Lake Garda: Benedetti wins in the tiebreak at the ProAm WSA Slalom Cup in Torbole

After a start with crisp Ora at the ProAm WSA Slalom Cups in Torbole, the second day brought somewhat more relaxed conditions. At the end of the weekend, there were twelve foiling races and eleven fin slalom races. The season opener on Lake Garda counted as a ranking regatta for the German Windsurfing Association and for the iQFOiL ranking list of the German Windsurfing Association. The Circolo Surf Torbole organised the event in cooperation with Windsurfing Austria.

Daniele Benedetti and Bruno Martini level on points at the top

Daniele Benedetti and Bruno Martini dominated the foiling field. Both Italians won six of the twelve races. In the end, they were tied with exactly 8.2 points. The tie-breaker had to bring the decision. Benedetti had the better stringer and thus ousted Martini from the top spot on the final day. Noah Vinther from Denmark followed in third place with 19 points. Giacomo Barro and Croatian Mistral Matulja completed the top five. "I'm really happy to be back on the podium after a long time," commented Bendetti on his victory via Instagram. "I haven't had much time to train recently, but this result means a lot to me." Among other things, his post shows a close duel with Martini - including a crash.

Paul Regber dominated the men's Youth U20 classification. The 18-year-old came out on top ahead of Alberto Madinelli and Georg Böckl. In the iQFOiL classification, Regber came tenth in the 46-strong foiling field. Linda Oprandi won the women's Youth U20 category ahead of Lotte Grünbaum and Lia Franke. Oprandi finished twelfth overall. Tom Franke won the Boys Junior U17 ahead of the Slovenian Nal Pegan and Gustav Grünbaum. Franke finished 15th overall, while Lena Schmäh won the Girls Junior U17 ahead of Sofia Blassnik and Smilla Petersen. Mika Henning won the Junior U15 classification ahead of Moritz Meister and Fritz Grünbaum.

Max Hieber dominates on the Fin

Max Hieber defended his lead from the first day in the Fin Slalom. The Austrian skied to three victories, four second places and two third places. He even managed a third place with 13.1 points. Although Massimiliano Brunetti won four runs, he finished on 16.8 points with two second and one third place. Jonas Hölzl won two runs and scored 17.1 points. Luis Burkhard and Roberto Pasquini rounded off the top five.

Roberto Pasquini led the Youth U20 classification. Dominik Schiatino and Edoardo Jacopo Rasponi followed in second place. Massimiliano Brunetti won the Masters U40 category ahead of Florian Seitz and Felix Fortenbacher. Dominik Kocholl came out on top in the Grandmasters over 50. Stefano Valenti and Frank Gutewort took the other podium places.

Results ProAm WSA Slalom Cup

Foiling men

1. Daniele Benedetti (ITA-60)
2. Bruno Martini (ITA-160):
3. Noah Vinther (DEN-7777):
4. Giacomo Barro (ITA-215)
5. Mistral Matulja (CRO-211)

Foiling Men Youth U20

1. Paul Regber (GER-17)
2. Alberto Madinelli (ITA-369)
3. Georg Böckl (AUT-20)

Foiling Ladies Youth U20

1. Linda Oprandi (ITA-4)
2. Lotte Grünbaum (GER-722)
3. Lia Franke (GER-820)

Foiling Boys Junior U17

1. Tom Franke (GER-853)
2. Nal Pegan (SLO-233)
3. Gustav Grünbaum (GER-723)

Foiling Girls Junior U17

1. Lena Schmäh (GER-857)
2. Sofia Blassnik (AUT-248)
3. Smilla Petersen (GER-189)

Foiling Junior U15

1. Mika Henning (GER-64)
2. Moritz Meister (GER-190)
3. Fritz Grünbaum (GER-721)

Fin Slalom Men

1. Max Hieber (AUT-76)
2. Massimiliano Brunetti (ITA-95)
3. Jonas Hölzl (GER-67)
4. Luis Burkhard (ITA-6)
5. Roberto Pasquini (ITA-636)

Fin Slalom Youth U20

1. Roberto Pasquini (ITA-636)
2. Dominik Schiatino (ITA-2)
3. Edoardo Jacopo Rasponi (ITA-120)

Fin Slalom Masters Ü40

1. Massimiliano Brunetti (ITA-95)
2. Florian Seitz (GER-70)
3. Felix Fortenbacher (GER-246)

Fin Slalom Grandmasters Ü50

1. Dominik Kocholl (AUT-17)
2. Stefano Valenti (ITA-604)
3. Frank Gutewort (GER-1202)

The complete results are available at windsurfcup.com