The final PWA event in New Caledonia provided a thrilling finale to the 2019 PWA World Tour as Pierre Mortefon & Delphine Cousin Questel walk away as Slalom World Champions. The PWA Slalom champion decision came down to the final elimination.
Marion & Pierre Mortefon, the fast siblings from South of France, win the PWA finale in New Caledonia. The conditions were really challenging and both fleets, women and men, completed 11 eliminations in 4 days. Pierre, who had a disastrous event start as he got disqualified in elimination one due to hard sailing against Ross Williams, not only won the event but also the 2019 PWA Slalom Champion title for the first time in his career.
Also the women were having a hard fight for the PWA Slalom title. Delphine Cousin Questel who was leading the title race before the final event, had a slow start and Marion Mortefon was winning race after race. But in the end the experienced sailor Cousin Questel started a catch-up chase and secured her 4th PWA Slalom title.
The PWA Slalom Title
Pierre Mortefon has been competing on the PWA Slalom tour since 2008, won 7 PWA Slalom World Cups and always finished within the top tree in the last 6 years. This year it was tough battle with Italian Matteo Iachino, who already won his first Slalom title back in 2016 and 10 Slalom PWA events in his career. Antoine Albeau, the 25 times World Champion, showed great performance in Noumea and finished in third place. In 2019 he managed to win one event, the high wind slalom in Sotavento. But there is no question about Antoine Albeau’s performance. In the last 6 years he won 12 Slalom events and 4 PWA Slalom World titles.
Also the women were having a hard fight for the PWA Slalom title. Delphine Cousin Questel who was leading the title race before the final event, had a slow start and Marion Mortefon was winning race after race. But in the end the experienced sailor Cousin Questel started a catch-up chase and secured her 4th PWA Slalom title. She already won 9 Slalom World Cups in her career, the World titles in 2013, 2014, 2018 and the Foil World title in 2019, too.
Congrats to the winners!
Marion Mortefon won her first PWA Slalom event in Noumea and finished 2nd in the overall ranking in front of Maelle Guilbaud.
Noumea Bureau Vallée PWA Dream Cup 2019 in New Caledonia – Final Day 6
Results Noumea Bureau Vallée PWA Slalom 2019
MEN (11 eliminations)
1. Pierre Mortefon (28.4 points)
2. Matteo Iachino (34.1 points)
3. Antoine Albeau (37.7 points)
4. Enrico Marotti (45.4 points)
5. Maciek Rutkowski (49.7 points)
6. Jordy Vonk
7. Ethan Westera
8. Ross Williams
9. Julien Quentel
10. Basile Jacquin
11. Marco Lang
12. Bruno Martini
13. Tristan Algret
14. Sebastian Kördel
15. Mateus Isaac
etc.
WOMEN (11 eliminations)
1. Marion Mortefon (14.5 points)
2. Delphine Cousin Questel (20.5 points)
3. Lena Erdil (20.7 points)
4. Maëlle Guilbaud (30.0 points)
5. Lilou Granier (43.0 points)
6. Oceane Lescadieu
7. Marianne Rautelin
8. Mio Anayama
9. Ayako Suzuki
10. Miki Yamabe
11. Reika Kubata
12. Noriko Nishikata
Results PWA Slalom rankings 2019 overall
Women overall ranking PWA Slalom 2019 (4 events, one discard)
1. Delphine Cousin Questel (30.700 points)
2. Marion Mortefon (30.600 points)
3. Maëlle Guilbaud (29.900 points)
4. Lena Erdil (29.900 points)
5. Lilou Granier (PWA Youth Slalom Champion 2019)
6. Oceane Lescadieu
7. Marianne Rautelin
8. Ayako Suzuki
9. Nimet Tuluman
10. Tuesday-Lou Judd
Men overall ranking PWA Slalom 2019 (5 events, 1 discard))
1. Pierre Mortefon (40.700 points)
2. Matteo Iachino (40.600 points)
3. Antoine Albeau (40.000 points)
4. Jordy Vonk (39.100 points)
5. Julien Quentel (39.000 points)
6. Ross Williams
7. Maciek Rutkowski
8. Tristan Algret
9. Enrico Marotti
10. Marco Lang
11. Antoine Questel
12. Mateus Isaac
13. Ethan Westera
14. Basile Jacquin (PWA Youth Slalom Champion 2019)
15. Sebastian Kördel
etc.
