Nocher is now in the first position with 14 points ahead of second Riccardo Leccese, 15 on the third Blazej Ozog and 20 of Olly Bridge in fourth. Mario Calbucci in sixth, Andrea Beverino ninth! Maxime Nocher has just to control his competitors to be the new Formula Kite world champion.
In the Pink Flight, Elena Kalinina won the only race of the day validated. Steph Bridge is still ahead of Erika Heineken and Elena. The title will be played tomorrow between these three competitors.
Men to Medal Race (After protest)
Maks Zakowsky out, Andrea Beverino in!!!
- Nocher
- Leccese (ITA)
- Ozog
- Bridge
- Gruber
- Calbucci (ITA)
- Climent
- Kerneur
- Beverino (ITA)
- Bachev
Full results by Clicking Here.
Presentation of top 10 Riders https://www.kitenews.fr/formula-kite-world-championship-presentation-tops-riders/
Medal Race 1 Men
- Bridge
- Climent
- Leccese
- Bachev
- Nocher
- Ozog
- Grüber
- Kerneur
- Beverino
- Calbucci out
Medal Race 2 Men
- Bridge
- Leccese
- Nocher
- Gruber
- Ozog
- Beverino
- Climent
- Calbucci
- Bachev
- Kerneur
Medal Race 3 Men
- bridge
- leccese
- kerneur
- climent
- nocher
- calbucci
- ozog
- gruber
- beverino
- bachev
Medal Race 4 Men (last race of these 2014 Formula Kite Worlds)
- bridge
- leccese
- climent
- gruber
- ozog
- nocher
- calbucci
Provisional Ranking Men
- Nocher (world champion)
- Leccese
- Bridge
- Ozog
- Grüber
- Climent
- Calbucci
- Kerneur
- Beverino
- Bachev
Medal Race 1 Women
- Bridge
- Heineken
- Kalinina
- Berz
- Akopova
- Grzymska
- Roose
- O’Connor
- Sysoeva
- Dufour
Medal Race 2 Women
- Bridge
- Grzymska
- Kalinina
Heineken fell downwind (she was in first position!). The top 6 in 12 seconds!
Medal Race 3 Women
- bridge
- kalinina
- grzymska
Medal Race 4 Women
- heineken
- kalinina
- bridge
Provisional Ranking Women
- Bridge (world cahmpiosn)
- Kalinina
- Heineken
Istanbul 2014 Formula Kite Worlds: Fourth day of Races – 22 August 2014
Gold Flight
Race 3 Gold
- bridge
- nocher
- climent
- seputa
- leccese
- ozog
- doronin
- vd flugt
- bachev
- calbucci
Race 4 gold
- Nocher
- Calbucci
- Ozog
- Kerneur
- Grüber
- Bright
- Leccese
- Beverino
- Janiak
- Bachev
A drama for the bridge family !!
Gold race n°4 started without Olly Bridge ! Steph Bridge used his 18m² and she was still on the water at the moment of start of Gold Race n.4
Olly started with sominutes late and didn’t finish the race!
Perhaps Olly and Steph Bridge have lost their title here!
Men to Medal Race – Ranking gold after 4 races before protest
1 Nocher
2 Leccese
3 Ozog
4 Bridge
5 Calbucci
6 Kerneur
7 Climent
8 Grüber
9 Bachev
10 Maks Zakowsky
Men to Medal Race – FINAL Ranking gold after 4 races (After protest)
Maks Zakowsky out,Andrea Beverino in!!!
- Nocher
- Leccese
- Ozog
- Bridge
- Gruber
- Calbucci
- Kerneur
- Climent
- Beverino
- Bachev
- Maks Zakowsky
Pink Flight
Full result race 10 pink
- Elena Kalinina
- Erika Heineken 20 sec
- bridge 21 sec
- Grzymska 22 sec
Full result race 11 pink (not validated)
- Kalinina
- Bridge
- Vers
- Heineken
- Roose
Women to Medal race before protest
- .bridge
- Heineken
- Kalinina
- Grzymska
- Berz
- Roose
- Akopova
- O’Connor
- Dufour
- Sysoeva
Istanbul 2014 Formula Kite Worlds: Third day of Races – 21 August 2014
Again many thanks to kitenews.fr for their constant updates.
Today begins the Gold and Silver race. The best 26 riders of qualification are Gold Race, the other 26 in Silver.
Gold Flight
First Race (before protest)
- Nocher
- Ozog
- Bridge
- Kerneur
- Calbucci
- Vd Vlugt
- Leccese
- Zakowski
- Bachev
- Beverino
- Vodisek
- Trittel
- Landauer
- Grüber
- Bright
- Veloso
- Sola
- Dolenc
- Janiak
- Moreno de Alboran
- Climent Hernandez
- Mora
- Doronin
- Minaev
- Baumeister
- Seputa
In this light wind, Elf kites are faster than Ozone Chrono.
Second Race (before protest)
- Bridge
- Nocher
- Leccese
- Calbucci
- Alexander Bachev
- Florian Gruber
- Alejandro Climent Hernandez
- Blazej Ozog
Ranking Gold Flight after race 1 (before protest)
| Rank | Lycra | Name | Equipment | CF1 | CF2 | F1 | F2 | Total | Nett |
| 1st | 78 | Oliver Bridge | North/North | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| 2nd | 18 | Maxime Nocher | North/North | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 |
| 3rd | 90 | Ricardo Andrea Leccese | MikesLab/Ozone | 3.0 | 3.0 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| 4th | 250 | Blazej Ozog | North/North | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 8.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 |
| 5th | 68 | Florian Gruber | UC/Ozone | 2.0 | 2.0 | 14.0 | 6.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 |
| 6th | 153 | Mario Calbucci | UC/Elf | 11.0 | 11.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 31.0 | 31.0 |
| 7th | 92 | Maks Zakowski | Temavento/Ozone | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 33.0 | 33.0 |
| 8th | 4 | Julien Kerneur | Airush/Airush | 10.0 | 10.0 | 4.0 | 12.0 | 36.0 | 36.0 |
| 9th | 205 | Alexander Bachev | UC/Ozone | 12.0 | 12.0 | 9.0 | 5.0 | 38.0 | 38.0 |
| 10th | 168 | Andrea Beverino | MikesLab/Ozone | 9.0 | 9.0 | 10. | 10.0 | 38.0 | 38.0 |
| 11th | 37 | Florian Trittel | Temavento/Airush | 7.0 | 7.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 39.0 | 39.0 |
| 12th | 33 | Alejandro Climent Hernandez | Temavento/Ozone | 6.0 | 6.0 | 21.0 | 7.0 | 40.0 | 40.0 |
Full results by clicking here.
Pink Flight
First Race
- Elena Kalinina
- Aga Grzymska
- Erika Heineken
- Katja Roose
- astrid Berz
- Steph Bridge
Second Race
- Steph Bridge
- Elena Kalinina
- Erika Heineken
- Aga Grzymska
- Katja Roose
- Astrid Berz
Ranking Gold Flight after race 1 (before protest)
- Steph Bridge
- Erika Heineken
- Elena Kalinina
- Aga Grzymska
- Astrid Berz
- Katja Roose
Full ranking and results by clicking here.
Istanbul 2014 Formula Kite Worlds: Second day of Races – 20 August 2014
Today, the 66 riders of Istanbul 2014 Formula Kite Worlds, 52 men and 14 women, have been divided in the following 3 flights:
- Pink fleet, Women (Elena Kalinina, Erika Heineken, Steph Bridge, Anastasia Akopova, Katja Roose, Aga Grysmzka, Astrid Bers, etc );
- Yellow fleet (Florian Gruber, Alejandro Climent Hernandez, Blazej Ozog, Maxime Nocher, Andrea Beverino, Marvin Baumeister- Schoenian, Tomek Janiak, Ivan Doronin,
etc…); - Green fleet (Riccardo Leccese, Oliver Bridge, FLORIAN TRITTEL, Julien Kerneur, Maks Zakowski, Jhon Mora, etc…).
First Race will be at 12:00 (Istanbul time), Yellow Flight. We have light wind (around 10 knots).
Summary of Day-2
The Bridges strike back on day 2 of the 2014 Formula Kite World Championships before the Final Series starts tomorrow.
It was a tight battle today in the womens fleet with Steph Bridge (GBR, North) swapping first places with defending World Champion Erika Heineken (USA, ML/Ozone). Heineken scored three bullets bringing her in 0.7 points striking distance to Bridge, sitting in first now with 12 points.
Still sitting strong in third position is 17 year old Elena Kalinina (RUS, TMV/Elf). Aga Grzymska (POL, ML/Ozone) and Astrid Berz (SUI, ML/Ozone) complete the top 5.
In the mens fleet, 17 year old European Champion Oliver Bridge (GBR, North) scored three bullets to sit in first place, tied in points with defending World Champion Florian Gruber (GER, UC/Ozone). Riccardo Leccese (ITA, ML/Ozone) is close on their heels only 4 points behind, and Maxime Nocher (FRA, North) who proved his lightwind skills today climbing up into 4th position and Blazej Ozog (POL, North) only a few points behind.
Racing continues tomorrow with the final series for the men, when every competitor carries two times his position forward after the qualifying series. The real racing starts now when the top guys battle it out in the gold fleet.
The womens fleet continue their single opening series with another 4 races scheduled.
The forecast is lighter for the next two days, which gives the light wind specialists a chance to catch up after racing in stronger breeze for the past two days. The wind prediction for the medal series day on Saturday still looks strong, which means that the 2014 world titles are wide open.
Provisional results (before protests) of day-2:
| Yellow flight – day 2 (provisional results) | ||||
|
Pos. |
RACE 5 |
RACE 6 |
RACE 7 |
RACE 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Nocher | Grüber | Ozog | Nocher |
| 2 | Alejandro Climent | Ozog | Gruber | Grüber |
| 3 | Flo Grüber | Bachev | Climent | Beverino |
| 4 | Toni Vodisek | Beverino | Nocher | Ozog |
| 5 | Torrin Bright | Seputa | Janiak | Bachev |
| 6 | Blazej Ozog | Climent | Bachev | Climent |
| 7 | Andrea Beverino | Janiak | Doronin | Doronin |
| 8 | Martin Dolenc | Bright | Seputa | Janiak |
| 9 | Nico landauer | Vodisek | Landauer | Salih Alexander |
| 10 | Marvin Baumeister | Dolenc | Vodisek | Landauer |
| 11 | Tomek Janiak | Salih Alexander | Dolenc | Bright |
| 12 | – | Mazella | Bright | Seputa |
| 13 | – | Sicallac | Beverino | |
| 14 | – | Lenckowski | Baumeister-Schoenian | Baumeister-Schoenian |
| 15 | – | Feudoroff | Lenckowski | Vodisek |
| 16 | – | Taylor | Iyigun | Dolenk |
| 17 | – | Grüber Mervin | Mazella | Iyigun |
| 18 | – | Neeson | Grüber Mervin | Sicallac |
| 19 | – | Ivigun | Sicallac | Mazella |
| Green flight – day 2 (provisional results) | ||||
|
Pos. |
RACE 5 |
RACE 6 |
RACE 7 |
RACE 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bridge | Leccese | Bridge | Bridge |
| 2 | Zakowski | Bridge | Trittel | Trittel |
| 3 | Calbucci | Van d Flugt | Zakowski | Leccese |
| 4 | Trittel | Trittel | Calbucci | Zakowski |
| 5 | Leccese | Calbucci | Leccese | Ozog |
| 6 | Kerneur | Kerneur | Kerneur | Veloso |
| 7 | Veloso | Zakowski | Van d Flugt | Van d Flugt |
| 8 | Van d Flugt | Moreno de alboran | Veloso | |
| 9 | Taradin | Veloso | Taradin | |
| 10 | Moreno de alboran | Dutra Pessoa | Minaev | |
| 11 | Sola | Geislinger | Geislinger | |
| 12 | Minaev | Sola | Sola | |
| 13 | Ersolak | Ersolak | Dutra Pessoa | |
| 14 | Cadena | Taradin | Moreno de alboran | |
| 15 | Shihab | Mora | Ersolak | |
| 16 | Malenko | Minaev | Mora | |
| 17 | Dolenc | Shilab | Malenko | |
| Pink flight – day 2 (provisional results) | ||||
|
Pos. |
RACE 5 |
RACE 6 |
RACE 7 |
RACE 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heineken | Heineken | Bridge | Heineken |
| 2 | Berz | Bridge | Kalinina | Bridge |
| 3 | Grzymska | Berz | Heineken | Kalinina |
| 4 | Bridge | Grzymska | Grzymska | |
| 5 | O’Connor | Kalinina | Roose | |
| 6 | Akopova | O’Connor | Berz | |
| 7 | Roose | Roose | Akopova | |
| 8 | Dufour | Sysoeva | Goma | |
| 9 | Ceylant | Akopova | Ceylant | |
| 10 | Goma | Goma | O’Connor | |
| 11 | Ozturk | Dufour | Sysoeva | |
| 12 | Ozturk | Dufour | ||
| 13 | Ceylant | Ozturk | ||
Overal provisional results after 8 races
| Overall Provisional Results (before protest) after 9 Races | |||||||||||
|
Rank |
Name |
RACE 1 |
RACE 2 |
RACE 3 |
RACE 4 |
RACE 5 |
RACE 6 |
RACE 7 |
RACE 8 |
TOT |
NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oliver Bridge | (2) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 10 |
| 2 | Florian Grüber | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | (3) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 |
| 3 | Andrea Riccardo Leccese | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | (5) | 1 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 14 |
| 4 | Alejandro Climent Hernandez | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | (6) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 20 |
| 5 | Blazej Ozog | (6) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 22 |
| 6 | Florian Trittel | 4 | 4 | (5) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 23 |
| 7 | Max Nocher | 2 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | (27) | 4 | 1 | 51 | 24 |
| 8 | Max Zakowski | (7) | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 30 |
| 9 | Andrea Beverino | 3 | 4,7 RDG | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | (13) | 3 | 45,7 | 32,7 |
| 10 | Julien Kerneur | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | (9) | 43 | 34 |
| 11 | Mario Calbucci | 9 | 3 | 7 | (27) | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 63 | 36 |
| 12 | Alexander Bachev | 8 | 5 | (21) | 10 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 66 | 45 |
| 13 | Tomek Janiak | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | (12) | 7 | 5 | 8 | 60 | 48 |
| 14 | Wilson Veloso | 5 | (27) | 9 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 78 | 51 |
| 15 | Torin Bright | 10 | 8 | (14) | 10,7 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 78,7 | 64,7 |
| 16 | Marvin Baumeister-Schoenian | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 11 | (27) | 14 | 13 | 92 | 65 |
| 17 | Rolf Vd Vlugt | 13 | 14 | (27) | 16 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 95 | 68 |
| 18 | Jhon Mora | 6 | 8 | 5 | 7 | (27) | 15 | 16 | 12 | 96 | 69 |
| 19 | Nico Landauer | 14 | (27) | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 98 | 71 |
| 20 | Mateo Moreno de Alboan | 12 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 14 | (27) | 99 | 72 |
| 21 | Pablo Sola | 10 | (12) | 8 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 85 | 73 |
| 22 | Seputa | 18 | 11 | 11 | 11 | (27) | 5 | 8 | 12 | 103 | 76 |
| 23 | Minaey | 12 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 10 | (27) | 105 | 78 |
| 24 | Martin Dolenc | (19) | 9 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 99 | 80 |
| 25 | Ivan Doronin | 4 | 9 | (27) | 5 | 27 DNC | 27 DNC | 7 | 7 | 109 | 82 |
| 26 | Toni Vodisek | -18 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 102 | 84 |
| 27 | Denis Taradin | 14 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 9 | (16) | 103 | 87 |
| 28 | Igor MalenKo | 9 | 15 | 12 | 10,3 | 16 | (18) | 17 | 14 | 106 | 88,3 |
Day 2 final results – Overall standings after 8 races
MEN:
1. Oliver Bridge (GBR, North) – 10 pts
2. Florian Gruber (GER, UC/Ozone) – 10 pts
3. Riccardo Leccese (ITA, ML/Ozone) – 14 pts
4. Maxime Nocher (FRA, North) – 19 pts
5. Blazej Ozog (POL, North) – 20 pts
WOMEN:
1. Steph Bridge (GBR, North) – 12 pts
2. Erika Heineken (USA, ML/Ozone) – 12.7 pts
3. Elena Kalinina (RUS, TMV/Elf) – 20 pts
4. Aga Grzymska (POL, ML/Ozone) – 25 pts
5. Astrid Berz (SUI, ML/Ozone) – 33 pts
Full results after 8 races can be found clicking here.
Istanbul 2014 Formula Kite Worlds: First day of Races – 19 August 2014
The 66 riders of Istanbul 2014 Formula Kite Worlds, 52 men and 14 women, have been divided in the following 3 fleets:
- Pink fleet, Women (Elena Kalinina, Erika Heineken, Steph Bridge);
- Yellow fleet (Andrea Beverino, Max Nocher, Maks Zakowski, Florian Trittel, Alejandro Hernandez, Florian Grûber etc…);
- Green fleet (Riccardo Leccese, Thomek Janiak, Julien Kerneur, Axel Mazella, Olly Bridge, etc…).
Florian Gruber (GER, UC/Ozone) and Riccardo Leccese (ITA, ML/Ozone) top the leaderboard at the 2014 Formula Kite World Championships at Burc Beach, Istanbul/Turkey. In the womens fleet it is a neck-on-neck battle between Steph Bridge (GBR, North), Elena Kalinina (RUS, TMV/ELF) and Erika Heineken (USA, ML/Ozone).
The first day of competition kicked off in challenging conditions with 18-20 knots of wind and heavy swell left over from yesterdays storm. After some delays due to the sea conditions (some waves), first race started at around 10:20 am.
Gruber and Leccese dominated their respective flights with three bullets each. 17 year old European Champion Oliver Bridge (GBR,North) gave Leccese a run for his money in the green flight, with several lead changes in every race and a solid 2-2-2-1 result in the end. Alejandro Climent (ESP, UC/Ozone) and Blazej Ozog (POL, North) both showed a consistend performance to complete the top five.
The strong womens fleet saw a battle between Bridge, Kalinina and defending world champion Heineken with three different winners in four races, with Aga Grzymska (POL, ML/Ozone) showing a consistant performance for fourth place and 16 year old runner-up Anastasia Akopova (RUS, ML/Ozone) coming in fifth position.
Provisional results (before protests) of day-1:
| Pink fleet – day 1 (provisional results) | ||||
|
Pos. |
RACE 1 |
RACE 2 |
RACE 3 |
RACE 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steph Bridge | Elena Kalinina | Erika Heineken | Elena Kalinina |
| 2 | Katja Roose | Steph Bridge | Steph Bridge | Steph Bridge |
| 3 | Erika Heineken | Aga Grymska | Elena Kalinina | Katja Roose |
| 4 | Anastasia Akopova | Erika Heineken | Aga Grysmzka | Erika Heineken |
| 5 | Elena Kalinina | Katja Roose | Astrid Berz | Astrid Berz |
| Yellow fleet – day 1 (provisional results) | ||||
|
Pos. |
RACE 1 |
RACE 2 |
RACE 3 |
RACE 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | florian Grüber | Flo Grüber | Flo Grüber | Florian trittel |
| 2 | Max Nocher | Alejandro Climent | Alejandro Climente | Florian Grüber |
| 3 | Andrea Beverino | Mario Calbucci | Maks Zakowski | Alejandro Climente |
| 4 | Wilson Veloso | Florian Trittel | Max Nocher | Maks Zakowski |
| 5 | Maks Zakowski | Florian Trittel | Andrea Beverino | |
| 6 | Alexander Bachev | Maxime Nocher | ||
| 7 | Maxime Nocher | |||
| 8 | Max Feudoroff (infl. kite) | |||
| Green fleet – day 1 (provisional results) | ||||
|
Pos. |
RACE 1 |
RACE 2 |
RACE 3 |
RACE 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riccardo Leccese | Riccardo Leccese | Riccardo Leccese | Olly Bridge |
| 2 | Olly Bridge | Olly Bridge | Olly Bridge | Riccardo Leccese |
| 3 | Blazej Ozog | Blazej Ozog | Julien Kerneur | Blazej Ozog |
| 4 | Ivan Doronin | Julien Kerneur | Blazej Ozog | Julien Kerneur |
| 5 | Julien Kerneur | Ivan Doronin | Jhon Mora | Yvan Doronin |
| 6 | Marvin Baumeister | Thomek Janiak | ||
Overall standings (after protest) of day-1 after 4 races
MEN:
1. Florian Gruber (GER, UC/Ozone) – 5 pts
1. Riccardo Leccese (ITA, ML/Ozone) – 5 pts
3. Oliver Bridge (GBR, North) – 7 pts
4. Alejandro Climent (ESP, UC/Ozone) – 11 pts
5. Blazej Ozog (POL, North) – 13 pts
WOMEN:
1. Steph Bridge (GBR, North) – 7 pts
2. Elena Kalinina (RUS, TMV/Elf) – 10 pts
3. Erika Heineken (USA, ML/Ozone) – 10.7 pts
4. Aga Grzymska (POL, ML/Ozone) – 14 pts
5. Anastasia Akopova (RUS, ML/Ozone) – 26.7 pts
Full results of day-1 can be found clicking here.
Tomorrow, skipper meeting at 11am and first star at noon (Istanbul time).