Grande Motte (France), March 10: missing a few days at the start of Mini Golf (12-13 March), the first season of intense racing Andrea Pendibene. The athlete Viareggio, on board the Mini 6.50 Intermatica ENG 520, has before it five races in France and in Italy, before the highlight of the year: The Transat 6.50 to start 'from La Rochelle, France, on September 25. After a winter of workouts Pendibene Andrea is ready at the start of Mini Golf, 100-mile solo race, with departure and return from La Grande Motte (France), in which race, last year, Andrea was ranked in second place.
Pendibene, reached by telephone in France said: "After a long winter of training at the Centre d'Entrainement Formula Medicine and the Mediterranean, finally starting the races. I can not wait to confront opponents and see the result of hard work. Intermatica ENG 520, after the usual work development, and 'ready and has a good pace. The races of this 2011 will be preparation for the approach on which I focus on two years: the Transat 6.50. I'm excited and looking forward to the fateful date draws closer. I thank the sponsors and technical suppliers who have been at my side during this period and that allowed me to just focus on the preparation. "
After Mini Golf, the program includes participation in the Grand Prix d ' Italy, racing 540 miles of double-organized by the Italian Yacht Club April 16 to 22. This will be the only Italian event to which Andrew Pendibene take part in 2011. Last year, Andrew won the GP of Italy in duplicate on the French Nicolas Beranger, but Andrea will participate this year in tandem with the Spaniard Juan Carlos Oliva, a specialist in another class. Immediately after Pendibene will be back 'in French waters for the Chrono 650, to be held in Lorient, France, May 27 to 29, will follow the Trophee Marie Agnes Peron (Douarnenez, France, from June 9 to 11) and the Mini Fastnet June 19 to 25, the hardest race of over 600 miles reserved for the Mini 6.50 class with the challenging path Douarnenez - Fastnet Rock - Douarnenez. July and August are also months of preparation in view of the objective Transat 6.50. The famous transatlantic participate, along with Andrew, as many as 11 Italians and one audience of sailors of the highest competitive level.
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