The former leader of the event, Italian skipper Francesco Bruni, failed to resist the pressure of his competitors and lost 4 matches out of 7. So he ended up on the 6th place. The European champion 2007 Peter Wibroe (DEN) was also unlucky. He won only 2 matches out of 7 and took the 7th place. Tomislav Basic (CRO) has the same result, he lost the match against Wibroe and took the 8th position and Alvaro Marinho (POR) is the 5th.

The semi-finalists are: Eugeniy Neugodnikov (RUS), who has won 5 races out of 7, Staffan Lindberg (FIN) with the same results, Manuel Weiller (ESP) and Nick Cherry (GBR) have won 4 races.

Neugodnikov beat Lindberg and got the right to choose his opponent for the semi-final. The remaining skippers will sail against each other in the second pair of the semifinal.

Also tomorrow there will be races for the 9th to 16th places.

• Race results after day three