11th August 2010 - Serra da Estrella, Portugal - Day 5 - Task 5 - 100km Race to Goal

We have the details of a provisional task - no times have yet been issued. Times will be published as soon as they are announced.

This is a 100km Race to Goal to the south of Serra da Estrella. The map is below and the Live Task can be accessed here - http://www.livetrack24.com/leo_live_task_ge.php?taskID=112

The leaderboard will run throughout the race giving Live Positions - http://www.fastretrieve.com/download

Enjoy !

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12th August 2010 - Serra da Estrela, Portugal - Day 5 [12:30]

Day 5 is here and the sky is still looking good - the whole organisation is up on take-off and we are waiting for today's task.

We have had a few minor problems finding Philippe a suitable way to upload his videos but we think we have solved it - here are the latest episodes...

There is another but it is still uploading - it will be here later.

Text - Chris : Video - Philippe

11th August 2010 - Serra da Estrela, Portugal - Day 4 - Task 4 - Won by Lucas Bernardin

The task is over and the pilots are all back at HQ.

Winner of todays task is Lucas Bernardin (France) with a goal time of 1 hour 22 minutes 47 seconds.

For the third time this week our winning woman is Seiko Fukuoka Naville (France / LesPassagersDuVent) in a time of 1 hour 47 minutes 54 seconds.

And today's winning team is Greg Blondeau, Adrian Thomas and Andre Becker - Advance

PILOTS PLEASE NOTE - The buses will be departing at 10:30 tomorrow morning

The results are now available from the links at the top of the page - more tomorrow....

Text by Chris

11th August 2010- Serra da Estrela, Portugal - Day 4 - Task 4 - 55.5km Race to Goal

The task is set - today's race is a 55.5km Race to Goal.

Live tracking is running and can be accessed here - http://www.livetrack24.com/leo_live_task_ge.php?taskID=111

The start is at 13:45 and the countdown is on the left of this page.

The live retrieve map and leaderboard are available from the links at the top of the page and the task map is here...

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11th August 2010 - Serra da Estrella, Portugal - Day 4 - Morning [12:00]

Its Tuesday and Day 4 is here. There were some concerns last night because a huge forest fire (which was 100km away on the previous day) had advanced to just 20km away. There was a huge plume of smoke rising over the headquarters.

This morning it is under control and we have a nice day and a clear sky.

The organisation is on take-off and preparing to race - meanwhile here are the latest videos from the Philippe Broers mobile studios ..

Text - Chris : Videos - Philippe

10th August 2010 - Serra da Estrela, Portugal - Task 3 - won by Gregorio Gonzalez

The results are out !

Todays task was won in a time of 57 mins 11 secs (at an amazing average speed of 48.73 km/h) by Gregorio Gonzalez [Spain / ALAMAIR-TENERIFE]

First woman in goal in a time of 1 hour 10 mins 3 secs is Seiko Fukuoka Naville (France / Les Passagers Du Vent)

And today's winning team is Olivier Michielsen, Jaques Fournier, Julien Wirtz and Silvia Ventura - Kortel Design

The results are all available from the links above. We hope you enjoyed the live tracking and we look forward to tomorrow.

Text by Chris

10th August 2010 - Serra da Estrela, Portugal - Day 3 - Update [19:30]

Its been a good task -we have 51 pilots in goal and the last downloads are happening now. Everyone is back at HQ and safe.

Results will be out in 5 minutes.

NOTICE TO PILOTS : Busses tomorrow will leave HQ at 10:30am

10th August 2010 - Serra da Estrela, Portugal - Day 3 - Task 3 - 54km Race to Goal

The task is set - this is a 54km Race to Goal to the east of HQ.

The cylinders in use this week are 5km (which is why they look a bit odd) and the start is a 2km exit cylinder around the goal. The window is already open and the start is at 13:30 - there is a countdown timer on the left.

Live Tracking is running for this race (and we are hopeful that we have solved the technical issues which prevented many pilots from displaying yesterday) - the link is http://www.livetrack24.com/leo_live_task.php?taskID=110

Here is the map

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10th August 2010 - Serra da Estrela, Portugal - Day 3 [12:40]

Its another nice day here in Portugal. This morning has been a busy time in HQ (hence the late update).

The whole crew is now on take off and preparing a task (details will be here in a few minutes).

Unfortunately, due to some minor technical problems with internet connections Philippe has not been able to upload any new videos at the moment. We are working on the problem and should be able to update the video collection soon - keep checking here.

Text by Chris

9th August 2010 - Serra da Estrela, Portugal - Day 2 - Task 2 - Won by Lucas Bernardin

The retrieve is over, the downloads are complete and the results are ready.

[NOTE - There is an altitude limit for this task of 3300m and the published results have not yet been validated for altitude so they may be subject to changes]

The winner of today's task in a time of 2 hours 28 minutes 9 seconds is Lucas Bernardin (France)

First woman is Seiko Fukuoka Naville with a time of 2 hours 39 minutes 52 seconds

And today's winning team is Lucas Bernardin, Charles Cazaux, Thomas Brandlehner and Seiko Fukuoka Naville - Ozone

As normal, all the results are available from the links at the top.

Text by Chris