Sommer completed today's task, consisting of 747.4 kilometres, in a time of 4 hours 37min 57sec to earn the maximum 1,000 points which brought himself within touching distance of the overall World Championships leader, Russell Cheetham of Great Britain.

The German was the fastest man in the field as he flew 161.3km per hour (kph) to cross the line in the quickest time.

Cheetham finished back in ninth place, which was worth only 851 points to his overall score.

Another German, Tassilo Bode, finished second behind his countryman Sommer in 4:40:40 while Poland's Lukasz Wojcik completed the the top three in 4:50:49.

Cheetham still leads the overall standings on 4,804 points while Great Britain's Andrew Davis, who finished 13th today, is in second on 4,769.

Following his victory today, Sommer is now a mere 36 points off first place on 4,768.

Uys Jonker returned to the top of the podium in the 15 metres class today following success last week, as he claimed 1,000 points after finishing the 484.7km course in a time of 3:31:09.

Japan’s Makoto Ichikawa, the overall leader, finished in second place over a minute slower than Jonker in 3:32:4.

Australia's Matthew Scutter rounded off the podium in a time of 3:36:09.

Despite finishing second today Ichikawa still leads the overall standings on 3,469.

The reigning 15m class champion, Sebastian Kawa of Poland, remains in second on 3,417 despite finishing in 18th today.

Another Pole, Lukasz Grabowski, sits in third in the standings on 3,342.

The Austrian duo of Wolfgang Janowitsch and Andreas Lutz claimed first and second place respectively in the 18m class today.

Roman Mracek of the Czech Republic claimed third while his compatriot Petr Svboda finished fourth.

Top spot in the 18m division remains with Killian Walbrou of France on 4,695, followed by Borje Eriksson of Sweden on 4,652.

Great Britain's Mike Young completes the top three with 4,641 in a division that is proving to be extremely tight with top seven gliders separated by less than 100 points.