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Sunday 7.08.05
    In contrast to yesterday the weather deteriorated a bit and heigh clouds begins to appear in the sky. Organizers declare 65.4km long task at noon which spans just one turning point Verdelhos. A goal will be located at Vilar Formose close to the Spanish border line.

    Two hours long starting window is open at a quarter to one but the strong wind suddenly starts to blow and it brings clouds of a dust from the valley. Taking off pilots are in troubles and Petra Krausova flies away after blowing away five canopies prepared at the taking off area with a damaged line at last.

 Waiting at the taking off point

 Onlookers at the taking off area

 A view from height above


 Slovenian pilot Aljaz Valic is taking off

 The wind troubles the pilots

 In the air

    Even though eighteen of pilots are forced to land before 15th kilometer already, exactly 104 minutes past the starting point opening appears above the goal as the first Italian pilot Marco Littame and he becomes a winner of today's task. A couple of Americo Sousa and Jean Marc Caron arrives two minutes later and 73 pilots reach the goal then. Slovak pilot Peter Vrabec lands in the goal as the last one more than one hour behind the winner. Ewa Wisnierska also reached to goal today and she seems to be a winner of PWC 2005 women category, possibly. Petra Krausova left the goal more than twenty kilometers in front of her after today's landing anyway.


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