Overview
- Team Malizia finished the Nice–Genoa stage off the pace and dropped to fifth in the overall standings.
- Herrmann said the boat turned too late at the Monaco scoring gate, which he called a small detail with big consequences.
- The crew also failed to sail far enough west toward Bonifacio in fading winds, losing contact with the leading quartet.
- Allagrande Mapei Racing won in Genoa and moved ahead of Malizia overall after missing the opening leg due to a crash near Kiel.
- Biotherm remains atop the table with 41 points ahead of Paprec Arkéa (29) and Holcim-PRB (28), and it was Biotherm’s first defeat of the event as Herrmann vowed to respond on the next leg.