Río Negro: day off

Tuesday was the day off for all the competitors at Río Negro, time to recover from the very long three first stages and preparing the last four heading Viedma.

We already got information about some messy finish for the K2s at the third stage. It was supposed to be completed upstream after turning a buoy, but the string attaching this one was broken by the strong stream and went down out of control. The three couples that came in the leading bunch then had no turn and the officials whistled indicating the end of the race downstream, when Pinta and Mozzicafredo where leading the group. That circumstance ended with a claim from Scalesi brothers, who alleged to be controlling their reserves for a final attack upstream, and a kind of fight (literally) at the bank among supporters of ones and others paddlers.

And Daniel Dal-Bo, who was comfortably leading the K1 until Monday, lost 16 minutes due to a break in his rudder and cable, who made him stop in order to fix it and paddle for the rest of the stage in a difficult situation. Now he will need some extra effort if he wants to take back the lead at the overall, now for David Ortega 11 minutes ahead.

Today Wednesday, the fourth stage will take the paddlers from Beltrán to Choele Choel, with a 35 km. distance.  

Correction: Scalesi brothers

Since the first post about Río Negro regatta, we were referring the Scalesi brothers as uruguayans, when they actually are argentinians, from Viedma. We beg your pardon for this mistake and will make the correction in all the former references to them.

Río Negro: 3rd stage

The third and longest stage of the Río Negro regatta has come to an end and the favourite K2 couple, Pinta and Mozzicafredo, is still on the lead, closely controlling their rivals and beating them again in a closed sprint. This time, two other K2 were in the fight for the victory, those of Orellana - di Renzo and the Scalesi brothers, second and third at the finish line. In the general classification, Pinta and Mozzicafredo are comfortably in the lead with yesterday's rivals behind but in opposite order (Scalesi - Scalesi and Orellana - di Renzo).

But in K1 there has been an upside down twist after the breakdown of the former leader, Daniel Dal-Bo, who lost 16 minutes at the finish line. In this long stage, victory was for Jonathan Calvo, with new overall leader Diego Ortega closed behind and Emanuel Carnicero third, but with an eight minutes difference. In the overall, Former leader Dal-Bo has dropped down to third position, losing 11 minutes against new leader Ortega.

These are the results for the two main categories, K2 and K1 Men Senior:

3ªSTAGE
CAT	PADDLER	TIME	DIFFERENCE
K2-S	PINTA, NESTOR - MOZZICAFREDO, MARTIN	2,52,23
K2-S	ORELLANA, PASCUAL - DI RENZO, GUILLERMO	2,52,24	0,00,01
K2-S	SCALESI, SANTIAGO - SCALESI, JUAN	2,52,25	0,00,02
K2-S	PERCAZ, FERNANDO - SOTO, MAXIMILIANO	2,55,32	0,03,09
K2-S	ALGAÑARAZ, JULIAN - SERISEVIC, JOAQUIN	3,00,26	0,08,03
K2-S	MICOLI, LUCAS - PELEATO, JOAQUIN	3,06,22	0,13,59
K2-S	PENCHULEF, CLAUDIO JONATHAN - PENCHULEF, CLAUDIO	3,15,59	0,23,36
K2-S	GAJARDO, RODRIGO - VEGA, CRISTIAN	3,22,03	0,29,40
K2-S	SILVA BENAVIDES, VICTOR - AGUAYO, FABIAN NICOLAS	3,28,03	0,35,40
K2-S	WRIGHT, MICHAEL - JONES, SAMUEL	3,38,06	0,45,43
K1-S	CALVO, JONATHAN	3,05,31	0,13,08
K1-S	ORTEGA, DIEGO	3,06,10	0,13,47
K1-S	CARNICERO, EMANUEL	3,13,58	0,21,35
K1-S	MOREL, NORBERTO	3,18,46	0,26,23
K1-S	ROMASANTA, ARIEL	3,21,28	0,29,05
K1-S	DAL-BO, DANIEL	3,22,07	0,29,44
K1-S	PEREZ, JORGE	3,22,47	0,30,24
K1-S	VENTANA, MAXIMILIANO	3,25,49	0,33,26
K1-S	MERINO, ALEJANDRO NICOLAS	3,26,06	0,33,43
K1-S	VEGA , VICTOR HUGO	3,26,48	0,34,25
K1-S	ZAMBRANO, HERMES	3,29,43	0,37,20
K1-S	FERNANDEZ, MAURICIO	3,31,35	0,39,12
K1-S	FEDERICO, NICOLAS	3,32,18	0,39,55
K1-S	RIVAS, MAXIMILIANO	3,33,05	0,40,42
OVERALL
CAT	PADDLER	TOTAL	DIFFERENCE
K2-S	PINTA, NESTOR - MOZZICAFREDO, MARTIN	7,08,45
K2-S	SCALESI, SANTIAGO - SCALESI, JUAN	7,12,48	0,04,03
K2-S	ORELLANA, PASCUAL - DI RENZO, GUILLERMO	7,13,04	0,04,19
K2-S	PERCAZ, FERNANDO - SOTO, MAXIMILIANO	7,13,47	0,05,02
K2-S	ALGAÑARAZ, JULIAN - SERISEVIC, JOAQUIN	7,28,53	0,20,08
K2-S	MICOLI, LUCAS - PELEATO, JOAQUIN	7,48,17	0,39,32
K2-S	PENCHULEF, CLAUDIO JONATHAN - PENCHULEF, CLAUDIO	8,03,44	0,54,59
K2-S	GAJARDO, RODRIGO - VEGA, CRISTIAN	8,15,56	1,07,11
K2-S	SILVA BENAVIDES, VICTOR - AGUAYO, FABIAN NICOLAS	8,18,34	1,09,49
K2-S	WRIGHT, MICHAEL - JONES, SAMUEL	8,34,30	1,25,45
K1-S	ORTEGA, DIEGO	7,48,08	0,39,23
K1-S	CALVO, JONATHAN	7,49,11	0,40,26
K1-S	DAL-BO, DANIEL	7,59,37	0,50,52
K1-S	ROMASANTA, ARIEL	8,04,41	0,55,56
K1-S	CARNICERO, EMANUEL	8,06,24	0,57,39
K1-S	MOREL, NORBERTO	8,15,34	1,06,49
K1-S	VEGA , VICTOR HUGO	8,19,22	1,10,37
K1-S	PEREZ, JORGE	8,24,32	1,15,47
K1-S	FERNANDEZ, MAURICIO	8,33,07	1,24,22
K1-S	VENTANA, MAXIMILIANO	8,34,07	1,25,22
K1-S	ZAMBRANO, HERMES	8,35,13	1,26,28
K1-S	MERINO, ALEJANDRO NICOLAS	8,41,28	1,32,43
K1-S	FEDERICO, NICOLAS	8,48,22	1,39,37
K1-S	RIVAS, MAXIMILIANO	8,49,38	1,40,53

German legend Birgit Fischer could come back for London 2012

As published today by ICF, legendary paddler Birgit Fischer is thinking about qualifying for the Olympics just one month away of turning 50.

8 Gold medals and 28 World championships record could become even greater with her seventh Olympic Games, which would set a new German record

You can read the full piece of news at ICF webpage

Río Negro: Stage 2

Sunday and second stage of Río Negro was completed between Neuquén and general Roca, 58 km. long. As it was in the frist stage, voctory came again for Néstor Pinta and Martín Mozzicafredo, who beated at sprint the uruguayan brothers Scalesi, this time in second position. A minute and a half behind, two other couples arrived to a closed finish, being third Pacual Orellana and Guillermo di Renzo, who relegated Fernando Percaz and Maximiliano Soto to fourth position.

In K1, Daniel Dal-Bo keeps leading the race, but with a closer Diego Ortega behind him. Almost two minutes behind arrived Jonatahn Calvo, third, and Ariel Romasanta, fourth.

So far, the general results are...