Today the forecast called for improved conditions so the task committee called a 72k task.

The course was a triangle with pilots flying south for the first leg, north-east for the second leg, then back towards launch to a goal just on the other side of the river from Governador Valadares.

The task was designed so that pilots, after arriving to goal, could continue on to the famous Feira da Paz landing spot right on the riverbank of the city. With the day being a local holiday, spectators filled both the launch and the landing field and were treated to an exciting spectacle.

The task ended up being tricky in a couple of spots, with pilots having to slow down to find and then climb in very light lift. This gave some pilots who had fallen off the lead gaggle the chance to catch back up to the leaders. The mix of full bar racing with the need to strategically shift gears made for a slower average speed than the day before, with the fastest pilot to the end of the speed section averaging 31.71 kph. In the end 78 pilots made goal with the majority of them flying onward to land in the riverside goal.

The overall winner of the day was Baptiste Lambert from France, who came in to the ESS 37 seconds behind Swiss pilot Roger Aeschbacher, but having led most of the task won the day with a total of 992.3 points.

The winning female pilot was Marcella Uchoa from Brazil, no stranger to the podium.

The winning team was Niviuk 2. The forecast looks good for the rest of the week, so there is plenty of racing ahead.