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he final act of
the 2017 UIM-
ABP
Aquabike
C o n t i n e n t a l
season
was
played
out
in
Portimao at the
end of October
with the staging
of the Endurance Championship for Runabout
and Ski.
A strong turnout of Portuguese riders mixed it
with competitors from France, Italy and Spain
and battled it out over two demanding rounds
on Portugal’s Atlantic coast off Praia de Rocha.
Dominating all in Runabout was Portuguese
duo Carlos Trutta and Filipe Filipe, taking the
chequered flag in both heats to seal overall
victory and class titles in GP1 and Veterans.
Trutta and Filipe carried a 4:27.826s
advantage over in to round 2 after finishing
ahead of Frenchman Thomas Favolin and
countrymen, Roland Couhet and Arnaud
Bourreau. Round 2 was a repeat result with
the Portuguese pairing again in control,
extending their advantage to take overall
honours by 8:13s, coming home 3:14.999s
ahead of Spain’s Juan Cuevas Iroz and Aitzol
Arakistain Beristain, with Favolini in third
place.
Second place in GP1 went to Couhet and
Bourreau, who also sealed the GP2 title,
with Italy’s Michele Cadei and Stefano Ciani
finishing in seventh overall and third in class.
Overall honours in GP3 went to Thomas
Favolini.
In Ski there was more success for the
predominantly Portuguese entry with Vicente
Cano and Sebastian Fragoso taking overall
honours and class title in GP1 and GP3.
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AQUABIKE
PORTIMAO
HOSTS UIM-ABP AQUABIKE EUROPEAN
ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP
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n° 4November | 2017