Eric Terrien, Sonni Honscheid Win The Port Adriano SUP Race In Beautiful Mallorca, Spain (UPDATED RESULTS)
Week #1 of the 2014 NSP Euro Tour started with perfect sunny conditions here on beautiful Mallorca, Spain. With a strong field lining up against a backdrop of sandy beaches, colourful and jagged cliffs, imposing islands and turquoise waters, I knew we were in for a great weekend of racing.
The Port Adriano SUP Race is split in two: Long Distance on Saturday and knockout sprint son Sunday. In Saturday morning’s distance race it was France’s Eric Terrien who took the victory, ahead of a very determined Leonard Nika from Italy. Leo set the pace for most of the 13km around the islands outside the luxury Port Adriano, however Eric was too strong in the final 500 metres.
Despite the relatively calm ocean conditions making drafting fairly easy, a solid pace at the front split the field early, with the top 15 spread out between four different draft trains. Sitting in the lead group of four alongside Eric and Leo, and eventually coming home for a very impressive third, was former champion Czech marathon canoer, Branislav Sramek, who out-sprinted Austria’s Peter Bartl to the line. Local strong man Victor Blanes led the four-man, Tour de France style chase group and took fifth over the line.
Meanwhile over on the women’s side Sonni Honscheid showed why she’s going to be very tough to beat this year, comfortably winning the women’s and beating most of the men in the process. Mallorca local and Sonni’s fellow SIC team rider, Laura Quetglas, came home second.
Although Eric had taken the early lead in the overall event standings, Leo’s pace was obvious and we all knew he’d be a threat in Sunday’s sprints. Sure enough, the Italian blitzed the short course, taking out the win ahead of Eric, Roman Frejo and Peter Bartl. That put Leo and Eric tied on points, however the distance race was the tie-breaker, giving Eric the win and the 2,000 Euro first place prize purse. The prize money was paid out immediately at the awards ceremony (in cash I might add). Good to see a medium sized race getting it right where so many bigger events fall over…
Oh and there was a very interesting battle in the men’s 14′ division. The top four placings from Saturday were totally flipped on Sunday, meaning four guys all ended up on five points.
The highlight of the weekend, however, was perhaps the girls’ short course race. In fact all the kids from 6-15 made it clear that Spain has a bright future in this short, showing off skills and speed well beyond their years. Over 30% of the 80+ paddlers who competed in this year’s Port Adriano were kids – awesome to see!
The only thing better than the racing this weekend was the location. Mallorca is a magic island, with extraordinarily beautiful coastlines dotted with jagged cliffs, islands and blue waters. Great way to start the Euro Tour.
Unfortunately I had to sit out the racing on day two due to veeery unforeseen circumstances, however it was definitely a great weekend of racing all round. Put this race on your 2015 bucket list for sure!!
Port Adriano SUP Race – Overall Results
Men’s 12’6
1st: Eric Terrien (1st, 2nd)
2nd: Leonard Nika (2nd, 1st)
3rd: Peter Bartl (4th, 4th)
Women’s 12’6
1st: Sonni Honscheid (1st, 1st)
2nd: Laura Quetglas (2nd, 2nd)
3rd: Susak Molinero (3rd, 4th)
Men’s 14
1st: Xavi Masdevall (1st, 4th)
2nd: Miguel Martorell (2nd, 3rd)
3rd: Tino Aja (3rd, 2nd)
Here are the full results. “Dia 1” = Day 1 (Distance race), “Dia 2” = Day 2 (Sprints)
Port Adriano SUP Race – Distance Race Results
ELITE
Course: 13km
Click “Division” to switch between men’s and women’s / 12’6 and 14′ results
| # | Name | Time | Division | # |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eric Terrien | 1:19:52 | Men's 12'6 | 1 |
| 2 | Leonard Nika | 1:19:56 | Men's 12'6 | 2 |
| 3 | Branislav Sramek | 1:20:12 | Men's 12'6 | 3 |
| 4 | Peter Bartl | 1:20:22 | Men's 12'6 | 4 |
| 5 | Víctor Blanes | 1:21:38 | Men's 12'6 | 5 |
| 6 | Davide Codotto | 1:21:53 | Men's 12'6 | 6 |
| 7 | Paolo Marconi | 1:21:54 | Men's 12'6 | 7 |
| 8 | Xavi Masdevall | 1:22:02 | Men's 14' | 1 |
| 9 | Miguel Martorell | 1:23:16 | Men's 14' | 2 |
| 10 | Reza Nasiri | 1:23:59 | Men's 12'6 | 8 |
| 11 | Pepe Oltra | 1:24:02 | Men's 12'6 | 9 |
| 12 | Román Frejo | 1:24:05 | Men's 12'6 | 10 |
| 13 | Christopher Parker | 1:24:07 | Men's 12'6 | 11 |
| 14 | Tino Aja | 1:24:08 | Men's 14' | 3 |
| 15 | Kiko Borrás | 1:24:18 | Men's 12'6 | 12 |
| 16 | Sonni Hönscheid | 1:24:41 | Women's 12'6 | 1 |
| 17 | Tolo Canellas | 1:24:53 | Men's 14' | 4 |
| 18 | Saul Viadero | 1:26:02 | Men's 14' | 5 |
| 19 | Jurgi Zulaika | 1:27:52 | Men's 12'6 | 13 |
| 20 | Laura Quetglas | 1:27:59 | Women's 12'6 | 2 |
| 21 | Jaran Rodríguez | 1:29:31 | Men's 12'6 | 14 |
| 22 | William Doering | 1:29:33 | Men's 12'6 | 15 |
| 23 | Ahmet Senoglu | 1:30:25 | Men's 14' | 6 |
| 24 | Rom Loopik | 1:30:27 | Men's 14' | 7 |
| 25 | Dirk Jan Coljee | 1:38:28 | Men's 14' | 8 |
| 26 | Susak Molinero | 1:33:14 | Women's 12'6 | 3 |
| 27 | Susanne Lier | 1:34:37 | Women's 12'6 | 4 |
| 28 | Siri Schubert | 1:35:09 | Women's 12'6 | 5 |
| 29 | Marcelo Barreto | 1:39:53 | Men's 12'6 | 16 |
| 30 | Sara Gelabert | 1:40:08 | Women's 12'6 | 6 |
| 31 | Marta Abruñedo | 1:41:46 | Women's 12'6 | 7 |
| 32 | Ane Zulaika | 1:41:59 | Women's 12'6 | 8 |
| 33 | Julia Perez | 1:57:48 | Women's 12'6 | 9 |
WEEKEND WARRIORS
Course: 5km
Click “Division” to switch between men’s and women’s results
| # | Name | Time | Division | # |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michel Cardell | 0:40:23 | Men's Weekend Warriors | 1 |
| 2 | Jose Antonio Roca | 0:40:27 | Men's Weekend Warriors | 2 |
| 3 | Jose Antonio Pineiro | 0:43:08 | Men's Weekend Warriors | 3 |
| 4 | Fernando Viadero | 0:43:39 | Men's Weekend Warriors | 4 |
| 5 | Miguel Delpon | 0:43:44 | Men's Weekend Warriors | 5 |
| 6 | nicolas Villedieu | 0:44:17 | Men's Weekend Warriors | 6 |
| 7 | Silvia Canudas | 0:48:58 | Women's Weekend Warriors | 1 |
| 8 | Sergio Rubio | 0:49:19 | Men's Weekend Warriors | 7 |
| 9 | Dayana Beancourt | 0:50:11 | Women's Weekend Warriors | 2 |
| 10 | Angel Gracia | 0:50:19 | Men's Weekend Warriors | 8 |
| 11 | Tineke Merkus | 0:50:29 | Women's Weekend Warriors | 3 |
| 12 | Aukje Postma | 0:52:31 | Women's Weekend Warriors | 4 |
| 13 | Bea Canudas | 0:53:12 | Women's Weekend Warriors | 5 |
| 14 | Lara Abrunedo | 0:57:32 | Women's Weekend Warriors | 6 |
| 15 | Ingrid Berger | 0:57:32 | Women's Weekend Warriors | 7 |
KIDS RACE!
Course: entertaining
Boys under 8
1st: Marc Simoncelli (0:14:12)
Boys 8-11
1st: Aaron Sanchez (0:13:01)
2nd: Lucas Simoncelli (0:13:32)
3rd: Antonio Serrera (0:16:01)
4th: Aleix Viada (0:16:18)
Boys 12-14
1st: Adrian Caimari (0:18:37)
2nd: Miguel Angel Cardell (0:19:55)
Boys 15-18
1st: toni Marti (0:24:03)
2nd: Matias Caimari (0:24:20)
3rd: Pau Ybarra (0:25:13)
4th: Alex Suau (0:25:23)
5th: Enrique Hurtado (0:25:48)
6th: Pedro Nadal (0:29:10)
Girls 8-11
1st: Daniela Pajaro (0:12:52)
2nd: Duna Gordillo (0:13:03)
3rd: Sonia Caimari (0:14:17)
Girls 12-14
1st: Alba Gordillo (0:13:36)
2nd: Carme Martorell (0:14:00)
3rd: Marta Caimari (0:15:04)
4th: Laura Oliver (0:15:18)
5th: Alejandra Serrera (0:15:20)
6th: Maria Jose Pellicer (0:21:02)
Girls 15-18
1st: Aylin Rodas (0:20:05)
2nd: Daniela Betan court (0:20:14)
3rd: Ana Bassitta (0:23:07)
Eric, Laura, Sonni and Leo (photo credit: SUPracer.com)
Thanks to Thaissa MDC for snapping the pics from the boat. All photos copyright SUPracer.com, though feel free to swipe them and post them all over Instagram, Facebook or on your bedroom wall.
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