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Valencia, Spain - 2010-06-10

ALL4ONE will now carry the colours of TheFirstClub.com on its spinnaker in the Louis Vuitton Trophy. "We are really proud to welcome this company and all its team on board ALL4ONE. TheFirstClub.com's philosophy perfectly fits with our international values", announced today Stephane Kandler, French-German team ALL4ONE's CEO.



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Denis Huré, C.E.O. of TFC International Ltd. states: "Denis Huré, C.E.O. of TFC International Ltd. states: "TheFirstClub.com (TFC) is very proud and excited to support the All4One team for the Louis Vuitton Trophy. At TFC we strongly believe in new challenges and we were seduced by the All4One spirit that is in perfect match with our own philosophy: the search for excellence, performance and innovation, the maximization of a remarkable international team spirit and experience that enhances our company at any level. We wish the All4One team the best of luck and are pleased to share this unique sailing experience with them."



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More information on TheFirstClub.com can be found by visiting tfcforbusiness.thefirstclub.com (http://tfcforbusiness.thefirstclub.com).



]]> Stephanie Nadin 2010-06-10T14:15Z http://www.k-challenge.org/news.php?value=648 http://www.k-challenge.org/news.php?value=648 ALL4ONE TAKES THE 3rd PLACE IN LOUIS VUITTON TROPHY LA MADDALENA / EMIRATES TEAM NEW ZEALAND WINNER
La Maddalena, Sardinia, Italy - 2010-06-06

ALL4ONE takes the third place in Louis Vuitton Trophy-La Maddalena, after having been defeated by Synergy in the semi-final.
This final result shows a good performance from the French-German team, reaching this stage of the competition for the first time after having finished first of the Round Robin, but also a promising success looking towards the next Louis Vuitton Trophy-Dubai which will take place in November.
Till that, the team will carry on sailing together with one event per month on the Audi MedCup Circuit, which will continue to reinforce the team’s cohesion and to multiply the hours spent together on the water, which are key elements of the ALL4ONE platform.

They have said:

Stephane Kandler, ALL4ONE’s CEO: “Only seven months after its creation, ALL4ONE has proven that this team is able to be competitive against the top teams. We hope now to be able to become a permanent team in the long term, as a team like Team New Zealand is. In order to achieve this, we need to sail as often as possible with the same group. The Louis Vuitton Trophy and the Audi MedCup are the first stages of our long term project which is to become a competitive team in the America's Cup. Thanks to the hard work of our team members and the commitment of our first sponsors (Audi, Canal+ Geodis, adidas, Saint Honoré, Château Tourril), we were able to build strong foundations and the next regattas of the season will enable us to still improve and make this high potential group stronger.”

Jochen Schümann, Skipper and Sports Director: “it was a very successful event for ALL4ONE, and our most successful Round Robin following a learning curve after the first event in Nice, where we finished 7th of the Round Robin and 5th overall, and then after the second event in Auckland, where we finished 3rd of the Round Robin and 5th overall. That’s a big win for us, even if we didn’t win the event and dropped out in the semis where we did two major mistakes: leading and not winning a race is always a big mistake, so then you don’t deserve to reach the final which would be the next best step after being in the semis. But we made a headline winning the Round Robin, so that’s why it is a great success for us in total.”

Next event for the French-German team will be the Marseille Trophy, June 15-20, second step of the Audi MedCup Circuit 2010 for Audi A1 Team powered by ALL4ONE.


Results Day 16 Louis Vuitton Trophy La Maddalena

FINAL
Emirates Team New Zealand vs Synergy (best of 5) : 3-2


Round Robin results
Ranking/team/points
1 - ALL4ONE 6
2 - Artemis 6
3 - Emirates Team New Zealand 6
4 - Mascalzone Latino 5
5 - Synergy 5
6 - Azzurra 4
7 - TeamOrigin 4
8 - Luna Rossa 3
9 - BMW Oracle Racing 3
10 - Aleph -2


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]]> Stephanie Nadin 2010-06-06T14:15Z http://www.k-challenge.org/news.php?value=647 http://www.k-challenge.org/news.php?value=647 ALL4ONE WILL SAIL TOMORROW FOR THE 3rd PLACE OF THE LOUIS VUITTON TROPHY LA MADDALENA
La Maddalena, Sardinia, Italy - 2010-06-05

ALL4ONE lost in their semi-final against Synergy, and will sail tomorrow against Artemis in the “petite finale” for the 3rd place of the Louis Vuitton Trophy-La Maddalena.

The matches of the day:
As in the first semi-final yesterday where Emirates Team New Zealand won 2-1 against Artemis, there wasn’t a lot of wind today on the race course of La Maddalena (7 to 8 knots of wind only), and that made the tacticians work really hard again.

A starboard tack start on the first race, on time at the pin, launched the Russian boat out to an early lead of 64 metres. However Synergy chose the wrong gate at the end of the first run. ALL4ONE accelerated away from the opposite gate to claim the advantaged left side and built a 30 second lead at the top. Both boats did their rounding and it was Synergy who reclaimed the lead to the finish.

On the second match, ALL4ONE’s early move to break clear of a dialup ended the team’s hopes in the race and the semi-final. Seb Col got clear and sailed away but gybed returned to the line early on starboard. Synergy followed, and hooked and broke the collision wand on ALL4ONE’s leeward quarter. The French-German team was over early in his efforts to wriggle clear and was forced to restart, carrying a penalty. Synergy romped away in a building breeze.

Olivier Douillard, Traveller: “the team improved a lot since the Louis Vuitton Trophy-Auckland, and we have identified some points in New Zealand that we corrected and improved here, but we now get to a level where all the small details are important, and we still need to work on coordination.”

Carlo Castellano, Grinder: “today we paid for our mistakes, even if we came back really well in the first match, and that is sport. We made a step ahead in this competition, and we have to keep on working and sailing together to carry on improving as we did. We still have one race to go tomorrow, and we will work hard on this one.”

Results Day 15
Semi-Final
SYNERGY Russian Sailing Team defeats ALL4ONE 2-0

FINAL
Emirates Team New Zealand races against Synergy (best of 5).
Synergy wins the first match.


Round Robin results
ALL4ONE 6
Artemis 6
Emirates Team New Zealand 6
Mascalzone Latino 5
Synergy 5
Azzurra 4
TeamOrigin 4
Luna Rossa 3
BMW Oracle Racing 3
Aleph -2


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]]> Stephanie Nadin 2010-06-05T14:15Z http://www.k-challenge.org/news.php?value=646 http://www.k-challenge.org/news.php?value=646 ALL4ONE RACING THE SEMI-FINALS AT LOUIS VUITTON TROPHY - LA MADDALENA!
La Maddalena, Sardinia, Italy - 2010-06-04

After having finished first of the Round Robin yesterday, ALL4ONE will now race the semi-finals of the Louis Vuitton Trophy-La Maddalena!

It is the first time that the French-German team reaches this stage of the competition, after having finished 5th of both Louis Vuitton Trophy-Nice and Louis Vuitton Trophy-Auckland.

Anything is possible from now on.

ALL4ONE will race Russian team Synergy.
Emirates Team New Zealand will face Artemis in the other semi-final.
The first team to win two races advances to the final.

UPDATE 7:27pm: Emirates Team New Zealand win their semi-final 2-1 against Artemis and take one spot for the final.
ALL4ONE will race against Synergy tomorrow morning (Saturday) in the other semi-final.

Racing is live online all day and all week-end thanks to SailTV on www.all4onechallenge.com (live images from the race course + 3D images thanks to VirtualEye).


Round Robin results

ALL4ONE 6

Artemis 6

Emirates Team New Zealand 6

Mascalzone Latino 5

Synergy 5

Azzurra 4

TeamOrigin 4

Luna Rossa 3

BMW Oracle Racing 3

Aleph -2





]]> Stephanie Nadin 2010-06-04T14:15Z http://www.k-challenge.org/news.php?value=645 http://www.k-challenge.org/news.php?value=645 ALL4ONE TAKES THE FIRST PLACE OF THE ROUND ROBIN AT THE LOUIS VUITTON TROPHY – LA MADDALENA!!
La Maddalena, Sardinia, Italy - 2010-06-03

ALL4ONE wins the Round Robin in La Maddalena, after a fantastic and well-deserved victory for the French-German team over Artemis in the last match of the Round Robin.

Artemis had a good start ahead of ALL4ONE on the right side of the race course, and dominated the first part of the match until the downwind mark. ALL4ONE kept on fighting hard, trying to remain as close as possible in order to create an opportunity to come back on Artemis.
ALL4ONE then started a tacking duel in the second half of the second upwind leg, which made it possible for the French-German team to take control of the race just before rounding the last upwind mark.
ALL4ONE finally controlled Artemis in the last leg downwind, and crossed the finish line 15 seconds ahead.

The semi-finals will start tomorrow, and ALL4ONE will face Russian team Synergy.
The other semi-final will be Emirates Team New Zealand against Artemis.



Results Day 13 – Round Robin
Race 1 : Emirates Team New Zealand wins by 1’05 sec over Mascalzone Latino
Race 2 : ALL4ONE wins by 15 sec over Artemis

Quarter Finals
Synergy beats Mascalzone Latino 2-1



Round Robin results
ALL4ONE 6
Artemis 6
Emirates Team New Zealand 6
Mascalzone Latino 5
Synergy 5
Azzurra 4
TeamOrigin 4
Luna Rossa 3
BMW Oracle Racing 3
Aleph -2


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]]> Stephanie Nadin 2010-06-03T14:15Z http://www.k-challenge.org/news.php?value=644 http://www.k-challenge.org/news.php?value=644 DECISIVE MATCH THURSDAY FOR ALL4ONE TO TOP THE LEADERBOARD AT THE LOUIS VUITTON TROPHY – LA MADDALENA
La Maddalena, Sardinia, Italy - 2010-06-02

ALL4ONE wins its match against Aleph today in La Maddalena.
Racing started late in the day, as the race committee had to wait that the wind would finally go down to launch the matches.
The French-German team still competes for the semi-finals, and also for the first place of the Round Robin.
The final answer will come out tomorrow morning with the two last races to finish the Round Robin: Mascalzone Latino vs Emirates Team New Zealand, and ALL4ONE vs Artemis.

The match of the day:

With 17-18 knots of wind, ALL4ONE had a good start by taking the advantage on the right of the race course. ALL4ONE extended its lead on the first upwind leg, and protected the right hand side thanks to good tactics and a good boat handling. The French-German team rounded the first mark 14 seconds ahead, and kept the same advantage until the downwind mark. Then ALL4ONE extended even more on the second upwind beat to round the third and last mark 27 seconds ahead, and crossed the finish line first to win the point.

Philippe Mourniac, Navigator: “ It was a tough race as there was a lot of wind. The key point is that we managed to take control from the start, and then to keep it. But these are never easy races, as anything can happen in these strong winds, like a technical problem or a bad manoeuvre, so we had to remain very concentrated on board. We are now very motivated for tomorrow and our last Round Robin race against Artemis.”

John Cutler, Tactician: "Sebastien did a nice job getting the side of the course we wanted, and we were pleased that the right hand side was the correct choice. It was also a matter of not having too many damages or problems in the strong wind today. Generally it was nice to get that point. Tomorrow is now a big day for us.”


Last match to race tomorrow morning for ALL4ONE against Artemis to conclude the Round Robin!

Results Day 12 – Round Robin
Race 1 : Mascalzone Latino wins by 35 sec over TeamOrigin
Race 2 : ALL4ONE wins by 15 sec over Aleph


Round Robin provisional results
Artemis 6
ALL4ONE 5
Emirates Team New Zealand 5
Mascalzone Latino 5
Synergy 5
Azzurra 4
TeamOrigin 4
Luna Rossa 3
BMW Oracle Racing 3
Aleph -2


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]]> Stephanie Nadin 2010-06-02T14:15Z http://www.k-challenge.org/news.php?value=643 http://www.k-challenge.org/news.php?value=643 RESULTS ON DAY 11 OF THE ROUND ROBIN IN LOUIS VUITTON TROPHY-LA MADDALENA
La Maddalena, Sardinia, Italy - 2010-06-01

The Round Robin matches are back on today in La Maddalena, after a day off for the teams yesterday, given that the Mistral wind was still too strong to race.

ALL4ONE will race against Artemis and Aleph tomorrow to finish the Round Robin of the Louis Vuitton Trophy-La Maddalena.

Results Day 11 – Round Robin
Race 1 : BMW Oracle Racing wins by 26 sec over Mascalzone Latino
Race 2 : Mascalzone Latino wins by 1 sec over Aleph
Race 3 : Luna Rossa wins by 1 min 45 sec over Aleph
Race 4 : BMW Oracle Racing wins by 15 sec over Azzurra
Race 5 : Azzurra wins by 1 min 03 sec over TeamOrigin
Race 6 : Artemis wins by 18 sec over Emirates Team New Zealand



Round Robin provisional results
Artemis 6
Emirates Team New Zealand 5
Synergy 5
Mascalzone Latino 4
ALL4ONE 4
Azzurra 4
TeamOrigin 4
Luna Rossa 3
BMW Oracle Racing 3
Aleph -2


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]]> Stephanie Nadin 2010-06-01T14:15Z http://www.k-challenge.org/news.php?value=642 http://www.k-challenge.org/news.php?value=642 RESULTS ON DAY 9 OF THE ROUND ROBIN IN LOUIS VUITTON TROPHY-LA MADDALENA
La Maddalena, Sardinia, Italie - 2010-05-30

Racing has been cancelled for today due to the strong wind conditions.

ALL4ONE has two more matches to race in the Round Robin against Artemis and Aleph.

Results Day 9 – Round Robin
Race 1 : Emirates Team Zealand wins by 54 sec over BMW Oracle Racing


Round Robin provisional results
Artemis 5
Emirates Team New Zealand 5
Synergy 5
TeamOrigin 4
ALL4ONE 4
Mascalzone Latino 3
Azzurra 3
Luna Rossa 2
BMW Oracle Racing 1
Aleph -2


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]]> Stephanie Nadin 2010-05-30T14:15Z http://www.k-challenge.org/news.php?value=641 http://www.k-challenge.org/news.php?value=641 IMPORTANT WIN FOR ALL4ONE AGAINST EMIRATES TEAM NEW ZEALAND ON THE LOUIS VUITTON TROPHY – LA MADDALENA
La Maddalena, Sardinia, Italy - 2010-05-29

Very nice win today for team ALL4ONE on the Louis Vuitton Trophy-La Maddalena, as the French-German team defeated Emirates Team New Zealand. It is also an important point for ALL4ONE and the general ranking of the Round Robin at this stage of the competition.

The match of the day:

Good start from the French-German team, which started ahead in the middle of the line on starboard, just ahead of the Kiwis on their weather hip. ALL4ONE helmsman Sebastien Col gradually inched ahead and his lead increased as a problem with the jib occurred on ETNZ. The Kiwis used an alternate jib on the second weather leg but failed to make any gains, and ALL4ONE kept control of the race.

Sebastien Col, Helmsman: “We have sailed a nice race today, first with a good start, then rounding the mark ahead and controlling our lead until the finish line. This nice victory today means for us that we will have a good finish in the Round Robin, where we still have two more matches to race to fine tune some details for the rest of the competition.”

Jochen Schümann, Skipper and Strategist: “we are very happy to win this point. It was a kind of a “bonus” point for us, as we have been a bit lucky because the Kiwis had a problem with their sail and couldn’t really sail fully trimmed on after the start, so that helped us a little bit to defend our position after the start, (where we had a good position and a little lead), but we probably couldn’t have crossed in front of them if they had been sailing full speed. So we took the advantage and were leading on the top mark. We defended well from there, and no doubt that we could win this point.”

ALL4ONE has two more matches to race in the Round Robin against Artemis and Aleph.

Results Day 8 – Round Robin
Race 1 : TeamOrigin wins by 37 sec over Luna Rossa
Race 2 : Azzurra wins by 15 sec over Synergy
Race 3 : Artemis wins by 15 sec over Azzurra
Race 4 : SYNERGY Russian Sailing Team def. Artemis, retired
Race 5 : ALL4ONE wins by 21 sec over Emirates Team New Zealand


Round Robin provisional results
Synergy 5
Artemis 5
Emirates Team New Zealand 4
TeamOrigin 4
ALL4ONE 4
Mascalzone Latino 3
Azzurra 3
Luna Rossa 2
BMW Oracle Racing 1
Aleph -2


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]]> Stephanie Nadin 2010-05-29T14:15Z http://www.k-challenge.org/news.php?value=640 http://www.k-challenge.org/news.php?value=640 RESULTS ON DAY 7 OF THE ROUND ROBIN IN LOUIS VUITTON TROPHY-LA MADDALENA
La Maddalena, Sardinia, Italy - 2010-05-28

ALL4ONE has still not been able to race today, due to wind conditions and delayed races.
The competition resumes tomorrow!
(ALL4ONE has three more matches to race in the Round Robin against Artemis, Aleph and Emirates Team New Zealand).

Results Day 7 – Round Robin
Race 1: Synergy wins by 21 sec over BMW Oracle racing
Race 2: BMW Oracle racing wins by 6 sec over Emirates Team New Zealand


Round Robin provisional results
Artemis 4
Emirates Team New Zealand 4
Synergy 4
Mascalzone Latino 3
TeamOrigin 3
ALL4ONE 3
Azzurra 2
Luna Rossa 2
BMW Oracle Racing 2
Aleph -2


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]]> Stephanie Nadin 2010-05-28T14:15Z http://www.k-challenge.org/news.php?value=639 http://www.k-challenge.org/news.php?value=639 RESULTS ON DAY 6 OF THE ROUND ROBIN IN LOUIS VUITTON TROPHY-LA MADDALENA
La Maddalena, Sardinia, Italy - 2010-05-27

ALL4ONE didn’t race today. Next match for the French-German team will be 4th start tomorrow against Artemis.

Results Day 6 – Round Robin
Race 1 : Emirates Team New Zealand wins by 13 sec over Azzurra
Race 2 : Emirates Team New Zealand wins by 29 sec over Aleph
Race 3 : TeamOrigin wins by 6 sec over Synergy
Race 4 : Mascalzone Latino wins by 46 sec over Artemis
Race 5 : Synergy wins by 33 sec over Aleph
Race 6 : Luna Rossa wins by 22 sec over BMW Oracle Racing

Round Robin provisional results
Artemis 4
Emirates Team New Zealand 4
Mascalzone Latino 3
ALL4ONE 3
Synergy 3
TeamOrigin 3
Azzurra 2
Luna Rossa 2
BMW Oracle Racing 1
Aleph -2


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]]> Stephanie Nadin 2010-05-27T14:15Z http://www.k-challenge.org/news.php?value=637 http://www.k-challenge.org/news.php?value=637 ALL4ONE IN SECOND PLACE AFTER WINNING AGAINST LUNA ROSSA ON LOUIS VUITTON TROPHY-LA MADDALENA
La Maddalena, Sardinia, Italy - 2010-05-26

The Round Robin matches continue on the Louis Vuitton Trophy – La Maddalena, and the teams are now racing on one pair of boats (Mascalzone Latino’s ones), due to the fact that the BMW Oracle Racing boats were damaged in a collision yesterday between two teams. But the race committee has launched still five matches today, taking advantage of the good wind conditions.

ALL4ONE’s races of the day:

ALL4ONE got the best of its first start, bow out on BMW Oracle Racing. James Spithill hung in and got an edge but Seb Col took him all the way to the port layline and they rounded the top mark bow to stern with the French-German boat leading. One gybe on the run and Spithill rolled his opponent approaching the lee mark in a flurry of gybes and unanswered protest flags. The Americans held the lead for the next two legs to win.

Then ALL4ONE won the right hand side of the race course in the match against Luna Rossa, and with starboard tack advantage upwind, the French-German team was able to prevent Luna Rossa from crossing clear ahead. ALL4ONE kept the lead of the race until they crossed the finish line 35 seconds ahead.

Sebastien Col, Helmsman, and Jochen Schümann, Skipper and Strategist, both comment : “Today’s results are very positive, with one win and one loss. The last match against Luna Rossa has been particularly tough, with a very shifty wind at the end of the day. But we made the right decisions, as we managed to take control of the race after the first cross. The difference with what we were doing before is that now we manage to stay in the leading position, and then to extend our advance. We really improved on that since a few days. It is a way of winning we were aiming at for some time now.”

ALL4ONE will not race tomorrow, and the team will take the opportunity to have some rest, before coming back to racing on Friday!

Results Day 5 – Round Robin
Race 1 : Mascalzone Latino wins over Synergy
Race 2 : Emirates Team New Zealand wins by 4 sec over Synergy
Race 3 : BMW Oracle Racing wins by 17 sec over ALL4ONE
Race 4 : Artemis wins by 35 sec over Luna Rossa
Race 5 : ALL4ONE wins by 35 sec over Luna Rossa

Round Robin provisional results
Artemis 4
ALL4ONE 3
Mascalzone Latino 2
Emirates Team New Zealand 2
Azzurra 2
Synergy 2
TeamOrigin 2
BMW Oracle Racing 1
Luna Rossa 1
Aleph -2



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]]> Stephanie Nadin 2010-05-26T14:15Z http://www.k-challenge.org/news.php?value=638 http://www.k-challenge.org/news.php?value=638 ALL4ONE IN SECOND PLACE AFTER WINNING AGAINST LUNA ROSSA ON LOUIS VUITTON TROPHY-LA MADDALENA
La Maddalena, Sardinia, Italy - 2010-05-26

The Round Robin matches continue on the Louis Vuitton Trophy – La Maddalena, and the teams are now racing on one pair of boats (Mascalzone Latino’s ones), due to the fact that the BMW Oracle Racing boats were damaged in a collision yesterday between two teams. But the race committee has launched still five matches today, taking advantage of the good wind conditions.

ALL4ONE’s races of the day:

ALL4ONE got the best of its first start, bow out on BMW Oracle Racing. James Spithill hung in and got an edge but Seb Col took him all the way to the port layline and they rounded the top mark bow to stern with the French-German boat leading. One gybe on the run and Spithill rolled his opponent approaching the lee mark in a flurry of gybes and unanswered protest flags. The Americans held the lead for the next two legs to win.

Then ALL4ONE won the right hand side of the race course in the match against Luna Rossa, and with starboard tack advantage upwind, the French-German team was able to prevent Luna Rossa from crossing clear ahead. ALL4ONE kept the lead of the race until they crossed the finish line 35 seconds ahead.

Sebastien Col, Helmsman, and Jochen Schümann, Skipper and Strategist, both comment : “Today’s results are very positive, with one win and one loss. The last match against Luna Rossa has been particularly tough, with a very shifty wind at the end of the day. But we made the right decisions, as we managed to take control of the race after the first cross. The difference with what we were doing before is that now we manage to stay in the leading position, and then to extend our advance. We really improved on that since a few days. It is a way of winning we were aiming at for some time now.”

ALL4ONE will not race tomorrow, and the team will take the opportunity to have some rest, before coming back to racing on Friday!

Results Day 5 – Round Robin
Race 1 : Mascalzone Latino wins over Synergy
Race 2 : Emirates Team New Zealand wins by 4 sec over Synergy
Race 3 : BMW Oracle Racing wins by 17 sec over ALL4ONE
Race 4 : Artemis wins by 35 sec over Luna Rossa
Race 5 : ALL4ONE wins by 35 sec over Luna Rossa

Round Robin provisional results
Artemis 4
ALL4ONE 3
Mascalzone Latino 2
Emirates Team New Zealand 2
Azzurra 2
Synergy 2
TeamOrigin 2
BMW Oracle Racing 1
Luna Rossa 1
Aleph -2



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]]> Stephanie Nadin 2010-05-26T14:15Z http://www.k-challenge.org/news.php?value=636 http://www.k-challenge.org/news.php?value=636 ALL4ONE STILL IN THE TOP GROUP LEADING THE ROUND ROBIN IN THE LOUIS VUITTON TROPHY-LA MADDALENA
La Maddalena, Sardinia, Italy - 2010-05-25

The competition continues on the Louis Vuitton Trophy – La Maddalena, where the wind was back for good today. Unfortunately, only one pair of boats is still operational for the moment, as the two BMW Oracle Racing’s boats were damaged in a collision between Aleph and Azzurra before they started their match. The boats are now being repaired in order to get the second pair back on the water as quickly as possible.
Until that, the racing programme will be adapted in order to get the teams to continue sailing their matches on the Mascalzone Latino’s boats.

ALL4ONE’s race of the day:

ALL4ONE led to the line with a clean start, followed by TeamOrigin on his hip. Ben Ainslie steering the British boat quickly tacked away and Sebastien Col soon followed as the French-German axis eked out a 20-metre lead on a long port tack. When Ben Ainslie tacked onto starboard, Seb Col responded with a lee-bow tack. TeamOrigin was able to survive on ALL4ONE’s hip and tacked again to lead into the mark overlapped before carrying their opponent far above the upwind mark. TeamOrigin sailed out to a 150 metre lead which ALL4ONE managed to reduce down to 37 metres on the final run as the breeze freshened, but it was unfortunately not enough and ALL4ONE crossed the line only 5 seconds behind TeamOrigin.

Sebastien Col, Helmsman : “The first match against TeamOrigin today was the best one we sailed since the competition started, even if we don’t take this point on the final score board. The team really worked well together, and we made a mistake that made us lose this point. I actually didn’t take enough risk when we reached the first mark, leaving too much space between the two boats to avoid any penalty, and we paid for this mistake straight away on the first downwind leg. The race has been really close, and we really are on the right way as a team as we improve everyday. ALL4ONE has really moved another step up, which is good for the rest of the competition.”

John Cutler, Tactician : « Today we started very well against TeamOrigin, and we were quite competitive. Unfortunately it was one of those races where you feel you sail quite well and everything worked out reasonably well, and we didn’t win. So we sort of feel pleased, but also a little frustrated that things didn’t go our way and we end up with no point from our efforts. »

The Round Robin resumes tomorrow in the Louis Vuitton Trophy-La Maddalena.


Results Day 4 – Round Robin
Race 1: Synergy wins by 15 sec over Luna Rossa
Race 2: Artemis wins by 14 sec over BMW Oracle Racing
Race 3: TeamOrigin wins by 5 sec over ALL4ONE
Race 4: Luna Rossa wins by 13 sec over Emirates Team New Zealand

Team Wins/Losses
Artemis 3-0
Synergy 2-0
ALL4ONE 2-2
Azzurra 2-2
TeamOrigin 2-3
Mascalzone Latino 1-1
Aleph 1-2
Emirates Team New Zealand 1-1
Luna Rossa 1-3
BMW Oracle Racing 0-3


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]]> Stephanie Nadin 2010-05-25T14:15Z http://www.k-challenge.org/news.php?value=635 http://www.k-challenge.org/news.php?value=635 ALL4ONE WINS ANOTHER POINT AGAINST MASCALZONE LATINO IN LOUIS VUITTON TROPHY-LA MADDALENA
La Maddalena, Sardinia, Italy - 2010-05-24

After a long time waiting this morning, the wind finally went up on the Louis Vuitton Trophy – La Maddalena’s race course, and the race committee managed to launch today’s six scheduled matches.

ALL4ONE’s races of the day:

In the first match, Synergy won the point against ALL4ONE. Jochen Schümann, Sebastien Col and their crew won the split start and the right of the race course. Karol Jablonski initially prevailed on a long lead out to the port tack layline, but the French-German team rounded the top mark 10 seconds ahead. Synergy drew level on the run downwind and controlled into the bottom mark, forcing ALL4ONE to round the unfavoured gate. With both boats on starboard, Synergy was ahead by 60 metres and never relinquished the lead.

In the second race, Mascalzone Latino went for the left side of the race course and won it, but ALL4ONE split away on port. Both boats level-paced on port but ALL4ONE enjoyed the starboard tack advantage in two close tacks approaching the upwind mark. Mascalzone made two lee-bow tacks, but there was contact the second time with the safety wand from Mascalzone Latino’s boat hooked into the bow of ALL4ONE. The umpires red-flagged the Italian boat for the penalty and unfair advantage, and Mascalzone Latino dropped back as they completed their penalty turn. ALL4ONE won the race by 43 seconds.

Jean-Marie Dauris, Bow : « We have jibed a bit early after the first mark in the downwind leg while we were leading in front of Synergy, and we thought that there was a bit more wind on the left of the race course. So we left the right side, which forced us to take the right mark downwind, where the left one was the most favoured gate. That is when Synergy took the lead. Besides, we’ve had a technical issue with the jib lock that didn’t work, so it didn’t help the whole situation.
Then in the match against Mascalzone Latino, the tacking battle while reaching the mark upwind ended up with a late tack from Mascalzone Latino which received a red flag for that, (the red flag needs to be completed straight away), and allowed us to take control of that race and to win that point. »

Christian Scherrer, Trimmer : « it was really good that we got that race in the evening against Mascalzone Latino after the disappointment of earlier in the day. It was a really tight and close race in pretty shifty conditions. »


ALL4ONE will race against TeamOrigin tomorrow in the second flight, and potentially against Luna Rossa at the end of the day if the conditions are good enough to launch a fourth flight to catch up with the late matches.


Results Day 3 – Round Robin
Race 1: TeamOrigin wins by 1 min 03 sec over BMW Oracle Racing
Race 2: Synergy wins by 36 sec over ALL4ONE
Race 3: Artemis wins by 1 min 12 sec sec over Aleph
Race 4: Azzurra wins by 29 sec over Luna Rossa
Race 5: Emirates Team New Zealand wins by 14 sec over TeamOrigin
Race 6: ALL4ONE wins by 43 sec over Mascalzone Latino

Team Wins/Losses
Artemis 2-0
ALL4ONE 2-1
Aleph 2-1
Mascalzone Latino 1-1
Emirates Team New Zealand 1-0
Synergy 1-0
Azzurra 1-2
TeamOrigin 1-3
Luna Rossa 0-2
BMW Oracle Racing 0-2


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]]> Stephanie Nadin 2010-05-24T14:15Z http://www.k-challenge.org/news.php?value=634 http://www.k-challenge.org/news.php?value=634 ALL4ONE WINS ITS FIRST POINT AGAINST AZZURRA FOR ITS FIRST MATCH ON LOUIS VUITTON TROPHY-LA MADDALENA !
La Maddalena, Sardinia, Italy - 2010-05-23

First match and first point for ALL4ONE racing today against Italian team Azzurra in the Louis Vuitton Trophy-La Maddalena, still in light winds of 7-8 knots. This match was definitely a good performance from the ALL4ONE team against a serious and usually close opponent.

John Cutler, Tactician: « it actually worked out really well for us today, we managed to get a fairly big shift on the first beat, and from that point we protected the right hand side, and it all worked out really well, no real stress, no real problems after the first cross. This is a pretty ruthless competition the way the format is, so we need to win plenty of races, otherwise we’ll be going home earlier than we want. So it is nice to start the competition with a point. »

Sebastien Col, Helmsman: “we raced our first match in the Round Robin in very light and shifty conditions (the breeze seems to have problems to get between the islands around La Maddalena, and we have waited two hours on the water to start racing). We have completed a nice job in this race, taking the right decision on the start line to go on the right side, and it paid back straight away. We then controlled Azzurra from the beginning till the end. It is very important to start well a Round Robin, as there is always a bit of tension and stress for the first match, and we want to start the best possible way. It’s great to get into the competition like this.”

The competition resumes tomorrow with the races planned for day 3 of the Round Robin, which is for ALL4ONE first flight – second start against Russian team Synergy, and third flight – first start against host team of the event in La Maddalena: Mascalzone Latino.

Results Day 2 – Round Robin
Race 1: ALL4ONE wins by 20 sec over Azzurra
Race 2: Aleph wins by 28 sec over BMW Oracle Racing
Race 3: Mascalzone Latino wins by 5 sec over Luna Rossa
Race 4: Artemis wins by 45 sec over TeamOrigin

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]]> Stephanie Nadin 2010-05-23T14:15Z http://www.k-challenge.org/news.php?value=633 http://www.k-challenge.org/news.php?value=633 RACING IS CANCELED FOR TODAY DUE TO LIGHT WIND CONDITIONS
La Maddalena, Sardinia - 2010-05-22

The races are cancelled for today due to light wind conditions in La Maddalena, only one flight (2 races) has been completed. Everything should be fine for tomorrow.
See you then, ALL4ONE will be first start of the day against Azzurra!



Results Day 1 – Round Robin
Race 1: Aleph wins by 1'06 sec over TeamOrigin
Race 2: Mascalzone Latino wins by 2’25 sec over Azzurra




]]> Stephanie Nadin 2010-05-22T14:15Z http://www.k-challenge.org/news.php?value=632 http://www.k-challenge.org/news.php?value=632 ALL4ONE READY FOR LOUIS VUITTON TROPHY-LA MADDALENA !
La Maddalena, Sardinia, Italy - 2010-05-21

Just a few days after their second place on the first competition of the Audi MedCup Circuit 2010 in Portugal, the French-German team led by Jochen Schümann, Sebastien and John Cutler is now in the starting blocks for the Louis Vuitton Trophy – La Maddalena, starting tomorrow on the incredible race course of La Maddalena, in the North of Sardinia, for two top level racing weeks (22 May-6 June).

After having just landed with their direct flight from Cascais on Monday morning, the ALL4ONE crew members trained the whole week with the 9 other teams competing in the event, representing the best professional sailing teams in the world (Emirates Team New Zealand, BMW Oracle Racing, Luna Rossa, Artemis, Synergy, Aleph, Mascalzone Latino, Azzurra et TeamOrigin), racing on board USA 87 and USA 98 (BMW Oracle Racing’s boats), and ITA 90 et ITA 99, (Mascalzone Latino’s boats), which are the two pairs used for this competition. Each pair of boats is equalized to offer a fair competition on even America’s Cup Class boats.
The competition format is the same as the one used in the America’s Cup, that is to say match racing races, offering fantastic duels to the public.

The competition will start with a Round Robin where all teams will race each other, followed by two elimination rounds, semi-finals and final.


Jochen Schümann, ALL4ONE’s Skipper and Sports Director: “we made good progress and had a couple of interesting practice situations against other teams like Luna Rossa and others this week. The conditions in Sardinia between the islands will be very challenging, because it is not really stable, and that makes it quite interesting with these huge boats to sail here between the rocks. We also now have two top teams joining the competition (Luna Rossa et BMW Oracle Racing), so that makes it even more challenging. Our goal is the same than in the previous Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice and Auckland, and we will fight to reach the semi-finals.”

ALL4ONE finished 5th of Louis Vuitton Trophy - Nice and 5th of Louis Vuitton Trophy - Auckland.



]]> Stephanie Nadin 2010-05-21T14:15Z http://www.k-challenge.org/news.php?value=631 http://www.k-challenge.org/news.php?value=631 10 Teams, Five Rounds, One Winner as the Louis Vuitton Trophy comes to La Maddalena
La Maddalena, Sardinia, Italy - 2010-05-05

The best sailors in the world will be in Italy later this month as Sardinia prepares to host 10 top sailing teams at the Louis Vuitton Trophy La Maddalena from 22nd May through 6th June.
Three Italian entries, including the host Mascalzone Latino Audi Team, Azzurra and Luna Rossa will be battling with teams such as the Defender of the America’s Cup, BMW ORACLE Racing and perennial favourite Emirates Team New Zealand, for supremacy on the sparkling waters of the Mediterranean Sea.

An innovative regatta format has been developed that will allow all teams the greatest opportunity to advance to the next step, while rewarding teams who do well with second chances.

Initially, each team will sail every other team once in a single round robin. The top eight teams will advance to the next stage and the round robin seeding will continue to be used in later stages. Doing well in the round robin will have its rewards.

“Having each of the teams sail each other at least once is very important,” said Peter ‘Luigi’ Reggio, the Principal Race Officer for the regatta. “The teams really want this opportunity.”


In the middle elimination rounds, top-ranked teams are matched against the lower ranked teams – that’s one of the rewards for doing well early – and the winning teams keep advancing, through to a semi final and final.

“If a top seed loses in the middle rounds, they’ll get a second chance to earn a way back in. Conversely, if a lower ranked team gets hot and starts winning, they’ll keep racing. It’s an interesting and fair format.”

The teams will race on four equalised America’s Cup Class boats supplied by the event – ITA 90, ITA 99, USA 87 and USA 98. The boats have now arrived on site and will be prepared for racing.

The logistics team is also now working in La Maddalena as the event organisers begin preparations to host the 10 teams, their friends, families, partners and sponsors, as well as sailing fans from around the world.

La Maddalena is small town (population near 12 000) on an island with the same name that sits just one nautical mile off the Northeast coast of Sardinia and offers up some of the most stunning backdrops for sailing in the Mediterranean.

The race village will be set up about one kilometre to the east of the centre of town, near the southeast corner of the island.

]]> Source : WSTA 2010-05-05T14:15Z http://www.k-challenge.org/news.php?value=630 http://www.k-challenge.org/news.php?value=630 AUDI CONTESTS MEDCUP WITH ITS OWN TEAM
Valencia, Spain - 2010-04-28

·       "Audi A1 Team powered by ALL4ONE" is ready for season opener
·       International team from seven countries on board
·       Stéphane Kandler and Jochen Schümann head the crew
 
Ingolstadt, April 28, 2010 - Audi is giving its name to and acting as title sponsor of the world's most popular regatta series for as much as the third year and now a boat of its own sporting the colors of the brand with the Four Rings will compete in the series as well: the "Audi A1 Team powered by ALL4ONE" is making its debut at the MedCup season opener in Portugal from May 11 to 16.

Audi thus not only causes a sensation on the roads but also on water: the newcomer's logo shines together with the Four Rings on the more than 200-square-meter spinnaker sail. The boat of the TP52-class is almost 16 meters long and weighs merely 7,500 kilograms thanks to its lightweight design which gives it particularly dynamic sailing properties. The boat will not only contest the five regattas of the Audi MedCup between May and September but also the TP52 World Championships in Sicily in October.  
 
"We've been partnering with the Audi MedCup for several years now and are equally thrilled with the top-caliber sporting competition and the possibilities for presentations on water and along the coast," says Lothar Korn, Head of Marketing Communications. "The additional support of the Franco-German boat now provides us with close links to the team and enables us to offer our guests and customers an unforgettable sporting experience."
 
The Franco-German "ALL4ONE" squad formed by Stéphane Kandler and Jochen Schümann in September of 2009 comprises a large number of international pros: in addition to seven members from France and Germany, there are sailors from Spain, Italy, Australia, the Netherlands and Switzerland on board. The composition of the crew reflects numerous participations in the Audi MedCup in recent years.
 
The boat represents the Kieler Yacht Club and the Cercle de la Voile de Paris and is currently located at its home yacht harbor in Valencia. From there, the yacht will be taken directly to the Audi MedCup season opener to be staged in Cascais (Portugal) from May 11 to 16. The opening event will be followed by regattas in Marseille (France, June 15 to 20), Barcelona (Spain, July 20 to 25), Cartagena (Spain, August 24 to 29) and Cagliari (Italy, September 20 to 25).



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