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A bullet in race one gave VON DER BANK the perfect start and he followed it up with a fifth and a fourth to top the leaderboard on ten points after three races. Britain's Graham SCOTT and Tim HOLDEN are his nearest challengers, eleven and 14 points behind respectively. Italy's defending champion Andrea BONEZZI scored a bullet in race three to move into fourth place, just a point behind HOLDEN, whilst the other bullet of the day went to Australia's pre race favourite Marcus HAMILTON. HAMILTON lies seventh overall after finishing 27 in race one, before showing his true colours with the bullet and a second place in race three

Speaking about his win in race one, VON DER BANK said, 'I had a nice pin end start in the first race when it was pretty much clear that this end would have an advantage.' Looking forward towards his battle against the leaders he commented, 'If the wind stays light there is a good chance to beat them. But in stable conditions the Worlds will be a match race between Andrea and Marcus.'

Top Ten After Three Races

Pos	Nation	Helm	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	GER	Jan VON DER BANK	1	5	4	10
2	GBR	Graham SCOTT	3	11	7	21
3	GBR	Tim HOLDEN	5	14	5	24
4	ITA	Andrea BONEZZI	16	8	1	25
5	ITA	Giovanni BONZIO	10	2	13	25
6	GBR	Matt ASTON	12	10	6	28
7	AUS	Marcus HAMILTON	27	1	2	30
8	AUT	Günther WENDEL	9	4	21	34
9	GER	Christoph HOMEIER	15	20	3	38
10	NED	Rene HEYNEN	4	7	27	38