85 - Les Sables d’Olonne
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Vendée Globe 2016 : 27 skippers officially registered
A top class sporting line-up with no fewer than nine nations taking part, Race HQ based at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, multi-screen international TV broadcasts, innovative digital and media Media #media arrangements... The eighth Vendée Globe already looks like being an exceptional vintage and confirms its place as the world’s (...) -
Les Açores – Les Sables
Giancarlo Pedote and Prysmian arrive 2nd at the second leg of Les Sables Les Açores and win the regatta
Giancarlo arrived in Les Sables d’Olonne at 20:00 and 16 seconds, about 3 and a half hours after Boidevezi, but the advantage that Giancarlo had recorded in the first leg upon him was of 12 hours, 12 minutes and 43 seconds. -
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Arnaud Boissières, Double Whammy, eighth in the Vendée Globe 2012-2013
Arnaud Boissières on Akéna Vérandas set in motion a fantastic afternoon of celebrations when he finished the Vendée Globe solo non-stop round the world race in eighth place. He crossed the finish line off Les Sables d’Olonne at 13h11m02s UTC ready to make his way into his home port, the home of his sponsors and to berth at the Port Olona (...) -
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Dominique Wavre seventh in Le Sables
Dominique Wavre crossed the finish line of the Vendée Globe at 15 :16 :42hrs (UTC). He takes seventh place in the race behind Mike Golding. His elapsed time is 90 days 3hours 14minutes 42 seconds. His average speed Speed #speedsailing on the course is 11.3 knots. He has sailed 27,395.82 miles on the water at an average speed Speed (...) -
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Mike Golding finishes Vendée Globe in sixth position becoming only person in 24 year history of iconic race to successfully finish three times
C’est à 19 heures 38 minutes et 26 secondes, ce mercredi 6 février 2013, que Mike Golding a coupé le ligne d’arrivée du Vendée Globe, au large des Sables d’Olonne. 6è de cette édition 2012-2013 du tour du monde en solitaire, sans escale et sans assistance, le Britannique devient le premier skipper à terminer, en 24 ans (...) -
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Jean-Pierre Dick finishes with no keel but takes fourth in the Vendée Globe 2012-2013
French skipper Jean-Pierre Dick crossed the finish line off Les Sables d’Olonne this afternoon at 15hrs 5mins and 40 seconds UTC/GMT to finish fourth in the Vendée Globe, the famous solo nonstop around the world race. His third participation has yielded his best ever result, despite having to race the final 2 650 miles without a keel on (...) -
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Alex Thomson : "Whether I do 2016, I don’t know but I am sure that I’ll do the Vendée Globe again"
Alex Thomson sailed into the legendary canal, the artery into the heart of Les Sables d’Olonne this morning at typically breakneck speed Speed #speedsailing . With more than 30 kts of wind and mountainous seas Thomson was in no mood to hang around. -
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Armel Le Cléac’h, second of the 2012-2013 Vendée Globe
Armel Le Cléac’h crossed the Vendée Globe finish line Sunday 27th January 2013 at 17 hour 35 min 52 seconds GMT. He finishes the race 78 days 5 hours and 33 minutes behind François Gabart. This is the smallest gap between the winner and the second in the Vendée Globe history, a mere 3 hours 17minutes 12 seconds behind (...) -
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François Gabart has won the 2012-2013 Vendée Globe
François Gabart crossed the Vendée Globe finish line at 15 hours 18 minutes 40 seconds, French time, setting a new solo round-the-world record Record #sailingrecord of 78 day, 2 hours, 16 minutes and 40 seconds. Beating Michel Desjoyeaux’s record Record #sailingrecord by 6 day 00 hours 53 (...) -
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Five skippers recalled for jumping the start gun of the 7th Vendée Globe
Nineteen of the 20 skippers entered for the seventh edition of the Vendée Globe solo race around the world took the start line of the 24,048 miles, three months circumnavigation race at 1302hrs local time off Les Sables d’Olonne, France today.
Vendée / France