Deniss Karpak of Estonia is back in the lead at the 2025 Finn Gold Cup after three windy races in Cascais, Portugal on Thursday.
Italy’s Arkadii Kistanov is up to second with Valerian Lebrun, from France, in third. The first two race wins went to Finland’s Oskari Muhonen, and the third to Karpak.
In the opening race, defending champion Muhonen claimed the win, followed by Kistanov and Karpak. In the second race Muhonen continued his strong form, taking his second victory of the day with exceptional downwind speed. This time, Karpak crossed in second with Kistanov again in third.
Race three became a real test of endurance, with winds averaging 20–22 knots and a steadily building sea state. Karpak quickly seized the lead and held it all the way to the finish, while Muhonen fought back from a poor start to climb into second. Jesse Kylänpää, of Finland, completed the top three.
Britain’s Nick Craig finished the day in 16th with a 15 -18 18 score.
Finn Gold Cup – Leaders after 6 races
1st EST Deniss KARPAK 1 -44 4 3 2 1 – – 11 pts
2nd ITA Arkadii KISTANOV -81 11 1 2 3 8 – – 25 pts
3rd FRA Valerian LEBRUN 4 5 -15 5 8 12 – – 34 pts
4th ITA Alessandro MAREGA -9 9 2 7 9 9 – – 36 pts
5th FRA Laurent HAY 6 1 7 -18 13 11 – – 38 pts
6th POR Frederico MELO 2 18 9 4 7 -81 – – 40 pts
7th FIN Jesse Kylänpää KYLÄNPÄÄ 3 10 -29 14 11 3 – – 41 pts
8th NED Martijn VAN MUYDEN -48 7 5 19 5 5 – – 41 pts
9th FIN Oskari MUHONEN 15 23 -81 1 1 2 – – 42 pts
10th NED Peter PEET -40 2 14 9 17 7 – – 49 pts
