Ericsson 3 has finally crossed the finish line in Rio De Janeiro, to win Leg 5.After an agonising march to glory, Swedish skipper Magnus Olsson and his men officialy finished at 10:37:57 GMT. Ericsson 3 started eight half hours behind the scheduled starters after a pit stop for repairs in Taiwan en route to the leg start in Qingdao. Olsson admitted the victory seemed a long way off at the time. In a reference to the gamble on snubbing perceived wisdom and heading north in the Southern Ocean at the scoring waypoint at 36 degress south he added: "It was the fantastic strategy that convinced us that we take that risk. We all wanted to take it and the execution of that was very good. We sailed very well."
