Jocelyn Le Goff and Jules Vidor of France lead the Gold fleet after the first race on Wednesday at the 29er World Championships.
The French pair posted a race win and carried forward 14 pts to take a four point lead.
Second are Nicklas Holt and Philip Forslund (5, +14) of Norway with 17 pt lead over third placed Giuseppe Montesano and Enrico Coslovich (22, +14) of Italy.
Long-time qualifying series leaders Soma Kis-Szölgyémi and András Juhász of Hungary, posted a 29th and carry forward 12 pts to place fifth overall.
Best placed British competitors are: Jac Bailey and Ben Sinfield 39th, Joe Wimpory and Charlie Hopkinson 40th, Ben Greenhalgh and Tom Sin Field 41st, and Allegra Massey and Jake Rawes 42nd.
29er Worlds – Gold Fleet Leaders after 2 races (50 entries)
Results 17:45 on 6 August – race 1 + carry fwd.
1st FRA U19 Jocelyn Le Goff and Jules Vidor 1 14 – – 15 pts
2nd NOR Nicklas Holt and Philip Forslund 5 14 – – 19 pts
3rd ITA U19 Giuseppe Montesano and Enrico Coslovich 22 14 – – 36 pts
4th ARG Olivia Riesgo and Martin Díaz Tamayo 12 27 – – 39 pts
5th HUN U19 Soma Kis-Szölgyémi and András Juhász 29 12 – – 41 pts
6th FRA U19 Nolann Huet Des Aunay and Titouan Gresset 2 40 – – 42 pts
7th FRA U19 Alexandre Mostini and Raphaël Allain 21 26 – – 47 pts
8th ITA U17 Bianca Marchesini and Lucia Finato 11 43 – – 54 pts
9th ARG U19 Felix Llauro and Juani Crespo 7 49 – – 56 pts
10th SUI U19 Ikke Huber and Liam Berger 15 41 – – 56 pts
