Edition 2004  

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Itinerary
For the first time in its history Euroglide did not pass through France. In order to have a 2000+ km total distance, the northeast of Germany has been be visited.

This (7th) edition took the participants from Eindhoven in the Netherlands to Klippeneck, in the southwest of Germany. Then, heading east, to "German's Highest Sonderlandeplatz" Sonnen near the Austrian/Czech border. This leg gave the opportunity to follow the famous Swabische Alp.

Next, to the northwest is the glider field Wasserkuppe, well known for its gliding history. The final turn point was the glider field Güstrow, located in the northeast of Germany. The last leg to the southwest concludes the itinerary to the finish on Eindhoven.

The total distance was 2095 km.
 
Euroglide 2004 itinerary. Click for a more detailed map (188Kb).
EG2004 Itinerary. Click on the image for a more detailed map (188 Kb).
Summary Report
28 juni t/m 10 juli
For the first time in its history, Euroglide did not pass through France, but mainly through Germany. The Klippeneck first. The kickoff for Euroglide 2004 was similar to the 2002 edition: Perfect! After the first day the field was scattered around klippeneck, 400 km on track. The weather on the second day was superb as well. Most of the teams managed to position themselves between Sonnen and Wasserkuppe. Thereafter, each km had to be struggled for. 13 teams made it back to Eindhoven and many others had less than 200 km to go on the final day of competition.
 
During the race, the site has been be updated on a daily basis. Position reports, comments from the competition officials, SMS messages from participants and weather history are be available on
Euroglide's Online Tracking webpages
Winners
Gliders
Filip Schmidt-Petersen (Germany)
 
Motorgliders
Frank van Empelen (Netherlands)
Results 2004 - Gliders
# Team Glider type Reg Cntry Club Finish/Km
1 Filip Schmidt-Petersen Nimbus 2B A6 D LSV G.Groenhoff 5-7   14:07
2 Sjaak Selen LS6C 17.5m VB NL VZC 5-7   18:07
3 Han Teunissen / Evert Zwolsman / Flip Damen Duo Discus MCC NL EACzc 6-7   00:43
4 Remy van der Kleij / Robbie Seton /
Norman van Dijk / Wim Akkermans
DG500 22m C4 NL WBAC 6-7   13:38
5 Winfried Küter LS8 18m 8E D LSVIE 6-7   17:55
6 Michel van Abel / Anton Poortman LS6 XX NL EACzc 6-7   18:54
7 Ronald Kaay / Yorick de Greef /
Gerard Jonkers / Marc van der Putte/
Huib Meeuwis
Duo Discus EH NL EACzc 6-7   21:56
8 George Metcalfe ASW28 15m 104 UK LGS 2095 km
9 Roeland van der Spek /
Peter-Bart Rutten
LS3 BT NL SZT 1996 km
10 Mark Perlot / Frank Bouwhuis LS3 BS NL VCT 1949 km
11 Wouter Wessels / Atse ter Braake Janus C TU NL DSA 1936 km
12 Diana King / Phil King LS8 15m 618 UK HGC 1908 km
13 Wolfert Voet / Jeppe de Boer ASW20BL 16.6m FY NL FAC 1774 km
14 Vincent Steinmetz / Sander Derksen Discus CS wl BVO NL DSA 1759 km
15 Julian Fack / Richard Hinley /
Paul Garnham / Eddie Humphries
Duo Discus 494 UK MGC 1706 km
16 Marc Ruhe / Edo Kwant Ventus C 17.6m Y7 NL GeZC 1383 km
17 Hugo Drijver / Taco Blaauw Twin III AZ NL VCT 1289 km
18 Stephan Kollaart / Jan Jacobs /
Martijn van Maanen

Twin Astir NJ NL SZT 1100 km
Results 2004 - Motorgliders
# Team Glider type Reg Cntry Club Finish/Km
1 Frank van Empelen Ventus 2 CT CC NL ACvZ 4-7   17:26
2 Pamela Kurstjens / Gerrit Kurstjens Nimbus 4T PM AUS Johndarian 5-7   14:21
3 Leon Mol Ventus 2 CM YA NL ELZC 5-7   14:52
4 Robert Werts / Sjef Vael /
Rob Vroegop / Luc stalman
Nimbus 3DT 25.6m LT NL VZC 6-7   12:21
5 Peter Batenburg Nimbus 3T 25,5 3T NL TZC 6-7   14:44
6 Elbert Westerhout / Bert Otten / Kirsten Schugard / Mark de Jonge Nimbus 3 DT 7L NL DSA 6-7   15:03
7 Reitze van der Linden / Bas Krebbers Duo Discus T DXDUO NL GeZC 2039 km
8 Paul Schepers DG808M PS NL TZC 2015 km
9 Francois Jeremiasse Nimbus 4T LSJ NL WBAC 1944 km
10 Lodewijk de Beukelaar /
Fred van Breemen /
Marc van Breemen /
Maarten van Breemen
Nimbus 4 DM LL NL WBAC 1925 km
11 Geert van Duyse / Dirk Hamerlynck / Ernst van Koert / Erik Leybaert Janus CM HI B EZAC 1893 km
12 Frits Urselmann DG800 B VO NL VZC 1870 km
13 Max Leenders / Bas van Dillen /
Frank Olijslagers
DG500M 22m DV NL SZT 1824 km
14 Max Dolfin DG808 18m MD NL ACvZ 1744 km *
15 Lex Versteeg / Egon Harteman / Roel van den Bos / Frank Beemster DG505MB 20m LV NL VCT 1717 km
16 Jan Paul Beeke / Joost van Veelen /
Ronald Berg / Harry Wondergem
Duo Discus T M3 NL ACvZ 1524 km
17 Hermann Rosing / Bernd Mensing / Hermann Mensing DG505 M MR D LSV Borken 1494 km
18 Dirk Wolf / Rob Looisen /
Joop Evertse
Nimbus 4 DM DXN4 NL GeZC 1342 km
19 Ger Kwant Ventus CM 17.6m HW NL NijAC 1305 km
20 Jacques Kolpa DG800 B MA NL SZT 1275 km **
*) MD:
Arrived on Eindhoven on 5-7, but unable to handover the loggerfile of 28-6 (Eindhoven - Klippeneck): 443 km reduction.
**) MA:
Arrived on Eindhoven on 5-7, but no engine-running trace on the logfiles of 28-6 and 2-7:
818 km reduction.
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