Današnji jutranji podatki so bili zame (in verjetno še za koga) hladen tuš, saj je Andraž izgubil kar nekaj mest, prav tako tudi Kristian, še bolj kot izgubljena mesta pa skrbi izgubljena razdalja do najbližjih konkurentov. Tega, da je Isabelle v tej prvi etapi poglavje zase in da enostavno leti proti cilju, nima več smisla poudarjati.

In kaj se je zgodilo ponoči? Na Finisterru je veter iz vzhodnika obračal na sever in nato na severozahodnik. Smer vetra nekaj 10 milj po Finisterru lepo kaže na položaj cone pospeševanja in to sta Andraž in Kristijan tudi vedela. Razvoj vremena kaže na ustvarjanje cone pospeševanja ob Portugalski obali, omenjeni scenarij pa bo pričel pridobivati danes proti večeru. Tisti, ki so šli bolj proti zahodu, se bodo v naslednjih dneh soočali s šibkejšimi vetrovi in v zadnjem delu bolj ugodnimi koti. Če se malo poigramo z napovedmi: Danes bi morala Andraž in Kristian bolj ali manj zadržati jutranje pozicije glede na konkurenco, pridobivati pa do naslednjega jutranjega merjenja pozicij.Skratka, v naslednjih nočeh bomo spali slabše in še bolj nervozno pritiskali na tipko „refresh“.

Aja, pa da ne bo pomote, tisto z bedakom mislim na sebe.

Jure

The morning positions were quite a cold shower for me (and perhaps I’m not the only one). Andraž and Kristian lost quite a few places, but the worrying thing is the gap between them and the leaders of the race. It’s old news that Isabelle Joschke is in a race of her own, pracitcally flying towards the finish line.

What happened during the night? The wind turned from E to N and than to NW at Cap Finisterre. The wind direction is pointing to the acceleration zone near the coast of Portugal and Andraž and Kristian knew that. This means that late in the afternoon those closer to the shore should start to gain in comparison to those more in the west. Andraž and Kristian should be able to maintain their positions all through the day, and start gaining places and miles before tomorrow’s morning updates. To put it shortly: we probably won’t have much sleep in the next few days and nights clicking the refresh button.

Jure

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