James Spithill and his OneWorld crew continue to chalk up win after win in Grade One Cap Gemini Match Race Event in Sundsvall, Sweden, the team working like a well oiled machine. With eighteen wins, and no losses on the scoreboard by the end of the day, they were assured their place in the semi-finals.

With the young australien, Cameron Appleton (Team New Zealand) and the danish Jesper Radich Johansen and Jes Gram-Hansen, regulars on the Tour, must reached the semi-finals. Radich and Appleton has 1 wins and one loss while Gram-Hansen had 6 wins.

Four wins and four looses – this is where the illbruck Challenge Match Racing team stands after two days of racing in the Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Match Race in Sundsvall, Sweden. Coach and Skipper Morten Henriksen and his three crew have only very little chances left to reach the semi finals.

Skippers eliminated from the semifinals include Sebastien Col, sailing for Le Défi Français).

The round robin of the twelve teams taking part in the Grade One event will continue on Friday.

Round Robin Leaderboard (Skipper / Wins / Losses) :

James Spithill (USA) 8 - 0
Jesper Radich Johansen (DEN) 7 - 1
Cameron Appleton (NZL) 7 - 1
Jes Gram-Hansen (DEN) 6 - 2
Morten Henriksen (GER) 4 - 4
Martin Angsell (SWE) 4 - 4
Staffan Lindberg (FIN) 1 - 4
Jesper Feldt (SWE) 2 - 6
Björn Hansen (SWE) 2 - 6
Sebastien Col (FRA) 2 - 6
Ulf Jonsson(SWE) 1 - 7
Mikael Lindqvist (SWE) 1 - 7

Results (Round Robin - Day 2) :

Flight 10: Mikael Lindqvist def. Martin Angsell - James Spithill def. Jesper Feldt - Jes Gram-Hansen def. Ulf Jonsson

Flight 11 : Jesper Radich def. Cameron Appleton - Sebastien Col def. Björn Hansen - Staffan Lindberg def. Mikael Lindqvist

Flight 12 : Morten Henriksen def. Ulf Jonsson - Cameron Appleton def. Jesper Feldt - Martin Angsell def. Björn Hansen

Flight 13 : James Spithill def. Jesper Radich - Martin Angsell def. Sebastien Col - Martin Angsell def. Björn Hansen

Flight 14 : James Spithill def. Ulf Jonsson - Jes Gram-Hansen def. Björn Hansen - Morten Henriksen def. Mikael Lindqvist

Flight 15 : Cameron Appleton def. Sebastien Col - Staffan Lindberg def. Ulf Jonsson - Jesper Radich def. Björn Hansen

Flight 16 : Sebastien Col def. Jesper Feldt - Cameron Appleton def. Martin Angsell - Jesper Radich def. Jes Gram-Hansen

Flight 17 : James Spithill def. Morten Henriksen - Ulf Jonsson def. Mikael Lindqvist
- Martin Angsell def. Staffan Lindberg

The danish Jesper Radich Johansen and Cameron Appleton (Team NZ) head the leaderboard at the end of the first day of the Cap Gemini Open Match Race in Sundsvall (Sweden). Both skippers are undefeated, with five wins on the board, after a long tough day on the water.

Hanging in close behind these two (with four wins and no defeat) is Australian skipper James Spithill, sailing for American Craig McCaw's OneWorld campaign and the other danish Jes Gram-Hansen (four wins but on loss).

Sharing fifth place are two swedish non-Cup skippers, Jesper Feldt and Björn Hansen, both with two wins and two losses.

Morten Henriksen (Illbrück Challenge) and Sebastien Col (Le Défi Français) are on the bottom half of the ladder.

Round Robin Leaderboard (Skipper / Wins / Losses) :

Jesper Radich Johansen (DEN) 5 - 0
Cameron Appleton (NZL) 5 - 0
James Spithill (USA) 4 - 0
Jes Gram-Hansen (DEN) 4 - 1
Jesper Feldt (SWE) 2 - 2
Björn Hansen (SWE) 2 - 2
Morten Henriksen (GER) 2 - 3
Martin Angsell (SWE) 1 - 3
Sebastien Col (FRA) 1 - 4
Staffan Lindberg (FIN) 1 - 4
Ulf Jonsson(SWE) 0 - 4
Mikael Lindqvist (SWE) 0 - 4

Results (Round Robin - Day 1) :

Flight 1: Jesper Radich def. Ulf Jonsson - Cameron Appleton def. Björn Hansen - Jes Gram-Hansen def. Sebastien Col

Flight 2 : Morten Henriksen def. Staffan Lindberg - Martin Angsell def. Jesper Feldt - James Spithill def. Mikael Lindqvist

Flight 3 : Cameron Appleton def. Jes Gram-Hansen - Jesper Radich def. Morten Henriksen - Staffan Lindberg def. Sebastien Col

Flight 4 : James Spithill def. Martin Angsell - Jesper Feldt def. Ulf Jonsson - Björn Hansen def. Mikael Lindqvist

Flight 5 : Cameron Appleton def. Staffan Lindberg - James Spithill def. Sebastien Col - Björn Hansen def. Ulf Jonsson

Flight 6 : Jes Gram-Hansen def. Mikael Lindqvist - Jesper Radich def. Martin Angsell - Morten Henriksen def. Jesper Feldt

Flight 7 : Cameron Appleton def. Ulf Jonsson - Jesper Feldt def. Mikael Lindqvist - Jes Gram-Hansen def. Martin Angsell

Flight 8 : Jesper Radich def. Staffan Lindberg - Sebastien Col def. Morten Henriksen - James Spithill def. Björn Hansen

Flight 9 : Jesper Radich def. Sebastien Col - Jes Gram-Hansen def. Staffan Lindberg - Cameron Appleton def. Morten Henriksen

The Cap Gemini Open Match Race, an ISAF Grade 1 event, will be held in Sundsvall (Sweden) from the 26th to the 30th June 2001. four out of the twelve invited skippers will be representing four different America's Cup syndicates during this match racing competition.

Fresh from finishing first in BluRimini Cup in Rimini and 3rd in Pedrini Cup on the lake Garda is australian James Spithill, who now sails for OneWorld Challenge.

Amongst Spithill, Sebastien Col will be competing for the French America's Cup Challenge "Le Defi", Cameron Appleton for Team New Zealand, and Morten Henriksen for Illbruck Challenge.

The danish Jesper Radich Johansen, Jes Gram-Hansen and Jesper Feldt, regulars on the Tour, will also be skippering entries. Rounding out the list of Cap Gemini Match Race competitors are the swedish Björn Hansen, Mikael Lindqvist, Martin Angsell and Ulf Jonsson and the finn Staffan Lindberg.

After a practice day, the action starts tomorrow (27st), the series featuring a round robin, in which all the skippers sail against each of the others. The first 4 skippers will enter the semi-finals followed by final on saturday.