The duo finished on 67 points, giving them a four-point advantage over nearest challengers Sime Fantela and Igor Marenic of Croatia, who came seventh in the medal race.

Italy’s Simon Sivitz Kosuta and Jas Farneti, the sixth-placed finishers today, rounded out the podium on 80 points.

Sweden’s Anton Dahlberg and Fredrik Bergström were the medal race runners-up ahead of Australia’s Mathew Belcher and Will Ryan, the overall winners on 51 points.  

The United States’ Stu Mcnay and Dave Hughes finished third overall on 71 points after taking fourth spot in the medal race.

Austria’s Lara Vadlau and Jolanta Ogar had already secured the women’s European and overall titles prior to today's action and signed off with a third-place finish in their medal race to end on 35 points.

The Netherlands’ Afrodite Kyranakou and Anneloes Van Veen came fourth in the medal race as they came second in both the European and overall standings with 58 points.

Slovenia’s Tina Mrak and Veronika Macarol ensured European bronze with a seventh-place finish in the medal race, while Brazil’s Fernanda Oliveira and Ana Barbachan were third overall after coming second in the medal race.

Poland’s Agnieszka Skrzypulec and Irmina Mrozek Gliszczynska won the medal race, upgrading them to seventh overall.

Action begun yesterday at the 49er and 49erFX European Championship in Barcelona, where The Netherlands' emerging stars Annemiek Bekkering and Annette Duetz started in same dominant manner that they finished the Trofeo Princesa Sofía last week.

The Dutch duo took four straight wins, but with only 18 boats per qualifying fleet in the 49erFX, the overall lead they were able to build up was only a handful of points with most of the contenders following closely behind.

The yellow fleet got the 49er racing under way with all three active Olympic class medallists going up against one another.

Once again, it was the London 2012 silver medallists Peter Burling and Blair Tuke of New Zealand who got the best start of all.

The duo, unbeaten in 24 consecutive 49er regattas, passed Beijing 2008 gold medallist Jonas Warrer and Christian Peter Stephensen Lübeck of Denmark at the top mark in the first race and then overtook them again in the second race on outright downwind boat speed.

In the third race of the day, it was London 2012 gold medallists Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen of Australia who triumphed with Burling and Tuke close behind.

In the blue 49er fleet, world silver medallists Nico Delle Karth and Niko Resch of Austria got off to a good start with a first, seventh and second to sit in second overall. 

Today will see three 49erFX races take place followed by four 49er races.