The second time in this contest only one pilot makes it home. Much like R3 was shrouded in a storm in the last nationals, the second turnpoint was placed beyond the reach of all but Tilo Holighausen. He went round and the remainder of the field went down. Elke Schwenk's postings http://www.uli-schwenk.de/index.php?page=news makes for compelling reading as the drama unfolds.
the official website http://www.grandprixchile2009.org/ posting captures it all:
"Like Moses parting the waters of the Red Sea, Tilo Holighaus (GER) was the only one to succesfully handle the showers that covered 15 km before TP Central to TP Copin in the north. The problem for the rest of the pilots was that the waters closed right before VV's tail. Carlos Rocca (CHI) was pulled from the sky in -7 m/s downdrafts, even using the same way Tilo flew.
Tilo arrived in great style, looping his glider once after the finish line. After his succesful flight we was interviewed live by Nick Farrel, but it turned out to be a plot masterminded by all other pilots, in which he landed in the Clubs swimming pool. Unable to part the pools water, he was then interviewed live for all our online tracking audience.
"Team Germany" is leading the competition, with Uli Schwenk accumulating 20 points and Tilo Holighaus 16 points.Carlos Rocca (CHI) is in third position with 13 points."
EY
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