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Sunday, 12 June, OTRANTO (Italy): Tens-of-thousands of spectators lined the terraces and rocks around Otranto Harbour to see a spectacular climax to the Grand Prix of Italy, round 1 of the UIM-ABP Aquabike Class Pro World Championship. In Ski GP1 Austria’s Kevin Reiterer and race 1 winner Nacho Armillas enjoyed a thrilling opening four laps, Spain’s Armillas leading and fending off two huge lunges up the inside by the champion. But the pressure told on the Spaniard, dropping the bike on lap 4 and losing 20 seconds and places to Jeremy Poret and Stian Schjetlein, that he was unable to make up. Reiterer’s win today and fourth in heat 1 tied him on 38 points with Armillas, the heat 2 win affording him overall victory and the title, with Poret completing the podium with two second places. “The weekend didn’t start out too well but we made the most of what we had,” said the defending champion. “It was a fantastic fight with Nacho. I knew had to up my pace and we made some small changes to the bike. But I knew I had to give 110 per cent and try to force Nacho out of his comfort zone and into a mistake. That’s what happened and I took advantage of it.”

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The two close course motos were very crucial in the afternoon of the final day. Alain Martin took the overall win and the title of the General Classification and in the F1 class. Olivier Vidal won the NA Class ahead of Christoforos Papathanasiou. Akropolis Jet Raid has a new overall winner after five year’s domination of Jean-Bruno Pastorello.

Navigation and strategy for fuel consumption was the final morning for the athletes of Akropolis Jet Raid 2016. The riders covered approximately 100km inside the Pagasitikos Bay and searched for three secret points. Rider who would have failed to pick up any of those secret points would have been disqualified and get zero points for this stage. Vincendeau finished ahead of Alain so the two of them have a difference of 11 points in the standings with Alain being on top. Greek rider Malouchos needs to cover 28 points in order to be ahead of Doukhi which is a tough task for the two close course motos that will follow in the afternoon.