Volvo Ocean Race
Groupama sailing team extended their overall lead to eight points with a crucial victory in the Oeiras In-Port Race on Saturday, a result that gives the French team a huge boost as they prepare for the Leg 8 race to their home port of Lorient Lorient L’actualité du port de Lorient et de sa région. starting (...)
Volvo Ocean Race
Abu Dhabi shrugged off seven months of frustration to seal their first offshore victory in a nerve-jarring transatlantic leg from Miami to Lisbon, while Groupama’s second place finish — five and a half minutes behind after more than 3,500 nautical miles racing — was enough to take them top of the leaderboard in place of (...)
Volvo Ocean Race
Amazing footage of Volvo Ocean Race competitor CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand avoiding a collision with a whale as they sail through the North Atlantic Ocean in over 20 knots of boat speed Speed #speedsailing on day 9 of Leg 7 from Miami, USA to Lisbon, (...)
Volvo Ocean Race
Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing launched an 11th hour comeback in the PORTMIAMI In-Port Race to take their tally of in-shore successes to three, while Groupama scored a strong second to pile the pressure on overall race leaders Telefónica.
Volvo Ocean Race
The cumulative TV audience as of February 19 was 880 million based on 1,200 hours of coverage, in both dedicated programming and news items largely based on the compelling content being sent via the Media Media #media Crew Member programme. Those figures compare with a cumulative audience of 459 million at the corresponding stage of the (...)
Volvo Ocean Race
Groupama completed a massive comeback to beat arch-rivals Telefónica to the final podium position of Leg 6 by 37 minutes, leaving the Volvo Ocean Race poised on a knife-edge with just 17 points splitting the top four boats.
Volvo Ocean Race
American skipper Ken Read led his PUMA team to a second consecutive leg win on Wednesday, arriving on home soil in Miami triumphant following an epic 17-day match race with closest rivals CAMPER to confirm they are back in contention for overall victory.
Volvo Ocean Race
Groupama scored their first inshore win of the 2011-12 Volvo Ocean Race on Saturday after an uncharacteristic error from overall race leaders Team Telefónica handed them their chance in the DHL In-Port Race Itajaí.
Volvo Ocean Race
On completing the fifth leg this Tuesday at 13h 58’ 44 UTC, Franck Cammas and his men secure third place in this action-packed race between New Zealand and Brazil. After three days under jury rig between Punta del Este (Uruguay) and Itajai, Groupama 4 further boosts her second place in the overall standing. The French boat will make the (...)
Volvo Ocean Race
PUMA held firm in the face of a relentless attack from Telefónica to clinch an epic Leg 5 victory on Friday, crossing the finish line in Itajaí, Brazil with a winning margin of just 12 minutes after the Spanish team had threatened to complete one of the great sporting (...)