June 2, 2018
by Christopher Parker (@wheresbossman)

Michael Booth and Noelani Sach have won a wild week 5 of the EuroTour in Spain (full results).


The calm before the storm: the start of the 17km race here at the World SUP Festival in Spain took place next to the postcard-perfect Isla de Tabarca (photo: Paddle League/Georgia Schofield)

In brief: Michael Booth has made it two from two in Europe, claiming today’s wet’n’wild ocean race in Costa Blanca ahead of Starboard teammate Bruno Hasulyo and comeback kid Tom Auber.

With this weekend’s World SUP Festival acting as a 4-star event on both the EuroTour and Paddle League, the victory extends Boothy’s lead on The Paddle League World Rankings while sending him into equal first on the European ratings alongside Bruno.

The big story came in the women’s race though, with this summer’s surprise packet Noelani Sach taking her maiden international victory ahead of the seasoned Laura Quetglas and ever-strong Susak Molinero.

The win proves Noelani is one of the names to watch when the bumps were rolling, with today’s 17km course offering competitors a mixture of brutal upwind for the first 5km before a solid downwind stretch for the 12km home.

The race wasn’t without drama though: apart from the opening grind, there was an added 500 metres of upwind after the lead boat mistakenly sent paddlers to a distant final turning buoy. It changed nothing on the results sheet, but definitely added a exclamation point to what was a rollercoaster ride.

Big thanks to the Costa Blanca crew for pulling off a big event despite mother nature’s best efforts to derail the show. Over 200 paddlers hit the water across the weekend in what was the biggest event of the summer so far.

Full recap and video incoming; in the meantime here are the full results.

#AthleteTimeDivisionNationEuroTourPaddle League
1Michael Booth1:39:43OpenAustralia40.0040.00
2Bruno Hasulyo1:40:46OpenHungary30.0030.00
3Auber Tom1:41:17OpenFrance24.0024.00
4Leonardo Nika1:41:41OpenItaly20.0020.00
5Daniel Hasulyo1:42:55OpenHungary17.0017.00
6Guilherme dos Reis1:43:05OpenBrazil14.0014.00
7Martin Vitry1:44:50OpenFrance12.0012.00
8Vinnicius Martins1:47:22OpenBrazil10.0010.00
9Ty Judson1:48:04OpenAustralia9.009.00
10Paolo Marconi1:49:01OpenItaly8.008.00
11Ludovic Teulade1:50:25OpenFrance7.207.20
12Paul-Conrad Delaëre1:51:43OpenFrance6.406.40
13Rafael Sirvent Salazar1:52:05OpenSpain6.006.00
14James van Drunen1:52:20OpenUK5.605.60
15David Leao1:52:30OpenBrazil5.205.20
16Itzel Delgado1:52:33OpenPeru4.804.80
17Arthur Carvalho Mas Santacreu1:54:25OpenBrazil4.404.40
18Claudio Nika1:55:05OpenItaly4.004.00
19Pablo Ania Barrachina1:55:19OpenSpain3.603.60
20Tomás Sánchez Vecino1:56:29OpenSpain3.203.20
21Miquel Roigé Ferrer1:57:31OpenSpain3.003.00
22Ricardo Haverschmidt1:58:15OpenNetherlands2.802.80
23Nathan Cross1:58:22OpenAustralia2.602.60
24Aaron Sanchez Quetglas1:59:43JuniorSpain2.402.40
25Lucas Cebreiros Benet1:59:56JuniorSpain2.202.20
26Francesco Mazzei2:00:27OpenItaly2.082.08
27Manuel Simoncelli Dominguez2:00:35OpenSpain1.961.96
28Xavi Ribó2:00:59OpenSpain1.841.84
29Jose Maria Avila Rios2:02:51Openspain1.721.72
30Salvador Mora Martínez2:03:47OpenSpain1.601.60
31Iker Barbarrubio Villasante2:06:37OpenSpain1.521.52
32Manuel Hoyuela Rojas2:06:40JuniorSpain1.441.44
33Belar Diaz2:06:57OpenSpain1.361.36
34Telmo Irigoyen Leclercq2:09:29OpenSpain1.281.28
35Jose Juan Rumbeu2:10:21OpenSpain1.201.20
36Paul Ganse2:12:20OpenGermany1.121.12
37Nando Gómez Martínez2:12:41JuniorSpain1.041.04
38Sergi Nadal Gonzalez2:13:47JuniorFrance0.960.96
39Lluis Cubedo Tortosa2:16:33OpenSpain0.880.88
40Alain Teurquetil2:17:18OpenFrance0.800.80
41Rafael Mas Carvalho2:18:57OpenSpain0.760.76
42Txema Landa Leceta2:20:57OpenSpain0.720.72
43Tomas Lelovits2:20:58OpenFinland0.680.68
44Asier Aristizabal Cruz2:22:16JuniorSpain0.640.64
45Jopep Alvarez Benavent2:24:28OpenSpain0.600.60
46Jesus Planes Cerezo2:25:44OpenSpain0.560.56
47Aaron Martinez Martin2:25:47JuniorSpain0.520.52
48Isaac Hernandez Ubassy2:26:14OpenSpain0.480.48
49Ximo Sánchez Matarredona2:26:53OpenSpain0.440.44
50Julio Pérez Gómez2:29:40OpenSpain0.400.40
51Antoine Meunier2:30:43OpenSpain0.200.20
52Jordi Llistosella Benito2:30:59OpenSpain0.200.20
53Miguel Ángel Martínez Pérez2:32:47OpenSpain0.200.20
54Kyle Cochrane2:33:19JuniorSpain0.200.20
55Álvaro Hermida De La Fuente2:36:20JuniorSpain0.200.20
56Borja Ibiza Cortes2:39:32OpenSpain0.200.20
57Albert Folch Sancho2:41:15OpenSpain0.200.20
58Francisco Pérez Jiménez2:50:01OpenSpain0.200.20
59Emilio Irigoyen Del Castillo2:54:43OpenSpain0.200.20
60David Castilla Ramirez2:55:36OpenSpain0.200.20
61Francisco Ruiz Magaña2:56:01OpenSpain0.200.20
62Javier Moreno Ribe2:56:20OpenSpain0.200.20
63Francisco Miguel Luque Lobo3:02:21OpenSpain0.200.20
64Florian Macia3:07:53OpenSpain0.200.20
65Carl Schlienger3:09:26JuniorSpain0.200.20
66Pepe Kiles3:09:34OpenSpain0.200.20
67Gonzalo Gomez Dominguez3:10:19OpenSpain0.200.20
68Santi Canto3:11:30OpenSpain0.200.20
69Pedro Comas Gabarron3:13:01OpenSpain0.200.20
70Diego Mon Rodriguez3:14:00OpenSpain0.200.20
71Jose Martos Bohorquez3:14:52OpenSpain0.200.20
72Andres Martínez García3:15:29OpenSpain0.200.20
73Fco Javier Romero Torres3:18:32OpenSpain0.200.20
74Sebastian Abad Martinez3:18:57OpenSpain0.200.20
75Alvaro Porras Algaucil3:22:22OpenSpain0.200.20
76Roberto Vicente Ferri3:25:33OpenSpain0.200.20
77Fernando Gómez Sánchez3:31:04OpenSpain0.200.20
78Fernando Brotons Canto3:31:04OpenSpain0.200.20
79Noel Robert3:37:44OpenSpain0.200.20
80Miguel Angel Ariza Baquero3:39:21OpenSpain0.200.20
81Angel Ania Presa4:07:49OpenSpain0.200.20
#AthleteTimeNationCategoriaEuroTourPaddle League
1Noelani Sach2:12:16GermanyOpen40.0040.00
2Laura Quetglas2:14:31SpainOpen30.0030.00
3Susak Molinero2:17:43SpainOpen24.0024.00
4Caterina Stenta2:19:16ItalyOpen20.0020.00
5Susanne Lier2:20:56GermanyOpen17.0017.00
6Petronella van Malsen2:31:52NetherlandsOpen14.0014.00
7Cyara Palenzuela2:41:41BasqueJunior12.0012.00
8Giannisa Vecco2:45:37PeruOpen10.0010.00
9Sheila Sirvant2:49:13SpainJunior9.009.00
10Anna Tschirky2:51:29SwitzerlandJunior8.008.00
11Lidvina Champendal2:57:00SwitzerlandOpen7.207.20
12Cristina Lopez3:03:46SpainOpen6.406.40
13Marina Navarro3:05:34SpainOpen6.006.00
14Midori Sango3:12:15SpainOpen5.605.60
15Majo Duato3:21:41SpainOpen5.205.20
16Victoria Rizhova3:25:33Junior4.804.80
17Gloria Casar3:26:26SpainOpen4.404.40
18Helene Reigadas3:28:40SpainOpen4.004.00
19Loles Simo3:45:32SpainOpen3.603.60
20Maria Grau3:57:52SpainOpen3.203.20
21Eva Ronda3:57:53SpainOpen3.003.00
22Victoria Hernandez4:04:19SpainOpen2.802.80