Spain wins leg 4 of Ocean Race
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SPANISH team MAPFRE, skippered by stand-in Xabi Fernandez, claimed an epic victory in the fourth leg of the Volvo Ocean Race with just over four minutes to spare after 20 days sailing.
Fernandez’s crew pipped Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing to victory in Auckland, after a 5,264-nautical mile stage from Sanya, south China’s Hainan Province, to snatch their first leg victory since the race started on October 11.
There was consolation, however, for Abu Dhabi, which is skippered by Briton Ian Walker. It now leads the overall standings from China’s Dongfeng Race Team, which finished third in New Zealand.
Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing and Dongfeng Race Team are locked together on eight points but Abu Dhabi is ahead because of its better record in the event’s separate in-port race series which is also a tie-breaker for the main event.
Fernandez was only in charge of this and the previous leg, from Abu Dhabi to Sanya, because the usual skipper, Iker Martinez, was taking time out to prepare for the 2016 Rio Olympics. He is chasing his second gold medal having triumphed in Athens 2004.
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