Here are the complete results of La Muela 2001 and plenty of pictures.

For those who don't know La Muela: This small hill is located at 80 km north of Madrid (Spain). The particularity of this site is to have all the wind direction in one place ! This is also a well known site for paragliders and hanggliders from all over Europe.

After a good competition in 2000, 2001 was very promising and we were right: We had a perfect weather all the week-end with a wind speed average around 65 to 70 km/h and some gusts up to 90 Km/h. 10 rounds of 42 pilots, What an achievement for the organisers !

Alex Mc Meeking won the competition with his Acacia 2 after 10 very consistent flights. The Acacia 2 seems really good in strong lift. Lot of Tempus (Normal, we are in Spain!), some Ellipses, still very efficient and also 4 Mirajs (2 in the top 4!). But no really new gliders on the F3F scene.

In conclusion, that was a really great competition, very intense, with great flights (best time is 36.87 seconds), and, I'm now convinced that it is possible to beat the world record on this slope...

At last but not least, a viking race at La Muela would be a great idea, but it seems that the spanish organisers are not ready yet in their mind. Maybe we should suggest them to reconsider their position with a sort of "petition". I'm ready to sign immediately !

Anyway, a big thanks to Angel Cristobal and his team for organising such great event !

(pilot ranking at the end of this page.)

 

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Wizard Compact

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Miraj

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Avantaj

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Jorge Infante

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Andreas Fricke

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The French connection

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Blade

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Alex during repair

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Alex Mc Meekin

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P Rondel, A McMeekin, A Mahillo

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Panoramic shot of the North-east face, where we flew (click on the pictures to obtain a bigger image):

South west face of La Muela: very nice ...


RESULTS:

Name

Points

Country

Glider

1

ALEX MCMEEKIN

8259,28

UK

Acacia 2

2

PIERRE RONDEL

8202,55

France

Miraj

3

ALEJANDRO MAHILLO

8182,54

Spain

Tempus

4

ALEXIS MERECHAL

8156,36

France

Miraj

5

PEPELU VALVERDE

7937,46

Spain

Pike

6

DIDIER LANOT

7858,75

France

Tempus

7

BENJAMIN CLAMARON

7812,62

France

Ellipse 1

8

ANDONI GORRIŅOBEASKOA

7805,45

Spain

Tempus

9

ANDREAS FRICKE

7515,67

Allemagne

Miraj

10

JORGE PUELLO

7511,01

Columbia

Tempus

11

JORGE INFANTE

7418,52

Portugal

Cobra

12

IŅAKI ELIZONDO

7418,43

Spain

Tempus

13

OLIVIER BORDES

7398,90

France

Excess (home made)

14

MICHEL ETCHART

7382,14

France

Tempus

15

PEDRO PEREZ

7333,73

Spain

Tempus

16

STEVE COOPER

7267,01

UK

Wizard Compact

17

CIRIL CLAMENS

7264,94

France

Ellipse 1

18

FEDERICO ALONSO

7200,99

Spain

19

MANUEL RAMOS

7175,48

Spain

20

OLMO LUCENA

7141,58

Spain

21

J. MARIA RAMOS

7100,28

Spain

22

JUAN CARLOS BECEIRO

6980,15

Spain

23

FERNANDO del BARRIO

6932,38

Spain

24

MAXIMO FERNANDEZ

6822,60

Spain

25

SYLVAIN COULOMB

6821,79

France

26

JAVIER MAYOR

6795,36

Spain

27

LUIS MEJIAS

6659,23

Spain

28

JESUS SAYAGO

6638,16

Spain

29

GASPAR MATEU

6631,80

Spain

30

CARLOS CANTERO

6404,46

Spain

31

MARCELINO PUŅAL

6374,58

Spain

32

ANDRES CARDONA

6199,26

Spain

33

JOSE ROCHA

6076,27

Spain

34

JEAN CLAUDE GONNIN

5955,01

Argentina

35

CARLES AYMAT

5824,28

Spain

36

JUAN BRUNO

5522,58

Spain

37

ANTONIO LUCENA

4088,62

Spain

38

JOSE E. PALACIOS

4037,37

Spain

39

ANGEL DOBARRO

3720,03

Spain

40

LUIS ALABAU

2269,75

Spain

41

GREGORIO MORENO

2192,32

Spain

42

ALFONSO VARON

2069,64

Spain