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At the start of The Ocean Race Europe in Kiel, IMOCA 60s Holcim PRB and Allagrande Mapei — sailed by Ambrogio Beccaria — collided violently.0:02 Holcim PRB's spreader was torn open; Allagrande Mapei sustained damage as well.0:07 The incident appears to be a classic windward-leeward right-of-way situation, but the exact sequence remains unresolved.0:18 The key question is whether Holcim PRB took every possible action to avoid contact or whether a decisive over-tack triggered the collision.0:06 The incident revives a persistent concern about IMOCA 60s: their extreme performance comes with severely restricted visibility, making them difficult to manage in the close-quarters conditions of a race start.0:02 For Beccaria, the stakes are especially high — the collision threatens to end a campaign that required enormous preparation and sacrifice before it properly began.0:06

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