• Rich Fellers - Commentary on winning round.
• Rich Fellers – Winning Interview
• Steve Guerdat (German)
• Rolf-Göran Bengtsson (English)
• Rolf Goran Bengtsson (Swedish)

Flexible was all but written off twice during his career due to severe injury, but overcame the odds to return to the top of the sport each time. For the legion of fans who have followed the 16-year-old son of Cruising and his rider from Oregon (USA) who bought the chestnut stallion in Cavan, Ireland 10 years ago, today was a dream come true. Unorthodox in his movement and jumping style, and the oldest in the competition at 16 years of age, Flexible showed the same kind of spirit as his sire, Cruising, who was runner-up at the FEI World Cup™ Jumping Final 13 years ago in Gothenburg (SWE). Flexible was second at the same venue himself in 2008, and has competed at all of the last five Rolex FEI World Cup™ Jumping Finals, but today it was his turn to stand under the spotlight. And the courageous stallion and his rider fought every inch of the way, bringing the packed stadium at the Brabanthalle in ‘s-Hertogenbosch to their feet in an emotional tribute after their incredible round in the jump-off, while it was Guerdat who stood second on the podium ahead of fellow-countryman Pius Schwizer in third.

Strongest jumpers

Louis Konickx’s 12-fence first-round track really pulled the strongest jumpers out of the pack of 24 final-day starters, with the home crowd unable to conceal their delight when local man, Maikel van der Vleuten, produced the first zero score when 12th into the ring with VDL Groep Verdi. The questions were clear but the time-allowed, even when extended from 65 seconds to 68, was tight, and it took strong riding from the very best of them to return a clean sheet. Sweden’s Rolf-Goran Bengtsson showed exactly why he is currently No. 1 on the Rolex Rankings as well as reigning European Champion when following suit with Casall la Silla.

The final triple combination quickly became the bogey, and Germany’s Philipp Weishaupt and his winner of Friday’s second competition Monte Bellini looked set for a fault-free effort only to lose momentum on the approach, and without enough power the stallion was unable to leave the final element up. It came down to the last four riders before another fault-free effort was recorded, Kevin Staut’s grey mare, Silvana HDC, giving it everything she had to leave the course intact before Guerdat (Nino des Buissonnets) and Fellers (Flexible) did likewise.

Ahead by just a single point going into the final day, Schwizer was obliged to carry a single penalty into round two however, after falling foul of the clock in his first round with Carlina, so there was nothing separating him from Guerdat and Fellers, while Staut stalked the leading pack in fourth position carrying three points, as they set off over the second-round course.

Testing

Staut’s chances disintegrated with two fences down this time out. The distances were ultra-testing, while the 1.62m vertical at fence seven asked a serious question and the double, three from home, claimed a large number of victims. But Guerdat’s gelding was still on fire and Fellers’ stallion likewise, so, to the delight of the packed stadium, it would come down to a two-way third-round race against time. And what a thriller it was…

Konickx left them with just six fences and seven jumping efforts to decide the winner, and Guerdat set the target with one more fabulous clear, crossing the line in 26.61 seconds with his horse which appears to have unlimited scope.

The American was waiting in the wings and saw the Swiss rider go. “I hopped off and watched Steve through the curtains – I thought it was seven (strides) from the triple bar (second-last on the jump-off course) to the Rolex vertical (last fence) but he did eight. I know Flexible very well and he’s quick across the ground. I don’t know Steve’s horse but I just trusted that I could do eight to the last and be faster and be lucky.” And so he was, breaking the beam in 25.97 seconds.

Guerdat said afterwards, “my horse is very fast and I thought without taking too much risk it would be enough, but afterwards I realised I lost time turning back to the triple bar. I can only blame myself and I’ll have to do better next time,” he said.

World-class job

Fellers sang the praise of course designer Konickx. “He did a world-class job from the first day until the end. I think the week was quite safe, I don’t think any horses lost their heart or their courage, but at the same time it was very difficult and top level jumping.” Asked about how it felt to be the first American rider to take the coveted FEI World Cup™ Jumping title in 25 years, he said, “we were due – that’s a long time with all the red coats that come to this final!”

And he talked about his wonder-horse whose resilience is something of a phenomenon. “He was, as a younger horse, extremely excitable. He’s very quick and twitchy. He’s kind of a wild character, but he’s gradually mellowed as he’s matured. He’s like a pet, I love him and he loves me, we have a great relationship and we know each other very well,” he explained. Flexible now has “a week, or maybe nine or 10 days” before he returns to the US to compete in the US Olympic Trials in Del Mar, California. Not much time to rest on his laurels, but somehow it seems that this relatively old horse, and his 52-year-old rider, are on an upward trajectory that will take them to this summer’s Olympic Games and all the possibilities that that can bring.

Crown of crowns

Asked if he really believed he could clinch the crown of crowns when following Guerdat into the ring for the final time today, having come so close to victory before, Fellers said, “I just thought I HAVE to do it this time – you don’t get too many chances!” And what about Flexible? At 16 years of age, is he coming toward the end of his career? “Well he’s not telling me that if he is! He feels more like a 12-year-old!”

The 2011/2012 Rolex FEI World Cup™ Jumping Final could hardly have come to a more exciting conclusion. The win today brings the US tally of FEI World Cup™ Jumping victories to eight in the 34-year history of a series that identifies, without doubt, the greatest horses of their era. And in the lead-up to an Olympic summer, the Rolex title is the greatest boost to confidence and belief that any horse-and-rider combination could wish for.

(Source: FEI/Louise Parkes – Photo: Indoor Brabant/Digishots)

As Ground Jury President, The Netherlands‘ Ghislain Fouarge, later confirmed, the level of competition at the Brabanthalle was much improved in today’s decider. “The judges were a bit disappointed after yesterday’s Grand Prix, and Adelinde was not at her best, but it was completely different today,” he said. A score of 86.250 clinched the title for Cornelissen, who went fourth from last in the field of 18 starters, and that put her just over a single point ahead of runner-up Langehanenberg.

Set the standard

Australia’s Rachael Sanna and Jaybee Alabaster set the standard with a score of 71.339 when first to go, but were immediately overtaken by Finland’s Mikaela Lindh and Skovlunds Mas Guapo who put 71.696 on the board. For Poland’s Katarzyna Milczarek there was deep disappointment however when Mr Fourage stopped the test to tell her that her horse had blood on his flank, and was therefore eliminated. The Dutch judge said afterwards that “it’s always sad to eliminate somebody, but no-one wants to see blood on the horse”.

Fourth to go was America’s Jan Ebeling who lifted the atmosphere again with a crowd-pleasing performance from Rafalca, but a mark of 69.875 would not challenge the leaders. Three horses later however, Germany’s Isabell Werth and El Santo NRW certainly did. It is 20 years since the 42-year-old rider won her first FEI World Cup™ Dressage title, which she followed with a second 15 years later, and with her usual flourish she made her entry into the arena and set to work with conviction today.

Never afraid

This is a rider who is never afraid to give it everything she’s got, and the lady who has five Olympic and six World Championship medals stashed in her trophy cabinet made best use of her David Bowie musical score to steer her massive bay gelding through some powerful passage, extended trot and canter before finishing with a dramatic one-handed ride down the centre-line. But this partnership has been struggling with piaffe for some time now, and once again it let them down, pinning their score just under the 80 per cent line at 79.964.

They remained out in front after the break until Langehanenberg turned the competition on its head with a fabulous ride. Her 12-year-old stallion, Damon Hill, won the Reem Acra FEI World Cup™ Dressage Western European League qualifier at Neumunster (GER) and was runner-up in Amsterdam (NED) on the road to this weekend’s seasonal finale, and the stunningly good-looking horse was on the button all the way today, with lovely piaffe, passage and pirouette racking up high scores for a strong lead with a mark of 85.214.

Judge at C Fouarge said afterwards, “Helen is a very elegant rider and can easily beat Adelinde at the moment if everything goes ok”, and Cornelissen admitted that, having seen the German rider’s performance, she realised she had to raise her game. But she thanked her rival for putting her under pressure. “I knew I had to really sharpen him (Jerich Parzival) up,” she said. And a “sharpened up” version of her extraordinary chestnut gelding is a formidable sight at the best of times.

Consummate Ease

With consummate ease the pair began their floor-plan and it was clear their score would be right up there as the horse drummed out the amazing passage and piaffe that have become his trademark to the beat of his now very familiar musical score. There was a tiny bit of indecision at the very end, but as Cornelissen explained afterwards, the horse took matters into his own hands – or hooves in his case. “After the piaffe/pirouette I was doubting a bit, so Parzival said what do you want me to to do? Make up your mind! – so he decided!”. And as the judges awarded them 86.250 they surpassed Langehanenberg and put the result beyond doubt.

But the excitement wasn’t quite over yet. As show organiser, Frank Kempermann, pointed out later, the Brabanthalle was packed to capacity with 9,500 people who were enjoying every moment of the Freestyle action. And, last to go, Italy’s Valentina Truppa and Eremo del Castegno brought the competition to a perfect conclusion with a test so full of life that the spectators roared with delight as she saluted the judges for the final time.

As Truppa said herself afterwards, “people were singing to some of the songs – this type of music is happy and good for the public – it’s a combination of an Italian rider, an Italian horse and Italian music!”, and they could hardly have brought the 2011/2012 Reem Acra FEI World Cup™ Dressage Final to a better conclusion as Truppa became the third rider to score above 80 percent, putting 81.232 on the board for third place.

Reflecting

Reflecting on the performances of the top-three riders, Ghislain Fouarge said they all “did a top job, but with very different performances”, adding that, in his opinion, Langehanenberg could threaten Cornelissen even more if she increased the degree of technical difficulty in her test. “It should be higher,” he said. “Adelinde’s degree of difficulty is higher.”

Cornelissen believes however that Parzival has more improvement to come ahead of this summer’s Olympic Games in London (GBR). She intends to compete with him at the Dutch Championships in Hoofddorp and Rotterdam in preparation for that, but if Langehanenberg takes Fouarge’s advice then the German may well give the new double-champion a run for her money in three months’ time.

Today, however, it was Cornelissen who had the style to record the 12th Dutch victory in the 27-year history of the FEI World Cup™ Dressage series which now goes forward into its third year of sponsorship by New York fashion designer, Reem Acra, in 2012/2013.

(Source: FEI/Louise Parkes – Photo: Indoor Brabant/Digishots)

(Photo: Indoor Brabant/Digishots)

As the going got tough this evening, the cream rose to the top, and clear rounds proved very elusive indeed. Weishaupt’s fellow-countryman, Marco Kutscher, was the only other starter to find the key to the course set by Louis Konickx, but reigning Olympic champion, Canada’s Eric Lamaze, was unlucky to miss out on the final barrage when stopping the clock just 500ths of a second off the pace for a single first-round time penalty to finish fourth and is in serious contention going into the closing stages.

Mssterpiece

Another masterpiece from Konickx not only tested rider’s judgement and nerve, but the pure scope of the horses tonight. The course was relentless from start to finish, with the double of big oxers at four, the vertical with water-tray at five, and the dog-leg line to fence 10 all taking their toll. Once again the Dutchman gave them plenty to look at and think about, with another unusual wall, narrow and shaped like an inverted triangle, at fence nine, but it was the triple combination at fence 11 that proved the real bogey of the class. Riding off a left-hand turn, riders needed plenty of momentum coming down to the opening vertical in order to make the two-stride distance to the following oxer of white poles and, time and again, this hit the floor as horses struggled to reach the back bar. Second-placed Kutscher explained the challenge at this fence which fell for 17 different riders tonight – more than half of those on the start-list.

Absolutely square

“It was the colour of the poles, but also the fence was absolutely square and very wide – 1.70m I think – and then it was short to the vertical going out. White poles are always more difficult to jump than poles with colours,” he pointed out.

This fence claimed yesterday’s Speed class-winners, America’s Rich Fellers and Flexible, and other leading contenders including Belgium’s Rik Hemeryck with Quarco de Kerambars and Frenchman Kevin Staut with Silvana HDC amongst its long list of victims. But Eric Lamaze kept a clean sheet only to find he had just exceeded the time allowed with Coriana van Klapscheut.

Kutscher was first to return a zero score when 11th to go with Cornet Obolensky who breezed home effortlessly. And another nine horses took their turn before Weishaupt and Monte Bellini joined their German colleagues with a clean sheet. The performance from Kutscher’s 13-year-old stallion looked very classy indeed, but Monte Bellini produced an even smoother round that included a fabulous run through the testing triple combination. Schwizer’s fault-free effort with the 11-year-old mare, Carlina, was super-cool, and he had the benefit of being last to go against the clock.

Set the target

It was Kutscher who set the target with another spectacular clear in 35.03 seconds. “I tried to put pressure on my colleagues, but it wasn’t enough!” he said afterwards. Weishaupt was next off, and effortlessly broke the beam with almost two seconds of an advantage. “Marco was really fast already so I decided to go as smooth as I could and to get good turns and put pressure on Pius,” he explained. And that’s exactly what he did as the clock stopped at 33.04 seconds to put him well in the lead.

Last in, Schwizer gave it his best shot when galloping home in 33.56 with Carlina. But he said afterwards he was being cautious. “I wanted to stay calm – my plan was to stay clear and not to upset things before Sunday,” he explained. So Weishaupt had it in the bag, and there was a particular satisfaction for him as he explained later. “Last year in four or five Grand Prix classes I only had Pius behind me and he beat me every time – so I’m happy it didn’t happen this time!” he said.

But it is Schwizer who goes into Sunday’s finale on a zero score, although Switzerland’s Steve Guerdat is hot on his heels just one point behind after finishing sixth with Nino des Buissonnets – one of 10 horses to have just one fence down in today’s first round. And yesterday’s speed-class winners, America’s Rich Fellers and Flexible, are also just a single point adrift, while Staut carries three points and another three riders carry four penalties into the decider. And this bunch are no shrinking violets – Canada’s Lamaze (Coriana van Klapscheut), Weishaupt (Monte Bellini) and Belgium’s Rik Hemeryck (Quarco de Kerembars), while the USA’s Beezie Madden (Cortes C) is stalking them, carrying seven penalty points.

Different horses

Kutscher, who yesterday competed with Satisfaction, pointed out that the only three riders to go clear today were all riding different horses to the ones they competed in yesterday’s opening speed leg, and he was delighted with his stallion’s result today.

“Cornet is not the fastest horse but maybe I should have risked more today…I’m in third now (in today’s class) and if I finish like this again on Sunday then I should finish in the first five,” he said.

Tonight’s winner Weishaupt meanwhile was looking ahead. “I’m very proud of him (Monte Bellini) tonight, and I hope I’m staying in this form with him on Sunday – and over the next few months!” he said. Schwizer needs to be more than careful if he is to maintain his slim advantage and take the Rolex crown in two days’ time…..

(source: FEI/Louise Parkes – Photo: Indoor Brabant/Digishots)

Held over during the first horse inspection yesterday, Parzival passed with flying colours when re-inspected this morning and produced the winning score that pinned Germany’s Helen Langehanenberg and Damon Hill into second while Italy’s Valentina Truppa and Eremo Del Castegno finished third. But as Cornelissen admitted after heading the field, “it wasn’t the best preparation – and I could maybe have slept a few more hours last night!”

The morning was overshadowed by the tragic news that Dressage team coach, Holger Schmezer, who had travelled with the three German contenders to ‘s-Hertogenbosch, had passed away suddenly the previous evening. And the presentation ceremony was tinged with great sadness as the riders and spectators stood for a minute’s silence as a mark of respect.

At the post-competition press conference, Helen Langehanenberg explained that the she and her fellow-German competitors, Isabell Werth and Nadine Capellmann, sat together well into the night discussing whether they should withdraw from the Final under the circumstances. “It was really hard for everyone – completely unexpected. In the end it was our opinion that Holger would want us to ride – that was his aim, why he came here, so we had to do it for him,” she said.

First to go

First to go in today’s competition was Denmark’s Lone Joergensen who set a strong standard with a lovely performance from the light-moving FBW de Vito for a score of 71.337. Cornelissen and Parzival swept into the lead however, when next to go. The rider, who took two gold medals at last year’s FEI European Dressage Championships in Madrid (ESP), admitted afterwards that her horse may be a bit ring-rusty “because he only had two shows this winter”. As a result “Parzival maybe doesn’t have the rhythm of competition yet this year” she said, but she anticipates that “tomorrow he’s going to be even better!”.

Commenting on her performance she pointed out that “Parzival in all exercises doesn’t have any bad one, his passage and piaffe are always good”, but even this master of his trade can make a mistake now and again. Today he ground to a halt as they were executing the final movements down the centre line. “There is always background music, and today as we were doing the piaffe the music stopped, so he thought he was finished – I had to tell him, No! Not yet!” Cornelissen said, laughing. Despite that blip, the pair posted a score of 78.024, and it would not be beaten.

Buzz of excitement

Germany’s Isabell Werth was third into the arena and there was a buzz of excitement as her 11-year-old gelding, El Santo NRW, registered high scores in the early stages of his test. But, following a big spook toward the end of the extended canter, the scores began to deteriorate and this partnership completed with 69.802, which was only good enough for 10th in the final analysis.

Fellow-German respresentatives, Langehanenberg and Damon Hill, rose to the occasion however to produce a charming programme. “I was really happy with him!” the rider said of her handsome stallion. “He was brilliant at the start – he did lovely piaffe and passage, but sadly at the end there was a mistake, but he is so motivated and willing!” she said. “I was so sorry for the mistake, but we are two living beings, and it is what it is!” she added. And her score of 76.125 would prove plenty good enough for runner-up spot.

Surprised

Valentina Truppa was surprised to find herself in third. “I didn’t expect to be in the top three,” she said. “My horse was really good and very concentrated – he’s not usually at his best indoors!”, she pointed out after racking up 75.106 to place herself well ahead of The Netherlands’ Hans Peter Minderhoud and Glock’s Tango in fourth.

Great Britain’s Richard Davison finished fifth following yet another classic display of professional riding. He steered Hiscox Artemis through his movements with a veteran’s touch to put 73.374 on the scoreboard, while Sweden’s Patrik Kittel claimed sixth place with Toy Story who showed some flashes of brilliance during his test.

America’s Jan Ebeling (Rafalca) and Shawna Harding (Come On III) undermined their chances by mis-timing their entry into the arena and were subsequently penalised with the deduction of all-important points. But all riders will compete again in tomorrow’s decisive Freestyle to Music which begins at 14.00 local time.

Australia’s Rachael Sanna and Jaybee Alabaster will lead the way, while the defending champions will start 15th of the 18 horse-and-rider combinations and will be a tough act for any of the others to beat.

(Source: FEI/Louise Parkes – Photo: FEI/Kit Houghton)

 (Photo: Indoor Brabant/Digishots)

Living up to his name, the stallion’s super-tight turn to the double of verticals at fence five on the 13-fence track set by Dutch course designer Louis Konickx proved pivotal in every sense, and none of the rest could match his pace as he broke the beam in 60.26 seconds.

Switzerland’s Steve Guerdat and Nino des Buissonnets were over a second slower when slotting into second, while the remarkable Rik Hemeryck finished third for Belgium with Quarco de Kerambars, despite having the dubious distinction of being first into the ring.

Pius Schwizer (SUI) and Ulysse lined up fourth ahead of Kevin Staut and Silvana HDC for France in fifth, while reigning FEI European Champion, Rolf-Goran Bengtsson from Sweden, was sixth with Casall La Silla.

With tonight’s results turned into points, Fellers goes into tomorrow’s second leg with a two-point advantage at the top of the leaderboard. But true to the tradition of the FEI World Cup™ final, there are many more big fences to be jumped before the 2011/2012 Rolex champion will be crowned on Sunday afternoon.

CLEAR ROUNDS

There were 10 clear rounds from 37 starters as Konickx tested them with a course described by Guerdat as “very good for the start of the Final, and not stupid – there was nothing to confuse horses”. Some unusual obstacles however included a “V” oxer at fence seven, and the wall with a gaping hole on the left-hand side that followed the highly-influential liverpool oxer at fence nine. The white poles here were lowered on many occasions as it became the bogey on the track.

Hemeryck was holding the lead after a superb path-finding effort from his 12-year-iold gelding when Fellers took his turn, 16th to go. And from the off, the 52-year-old rider from Oregon scorched around the track to snatch a lead that would never be improved upon.

Guerdat took his turn two horses later, but he said afterwards that he never intended trying to match Fellers’ time. “I just tried to ride my own round, my horse is very fast anyway so I didn’t need to take too much risk and I didn’t want to burn him up and make him crazy. I didn’t try to beat Rich – he was unbeatable today – so I didn’t have to ask too much from my horse today, which is good”, he said somewhat ominously.

Hemeryck was delighted with his result. “My horse is naturally fast and I really wanted to go clear when I went into the ring, but I was lucky at the wall, he was hooky there, but we both had a good time!” he pointed out, having placed himself well in contention at this early stage.

With three of the toughest in the sport – Schwizer, Staut and Bengtsson – stalking them however, the leading bunch will need to stay on their toes when tomorrow’s second leg gets underway. And three-time Rolex FEI World Cup™ Jumping winner, Germany’s Marcus Ehning, is lying ninth as the action resumes.

NOT INTIMIDATED

Fellers is not intimidated however. Talking about Flexible, whose career has been threatened by severe injury on more than one occasion but who has returned to the top end of the sport every time to give more and more of his best, the American said “he’s a tough horse and so lucky for me. He continues to learn and improve every year – he’s a better horse now than he was five years ago,” he said of his veteran partner who has been part of his life for the last 10 years.

And what a career they have already had together, always competitive and finishing a memorable second, behind Germany’s Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum and the great Shutterfly, at the Rolex FEI World Cup™ Jumping final in Gothenburg (SWE) four years ago.

Flexible didn’t have an easy trip to this year’s Final either. Originally scheduled to fly out of Seattle (USA), Fellers had to re-route with a 19-hour road-trip to Los Angeles instead when the Seattle flight was cancelled – “but he still felt good when he got here,” the rider said. It’s his fighting spirit that sets this horse apart from the rest. In 2003 he was all but written-off when he suffered a blockage in a main artery in his right front leg, but he survived that only to fall into a ravine and badly damage his shoulder two years later. And yet he came back again, still filled with determination and drive, and producing the spectacular jump that has put him at the top of his game.

Those characteristics are the very ones that tend to set the winners of the Rolex FEI World Cup™ Jumping title in a class of their own – it takes courage, concentration and that extra ingredient of jumping genius to take the crown of crowns. But there is still a long way to go yet…..

The second leg of the Rolex FEI World Cup™ Jumping Final 2011/2012 takes place tomorrow, Friday 20 April, at 19.00 local time. The deciding competition will get underway on Sunday afternoon at 14.00 hours.

Starting order:

• 1. Lone Jörgensen/DEN
• 2. Adelinde Cornelissen/NED
• 3. Isabell Werth/GER
• 4. Jenny Schreven/NED
• 5. Richard Davison/GBR
• 6. Helen Langenhaneberg/GER
• 7. Valentina Truppa/ITA
• 8. Hans Peter Minderhoud/NED
• 9. Mikael Rapcewicz/POL
• 10. Patrik Kittel
• 11. Mikaela Lindh/FIN
• 12. Siril Helljesen/NOR
• 13. Katarzyna Milczarek/POL
• 14. Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfven/SWE
• 15. Nadine Capellmann/GER
• 16. Shawna Harding/USA
• 17. Rachael Sanna/AUS
• 18. Jan Ebeling/USA

1. 1                             Rik HEMERYCK/ BEL
2. 2                             Emilie MARTINSEN/ DEN
3. 3                             Maikel VAN DER VLEUTEN/ NED
4. 4                             Dermott LENNON/ IRL
5. 5                             Charlie JAYNE/ USA
6. 6                             Marcus EHNING/ GER
7. 7                             Harrie SMOLDERS/ NED
8. 8                             Ljubov KOCHETOVA/ RUS
9. 9                             Philipp WEISHAUPT/ GER
10. 10                           Ludo PHILIPPAERTS/ BEL
11. 11                           Francie STEINWEDELL-CARVIN/ USA
12. 12                           Beezie MADDEN/ USA
13. 13                           Luiz Francisco DE AZEVEDO/ BRA
14. 14                           Kent FARRINGTON/ USA
15. 15                           Tiit KIVISILD/ EST
16. 16                           Rich FELLERS/ USA
17. 17                           Pius SCHWIZER/ SUI
18. 18                           Steve GUERDAT/ SUI
19. 19                           Kirsten COE/ USA
20. 20                           Edwina TOPS-ALEXANDER/ AUS
21. 21                           Luciana DINIZ/ POR
22. 22                           Ludger BEERBAUM/ GER
23. 23                           Sameh EL DAHAN/ EGY
24. 24                           Kevin STAUT/ FRA
25. 25                           Michelle SPADONE/ USA
26. 26                           Pedro JUNQUEIRA MUYLAERT/ BRA
27. 27                           Christian AHLMANN/ GER
28. 28                           Patrice DELAVEAU/ FRA
29. 29                           Rolf-Göran BENGTSSON/ SWE
30. 30                           Richard SPOONER/ USA
31. 31                           Benas GUTKAUSKAS/ LTU
32. 32                           Margie ENGLE /USA
33. 33                           Ali bin Khaled AL THANI/ QAT
34. 34                           Eric LAMAZE/ CAN
35. 35                           Marco KUTSCHER/ GER
36. 36                           Denis LYNCH/ IRL
37. 37                           Yuya NINOMIYA/ JPN