Louis Vuitton Cup - Barcelona ESP - Day 1

An eventful first day of the Louis Vuitton Cup! Light winds characterized the action, which suited the French 'Orient Express' with Quentin Delapierre, who dominated the duel against 'Alinghi' from the start and won by a large margin - the video. In the second duel between 'Team New Zealand' and 'Luna Rossa', the New Zealanders knew how to shine: Like 'Alinghi', they lost the start, but were then able to catch up with flawless strategy and perfect maneuvers and take the lead on the 4th leg of the course - the video. 'American Magic' made a strategic mistake before the start: with the wrong choice of headsail, they were unable to get their Cupper to fly in the pre-start phase in much flatter conditions than expected. They sailed well behind 'Team GBR' - the video. In the final duel of the day, 'Luna Rossa' won against 'Orient Express' - the video. ----- However, the event of the day was the crash of Team 'New Zealand': due to a crane failure, their Cupper crashed onto the trailer from a height of several meters. Today, the extent of the damage to the Cupper is being investigated - the report with video. This means that 'New Zealand' will not be able to compete against 'Team GBR' and 'Orient Express' today. ----- First up at 14h is 'Alinghi' against 'American Magic' - an important race for the two losers of the first round! We will again be broadcasting live. ----- The leaderboard and the reports.