Denmark’s double Olympic champion Jesper Bank has been chosen to skipper Germany’s Team Fresh in the 2007 America’s Cup in Valencia in 2007. “It’s a dream job,” said the 47-year-old Bank on Monday. “I’ll be in charge of everything, including the choice of team and training,” he told a press conference here. Team Fresh Seventeen, which has a budget of around 50 million euros, aims to make it through to the final against Swiss holders Alinghi. Discussing his prospective team choice Bank said he wanted some sailors with previous experience of the event. “I want to find five professional teammates who if possible already have experience in the America’s Cup,” said Bank, whose contract runs till 2011 when the Germans hope they will win the trophy. One of these, he hinted, would be Jann Neergaard, who was part of the Alinghi team that won yachting’s most prestigious prize in 2003. Bank was skipper aboard Swedish team Victory Challenge which finished fifth to Alinghi.

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