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It took Manfred Ruhmer (AUT) just under 5 hours to complete this
319km task, the longest of the competition so far. "Oh, it was too easy," he
teased. "But that's easy to say in hindsight, for sure. Under 5 hours is
actually pretty good," he added modestly. He said conditions were good, a little
windy in places but very good thermals. Arriving second in goal was Jacques Bott
(FRA) with a big smile. "You normally only get climbs like we had today under cu
nimbs," he said. "And the strongest climbs were the smoothest," he added.
Today's skies saw some cumulus, but nothing towering, and some areas were
completely blue. "I was very happy to make a 300+km task," Jacques concluded.

Meanwhile, Steve Cox (SUI) was not quite so happy. He prefers shorter tasks with
more side by side racing and more pilots! "The start is always exciting as we
are altogether," he said, "but then we are all spread out, and flying cross
country on our own!"

Franz Pacheiner (AUT) came into goal with a different story: "I found it rather
challenging today. I missed the start, and then could not get to the top of the
climb on Pic du Bure, so I was too low to follow the main group east of Gap. I
had to go to the west side. It was slower. Again, by the time I got to Malaup,
the thermal was not so good. Then 20km before the Beynes turnpoint I saw Mandy,
Jacques and Steve on their way back north, so I knew I was already 40km behind."

In Class 5, four pilots have already landed, and at least four pilots have
landed out.

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Task 5:

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