Le Grand Prix final à Sisteron 2014 a fait époque: 8 jours de compétition sont pas mal pour une compétition Européenne?! La tension deviendrait de plus en plus grande, jour par jour.
The exciting Grand Prix Final of 2014 in Sisteron is not just history, it is historic: 8 days of soaring weather – maybe not all of them perfect. But still this is quite a sensation for European conditions! The excitement became bigger and bigger after every contest day, and when last morning had broken six…
ready for day 8. Picture courtesy SGP organizers SISTERON in the Southern Alps 5:30 PM. What a fantastic week it was. Heroic stuff is what Brian called it. So do I. Even today you thought, “It’s in the pocket,” but then they were in “the weeds” and had to dig themselves out. Being first at…
Today’s last race of the Grand Prix Final in Sisteron will be an exciting one, as 7 pilots still have a chance for a place on the podium… Yesterday Tilo Holighaus was happy to find himself on second place after another fun race around some 300 kilometers and four turn points. Tilo posted a long…
What a great day again! Sometimes a bit scary, then exciting, then just unbelievable … how do they do it? Ingredients today: fast pilots losing in the end because they did not take good lift in between, police to help Bruce get away from the farmers land he landed in, pilots “written off” but returning to the lead! Here is the day for you if you had no time to follow it live. Enjoy!
It took quite a while before they knew who was the winner yesterday. Penalty points for a too high start … a too early start … a too low finish, all variations passed by. So I thought I’d better look tomorrow and I just did.
All photos by Tilo Holighaus It’s hard to ignore what’s going on at the Grand Prix Final 2014 in Sisteron these days: reading OLC Magazine, browsing through the Grand Prix website, and following Ritz’s great Café reports I try to keep up with the latest news. Haven’t tried the live tracking yet… but with three…
They started in Sisteron with day 5 and expectations were HIGH! First launch was at 1.20 PM and the expectation was for a day with thermals, ridge soaring, maybe even wave and maybe some showers–lot of ingredients to make the pilots happy, though the expected 25+ kt wind might be a bit of a “devil”.…
This just in from the SGP … Graham Parker, Mike Young, and Geogio Galetto captured the top three spots in today’s race. Check in later for Ritz’s race blog. Update: @faisgp: Latest news from @Briansgp: It’s currently a dead heat between Parker and Young. Will need a bit more time to come up with today’s…
I admired Bruce yesterday. As you have read in my blog, he flew most of the short, difficult and slow race alone. Here is his story…
