2020 GC32 Racing Tour

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2020 is the seventh series of the GC32 Racing Tour. The season consists of five acts, returning to Villasimius, Riva del Garda, Lagos, and Muscat. The final venue of the series will be announced in due course.

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2020 GC32 Racing Tour
Event title
Edition7th
Dates25 March – 25 October 2020
Yachts GC32
  2019
2021  

Events

25-29 March: GC32 Oman Cup / Muscat, Oman

27-31 May: GC32 Riva Cup / Riva del Garda, Italy

24-28 June: GC32 Lagos Cup / Lagos, Portugal

16-20 September: GC32 World Championship / Villasimius, Sardinia, Italy

21-25 October: GC32 Season Finale / Venue TBA

[1]

On March 12, 2020, it was announced that the season opener in Muscat, Oman, had been cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. [2]

Teams

Alinghi

In 2020, Ernesto Bertarelli's Alinghi return for a second consecutive year on the GC32 Racing Tour, following on from their overall win of the 2019 season.

Arnaud Psarofaghis

Bryan Mettraux

Yves Detrey

Nicolas Charbonnier

Timothé Lapauw

TBA

Adam Minoprio

Pete Greenhalgh

Nasser Al Mashari

Ed Powys

James Wierzbowski

Red Bull Sailing Team

Roman Hagara

Hans-Peter Steinacher

Mark Spearman

Rhys Mara

Julius Hallström

Black Star Sailing Team

Argo

ZouLou

Results

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References

  1. "2020 GC32 Racing Tour - continuing the successful formula". GC32 Racing Tour. 2019-12-18. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  2. "GC32 Oman Cup cancelled due to coronavirus". GC32 Racing Tour. 2020-03-07. Retrieved 2020-03-15.