Sailing / Press release n.41 21st May 2005

XX edition of the World Festival On The Beach
Palermo Mondello 11th -22nd may 2005

PAOLO CIAN WINS THE ALBARIA CENTO CUP
The second time that the skipper from Naples wins the Cento Cup

Paolo Cian, skipper from Naples takes the “Cento Cup”, after his deserved achievement last year in the “Parco del Vento” (windy park) from Garda to limone. The ex “Macalzone” helmsman won today in Mondellos beautiful gulf 3-1 against The frenchman Mattieu Richard, number 4 on the worlds Ranking list. Cian arrived in the finals after taking a risk with Eugeny Neugdinokv, from Russia, an outsider to this kind of race but however managed to win 2 – 1 against the other Italian Matteo Simoncelli.
The final race had excellent weather conditions with a wind of 20 knots blowing, the beach was full of people and the sun was shinning it seemed like a summers day in August, with the outline of the fleet from the Mistral World championships and other events at the World Fetsival. In the final results after Cian comes Richard, young but amongst the best, in third place the Russian Champion Neugdodnikov, 4th Simoncelli, 5th the young Australian boy (he hasn’t even reached 18 years old of age) Steve Jarvin, 6th the +39 team with Iain Percy, 7th Bertsson from Sweeden, 8th Roby Ferrarese the +39 coach, 9th the Australian Dunstan and 10th Arbuzov from Russia, all with good points to add on to the worlds ranking list.