Pribina Cup 2026
March 29th - April 6th 2026 NITRA, SLOVAKIA

Competition - 11th Apr 2026

2026-04-11 19:03:31

Saturday delivered a superb final competition day, with sunshine, strong racing weather and a fitting finish to the event. All gliders were in the air by midday, and by the end of the afternoon every pilot was safely back on the ground after the last tasks of Pribina Cup 2026. It was exactly the kind of last day organisers and pilots hope for: fast racing, good spirits and a clean close to the competition.

Club Class flew a 301.44 km Racing Task and finished the contest in style. Michal Lesinger (LL) won the day in the ASW-20 with 906 points at 109.02 km/h, ahead of Mateusz Kruszynski (TF) on 898 and Christoph Spath (I) on 760. That also confirmed the final overall podium, with Lesinger taking the Club title on 5,412 points, Kruszynski 2nd on 5,300 and Spath 3rd on 4,628.

15m Class had a 339.98 km Racing Task and another strong Czech finish. Karel Novak (AX) won the day with 896 points after averaging 124.04 km/h, while Jan Pavlik (JW) took 2nd on 829 and Jana Treslova (C6) shared 3rd on 806 with Miloslav Cink (JB). In the final overall standings, Pavlik kept the class win with 5,099 points, Cink finished 2nd on 4,991 and Novak completed the podium on 4,938.

Open Class closed with the biggest task of the day, a 383.40 km Racing Task, and it also produced the biggest late change in the overall standings. Janowitsch & Schwan (13) won the day in the Arcus M with 931 points at 129.42 km/h, ahead of Pavel Jiranek (CS) on 864 and Petr Krejcirik (ZE) on 813. That day win was enough to lift the Austrian crew to the overall Open title on 4,924 points, pushing Tomas Rendla (EZ) to 2nd on 4,880, while Alena Netusilova (A7) completed the final podium on 4,801.