Well, first let's congratulate Didier for his win. It was great to follow these races. Didier was clearly flying all-out, taking risks and sometimes paying the price. Sebastian writes in his blog http://www.sebastiankawa.pl/6039/kol...rzostw-swiata/ :"(...) Didier had shown he is at his own backyard and there is no better competitor".

During 17th EGC (18m) the previous year Didier was repeatedly making bold/unorthodox tactical moves as well, he was not flying just do defend his position, making the show great for everybody. We are lucky there are so many individualistic pilots up there in the rankings to watch.

About the 50kg/m2 limit: 6 Ventus gliders out of 8 total placed in top 8.
The 50kg/m2 rule seems to favor Ventus most (LS 8 aside). Hard to dismiss the possibility that the 50kg/m2 rule favors some gliders over the other, skewing the "pure design" comparisons.