Tauranga sailor Peter Burling, and teammate Blair Tuke, continue leading the way in the 49er class at the Sailing World Cup Hyeres Regatta.

But it is not just the world champion pairing showing a rich vein of form with the Kiwi team holding top spot in the women's 470 at the regatta showcasing more than 1100 of the world's best Olympic campaigners.

Alexandra Maloney and Molly Meech. Photo: File.

Kiwis also occupy second place in the 49erFX and the Laser, and third place in the 49er putting the NZL Sailing Team in good shape for the medal hunt. With day four complete just two days of racing remain.

Burling and Tuke have now amassed a 22-point lead over the fleet in the 49er skiff class after another three races were added to day four's score-card.

While their results – 9, 4, 9 – weren't their best of the series, they were better than their rivals, many suffering from double-digit scores being added to their tally.

Marcus Hansen and Josh Porebski also navigated the day well climbing into the top three as they progress into the penultimate day of the regatta. The young kiwi pair is just one point off second place held by Ireland's Ryan Seaton and Mathew Mcgovern.

Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie retain their overall lead in the Women's 470 class returning a 7th and a win on the water, but with two crews just two points behind them on the leader-board the reigning world and Olympic champs are in easy reach.

Britain's Sophie Weguelin and Eilich McIntyre are in second and Anne Haeger and Briana Provancha of the USA share 20 points, while the kiwis lead on 18.

Reflecting on the days racing Aleh says it was good to get out on the water and keep up their momentum.

'It looked a bit suspect for a while with a delay and not much wind when we first got out but there were two good races. We stuffed up one of them but came through in the last one and it was good to get another win,” says Aleh.

'We came here to find things to work on and we're finding lots. The thing with sailing is that you're always learning and you've never learnt it all. There's always something new and the conditions change and the fleet change. Every day we get a bit out of it.”

Alexandra Maloney and Molly Meech are also on the rise, moving up into second place in the 49erFX class – the women's skiff set to make its Olympic debut in 2016. The young kiwi pair, who are current world champions, are continuing to improve in Hyeres and three single-digit scores on day four follows this trend.

Brazil's class act of Martine Soffiatti Grael and Kahena Kunze are out in the lead and lying 12 points clear of Maloney and Meech, while the kiwis have nine points over third place.

In the Laser class Andy Maloney is making his mark in the fleet which includes over 120 sailors. Lying third at the outset of day four Maloney is now just one point off overall leader Tom Burton of Australia.

On day four the kiwi placed 3rd and 8th and is just one of two sailors to have finished all nine races sailed in the top ten – the other being Burton.

'I was pretty happy to come away with another top ten result and I go into tomorrow with a good score-line,” says Maloney

'Hopefully we'll get another couple of good ones tomorrow and push on to the medal race.”

Sam Meech has slipped into 12th and now the penultimate day to regain a top ten spot to qualify for Saturday's medal race, while Thomas Saunders is lying 16th.

Over in the Finn class Josh Junior is now 6th after a 30th and a 7th on the water, still in good shape for a start in the Finn medal race. Team-mate Andrew Murdoch is now 20th overall.

Natalia Kosinska will be looking for a great day in the Women's RS:X now lying 12th overall and in a position to challenge for a top ten spot.

Elsewhere Gemma Jones and Jason Saunders are lying 13th in the mixed multihull Nacra 17, Jon-Paul Tobin is in 19th in the Men's RS:X, Sara Winther is in 18th in the Laser Radial and Men's 470 pair Paul Snow-Hansen and Daniel Willcox are in 24th.