Alinghi top team after win against GBR

Alinghi confirmed themselves as the top team after the two round robins with a 1min 26sec win over GBR in the second race of the day for both teams.

Finishing first allows the Swiss team to choose which of Prada, Oracle or OneWorld they want to race in a best-of-seven contest in the first phase of the quarterfinal.

GBR's loss also confirmed Victory Challenge as the fifth-placed finishers, giving them the choice of which of the other bottom four teams -- GBR, Team Dennis Conner and Le Defi -- they want to take on in the quarterfinals.

For GBR, a second sizeable loss in one day to one of the leading teams was a reality check.

Winning margin: 01:26

-NZPA

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