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.) |
Wizard Compact |
Miraj |
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Avantaj |
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Jorge Infante |
Andreas Fricke |
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The French connection |
Blade |
Alex during repair |
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Alex Mc Meekin |
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P Rondel, A McMeekin, A Mahillo |
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Essoraj |
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 |
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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 |
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25 |
SYLVAIN COULOMB |
6821,79 |
France |
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26 |
JAVIER MAYOR |
6795,36 |
Spain |
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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 |
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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 |
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42 |
ALFONSO VARON |
2069,64 |
Spain |