| Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice Côte d’Azur |
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| Date | 7–22 November 2009 |
| Winner | Azzurra |
| Location | Nice |
The Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice Côte d’Azur was the first in a series of regattas that form the Louis Vuitton Trophy. The regatta was held in Nice between 7 and 22 November 2009. The regatta used four loaned International America's Cup Class yachts.
The Louis Vuitton Trophy series was formed after the legal battles around the 2010 America's Cup and the success of the Louis Vuitton Pacific Series. The Nice event was hosted by ALL4ONE Challenge and Club Nautique de Nice.
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For the event Mascalzone Latino provided ITA-90 and ITA-99 while All4One and Team Origin loaned FRA-93 and GBR-75 respectively.[1][2]
Eight teams are participating in the Nice event. Despite loaning two boats to the event, Mascalzone Latino is not participating.
| Ranking | Country | Team | Club | Skipper | Notes |
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| 1 | Italy | Azzurra | Yacht Club Costa Smeralda | Francesco Bruni, Tommaso Chieffi | |
| 2 | New Zealand | Team New Zealand | Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron | Dean Barker | |
| 3 | Russia | Synergy Russian Sailing Team | Karol Jablonski | ||
| 4 | United Kingdom | Team Origin | Royal Thames Yacht Club | Ben Ainslie | |
| 5 | France/ Germany | ALL4ONE Challenge | Cercle de la Voile de Paris/Kieler Yacht-Club | Sébastien Col, Jochen Schümann | Host |
| 6 | United States | BMW Oracle Racing | Golden Gate Yacht Club | Gavin Brady, Hamish Pepper | |
| 7 | Sweden | Team Artemis | Royal Swedish Yacht Club | Paul Cayard | |
| 8 | France | TFS - Pages Jaunes | Bertrand Pacé |
7 November - 14 November
Up to four flights per day were scheduled through the conclusion of the round robin and lasted no longer than one hour in duration. The first three days were characterised by light winds and only two races were completed each day. However on day four the race organisers completed four full flights (eight races) to get the regatta back on schedule.
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A = Abandoned, P = Postponed, R = Retired
14 November-18 November
Stage 2 was a half round robin where the top four teams raced the bottom four teams. As the half round robin was not completed, teams received half points for matches sailed twice.
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A = Abandoned, P = Postponed, R = Retired
19 November-22 November
Stage 3 is the knockout semifinals and final.
Teams in the bottom half of the Round Robin will sail off for places 5-8.
| Semifinals | Final | |||||||
| 1 | BMW Oracle Racing | 1 | ||||||
| 4 | TFS - Pages Jaunes | 0 | ||||||
| BMW Oracle Racing | 0 | |||||||
| ALL4ONE Challenge | 1 | |||||||
| 2 | Team Artemis | 0 | ||||||
| 3 | ALL4ONE Challenge | 1 | Third place | |||||
| TFS - Pages Jaunes | 0 | |||||||
| Team Artemis | 1 | |||||||
As Team New Zealand won the Round Robin, they got to choose their Semi Final opponents from the top four. The first to score two wins will win each series.
| Semifinals | Final | |||||||
| 1 | Team New Zealand | 1* | ||||||
| 4 | Synergy | 0* | ||||||
| Team New Zealand | 0 | |||||||
| Azzurra | 2 | |||||||
| 2 | Azzurra | 2 | ||||||
| 3 | Team Origin | 1 | Third place | |||||
| Synergy | 1 | |||||||
| Team Origin | 0 | |||||||
*Team New Zealand were penalised a point and Synergy was penalised half a point for failing to avoid a collision. Synergy were then further penalised half a point for not doing everything to keep clear in the same incident.[3]
| 2009 Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice |
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Azzurra First Title |
During the regatta forty junior french sailors competed in Open Bic boats. The winner received an Open Bic boat and a chance to be 18th man during the Trophy finals.[4]
| Preceded by Inaugural Event |
First Louis Vuitton Trophy Regatta 7–22 November 2009 |
Succeeded by Auckland |
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