1st. BLAY OLMOS jr.
2nd. MARTIN HARRI
3rd. CARL WALLBANK
thanks to everybody, to the pilots, to the organisation, to the weather, to the thermals... SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!!
Jul 19, 2009
official results
the official results will be published in the official website www.ager2010.com / results section.
1st. BLAY OLMOS jr.
2nd. MARTIN HARRI
3rd. CARL WALLBANK
thanks to everybody, to the pilots, to the organisation, to the weather, to the thermals... SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!!
1st. BLAY OLMOS jr.
2nd. MARTIN HARRI
3rd. CARL WALLBANK
thanks to everybody, to the pilots, to the organisation, to the weather, to the thermals... SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!!
Jul 18, 2009
TASK 6 - overall provisional results
Exciting last task!
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CHECK THE OFFICIAL RESULTS (overall, teams, nation) & TRACKS in few hours (sunday 19th maximum) on www.ager2010.com / Results section
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CHECK THE OFFICIAL RESULTS (overall, teams, nation) & TRACKS in few hours (sunday 19th maximum) on www.ager2010.com / Results section
8th day
19:31 3 pilots NYP (not yet processed), the virtual winner is Blay Olmos jr (spanish) just 5 points more than the 2nd Martin Harri (swiss).
17:45
johny: 52km of 69.
blay: goal, 1h52min.
carl: goal, 1h47min.
17:30 Jonhy durand, 1st, still not reported... martin (2nd) and blay (3rd) on goal.
Gerolf, maybe 1st in goal: 1h31min
17:00 14 pilots at least on goal...difficult task!
The last task, the 6th in 8 days!
fast task of 69km because poor conditions.
17:45
johny: 52km of 69.
blay: goal, 1h52min.
carl: goal, 1h47min.
17:30 Jonhy durand, 1st, still not reported... martin (2nd) and blay (3rd) on goal.
Gerolf, maybe 1st in goal: 1h31min
17:00 14 pilots at least on goal...difficult task!
The last task, the 6th in 8 days!
fast task of 69km because poor conditions.
Jul 17, 2009
7th day
12:00 Task Canceled. Strong N-W.
windy at the landing field
the comitee is at the take-off checking the wind.
at 11:00: briefing at HQ to decide the day's planning.
windy at the landing field
the comitee is at the take-off checking the wind.
at 11:00: briefing at HQ to decide the day's planning.
Jul 16, 2009
6th day
00.30 provisional scoring after task 5.
important!27 NYP, not yet processed, still driving back to Àger, so scoring can have few changes tomorrow!
detailed scoring in few hours on www.ager2010.com / results section
20.25 to 23.00 some scored times:
john durand: 3h10min and maybe reach the goal on the 8th position.
marc utrillo: 3h21min
balasz ujhelyi:3h06min
martin harri: 3h18min
blay jr: 3h30min
19:15 11 more on goal, so 28 pilots by now.
19:00 more info from goal:
mario alonzi, johny durand, blay jr, primoz gricar, carl wallbank, gianpietro zin, bruce kavanagh... and 10 more by now!
18:45 more or less 6 pilots on goal!
18:00 by now nobody on goal. we are checking the storm radar, some of them are much more to the north of the task (in the pyrennes) and some close to the sea, so quite far from the task zone.
flying now the task 5... a long 140km to the Nort-West of Àger.
they will cross the "Turbón" mountain, a thermal booster!
important!27 NYP, not yet processed, still driving back to Àger, so scoring can have few changes tomorrow!
detailed scoring in few hours on www.ager2010.com / results section
20.25 to 23.00 some scored times:
john durand: 3h10min and maybe reach the goal on the 8th position.
marc utrillo: 3h21min
balasz ujhelyi:3h06min
martin harri: 3h18min
blay jr: 3h30min
19:15 11 more on goal, so 28 pilots by now.
19:00 more info from goal:
mario alonzi, johny durand, blay jr, primoz gricar, carl wallbank, gianpietro zin, bruce kavanagh... and 10 more by now!
18:45 more or less 6 pilots on goal!
18:00 by now nobody on goal. we are checking the storm radar, some of them are much more to the north of the task (in the pyrennes) and some close to the sea, so quite far from the task zone.
flying now the task 5... a long 140km to the Nort-West of Àger.
they will cross the "Turbón" mountain, a thermal booster!
results task 4 / overall
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take a look to the entire results in few hours at: ager2010.com / results section
take a look to the entire results in few hours at: ager2010.com / results section
Jul 15, 2009
5th day
21:00 still downloading GPS
a picture from today:
19:00 firts 2 pilots in the GPS headquarter:
marc utrillo: 2h51min
gerolf heinrichs: 2h56min
they say was a difficult task to lead and bit turbulent
click the picture to enlarge:
18:00 by now 32 pilots on goal! and the task finish in an hour...so can be again a massive goal today.
15:00 flying the task 4! 126km
No internet this morning! we can finally inform you about what's happening in the champ.
Great weather conditions today, from the landing we can see the clouds much higher than lasts days :)
a picture from today:
19:00 firts 2 pilots in the GPS headquarter:
marc utrillo: 2h51min
gerolf heinrichs: 2h56min
they say was a difficult task to lead and bit turbulent
click the picture to enlarge:
18:00 by now 32 pilots on goal! and the task finish in an hour...so can be again a massive goal today.
15:00 flying the task 4! 126km
No internet this morning! we can finally inform you about what's happening in the champ.
Great weather conditions today, from the landing we can see the clouds much higher than lasts days :)
Jul 14, 2009
results task 3 / overall
22.15 a lot of smiles today when downloading, many pilots happy to reach the goal and to finally fly today!
the task 3 /overall results in the official website (in a while): www.ager2010.com Results section.
Blay Jr still in the 1st position of the provisional overall results.
the task 3 /overall results in the official website (in a while): www.ager2010.com Results section.
Blay Jr still in the 1st position of the provisional overall results.
4th day
19:30 by now...some task times:
gerolf heinrichs: 1h31min
luis rizo: 1h37min
john durand: 1h38min
marc utrillo / gianpietro zin: 1h40min
blay jr: 1h41min (his father just 11min slower!)
18:00 more than 50 pilots on goooaaaal!!
gerolf, blay jr and john durand arrived on the firsts ones.
task 3 72 km
13:30 Yeahhh! fortunately i'm not the weather man, the conditions are getting better and finally the comitee decided to do a fast task in the valley.
13:00 pilots briefing at the take-off. the conditions are getting better but maybe not enough to do a task.
11:00 we suppose we will cancel the task in a while... today we have the worst weather conditions by now.
tomorrow the wind will drop and is gonna be less unstable, seems a pretty good day (cross your fingers).
if you wanna check the weather forecast here you have some useful links:
Meteosim
Catalonia radar
:: some pictures from last days ::
gerolf heinrichs: 1h31min
luis rizo: 1h37min
john durand: 1h38min
marc utrillo / gianpietro zin: 1h40min
blay jr: 1h41min (his father just 11min slower!)
18:00 more than 50 pilots on goooaaaal!!
gerolf, blay jr and john durand arrived on the firsts ones.
task 3 72 km
13:30 Yeahhh! fortunately i'm not the weather man, the conditions are getting better and finally the comitee decided to do a fast task in the valley.
13:00 pilots briefing at the take-off. the conditions are getting better but maybe not enough to do a task.
11:00 we suppose we will cancel the task in a while... today we have the worst weather conditions by now.
tomorrow the wind will drop and is gonna be less unstable, seems a pretty good day (cross your fingers).
if you wanna check the weather forecast here you have some useful links:
Meteosim
Catalonia radar
:: some pictures from last days ::
Jul 13, 2009
3rd day
LAST NEWS!
task canceled before the take-off because weather conditions.
strong east wind on surface, south-west wind on altitude.
that's a possible task for today:
task canceled before the take-off because weather conditions.
strong east wind on surface, south-west wind on altitude.
that's a possible task for today:
Jul 12, 2009
2nd day
22:40 still downloading... fortunately with some beers (was a hot day).
take a look at the facebook event page:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=213915300573
21:40 maybe 40 pilots on goal! difficult task because the westerly and low altitude.
scorers team still waiting the last pilots report.
19:00 30 pilots on goal
17:30 last news: Blay Olmos Jr (10th at the world ranking) seems to be the 1st on goal!
strong westerly last hour, maybe gives more difficulty to the slower pilots that they still need to do the western turnpoint.
better weather conditions today
132 km
1st startpoint at 14:00
goal deadline: 19:30
take a look at the facebook event page:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=213915300573
21:40 maybe 40 pilots on goal! difficult task because the westerly and low altitude.
scorers team still waiting the last pilots report.
19:00 30 pilots on goal
17:30 last news: Blay Olmos Jr (10th at the world ranking) seems to be the 1st on goal!
strong westerly last hour, maybe gives more difficulty to the slower pilots that they still need to do the western turnpoint.
better weather conditions today
132 km
1st startpoint at 14:00
goal deadline: 19:30
Jul 11, 2009
results task 1
Final results
Note: we added a new parameter on GAP2008 formula that corrects the scoring if there are no pilots in goal.
Note: we added a new parameter on GAP2008 formula that corrects the scoring if there are no pilots in goal.
1st day
17PM first pilots on goal! Gerolf Heinrichs says was a windy task.
the first 2 pilots on goal
the scorers and Gerolf, 1st on goal.
14:00 window opened. fast race: 68km on the valley.
11:00 all 130 pilots are now at launch for the first task. seems to be an unstable day, possibility of some storms on the late afternoon.
the first 2 pilots on goal
the scorers and Gerolf, 1st on goal.14:00 window opened. fast race: 68km on the valley.
11:00 all 130 pilots are now at launch for the first task. seems to be an unstable day, possibility of some storms on the late afternoon.
Jul 10, 2009
Jul 9, 2009
Jul 8, 2009
ager today
the organisation arrived today...almost all it's ready...we just wait the pilots arrival!
welcome
Welcome to the blog website for the Àger Open 2009 (Pre European Hang gliding Championship 2010)
Event: Àger Hangliding Open 2009 : Category 2 FAI Championship open to Class1 Hang gliders (flexwing). A practice event for the 17th FAI European hang gliding championship 2010.
Date: 11th - 18th July 2009
Location: Àger, Spain. (GPS 42° 00.227' N 000° 45.958' E)
Event: Àger Hangliding Open 2009 : Category 2 FAI Championship open to Class1 Hang gliders (flexwing). A practice event for the 17th FAI European hang gliding championship 2010.
Date: 11th - 18th July 2009
Location: Àger, Spain. (GPS 42° 00.227' N 000° 45.958' E)
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