The only pit stop that a competitor in the Vendée Globe is allowed involves returning to Les Sables d’Olonne, within ten days of the start. That is exactly what Michel Desjoyeaux did in 2008: he set ...

The Vendée Globe is a legendary race that celebrated its 10th edition in 2024. The Vendée Globe is a single-handed, non-stop, non-assisted round-the-world sailing race that takes place every four ...

Ils vivent à Brest, Bruxelles, Lyon ou Cambridge. Ils ont 16, 43, 54 ou 62 ans. Ils travaillent dans l’éducation nationale, la cybersécurité, tiennent un food-truck, profitent avec joie de leur ...

ETA of the skippers In front of your screen: total immersion from the comfort of your own home! The race organizers are setting up a production system to cover the arrival of all the competitors: Live ...

Consider Cape Horn, an imposing black coloured lonely lump of rock. 425 metres high, 12 km² at the end of the world, swept by violent storms. All in all a very hostile, lonely area to work at. Welcome ...

The IMOCA - a VPLP design - is flying the flag for Les P'tits Doudous, a caregivers' association that improves the experience, reassures and reduces the anxiety of children (and their parents) before, ...

On Saturday, May 10, Les Sables d’Olonne will once again come alive to celebrate the epic journey of the Vendée Globe and pay tribute to the skippers of the 2024 edition, during a spectacular evening ...

From one edition to the next, the success of the Vendée Globe is growing. In 2020, 33 competitors took the start of this unique round-the-world race. There have never been so many of them! In response ...

Back in 2008 the Vendée Globe was illuminated by charismatic Sam Davies who not only went on to finish fourth but along the way told her story with the same smile, grit and joie de vie that have ...

The 10th edition of the Vendée Globe ends on an exceptional note, from a sporting, popular and media point of view. The level of competition has never been so high: Charlie Dalin, the great winner of ...

Construction of this generation 2028 IMOCA - a Guillaume Verdier design - will be launched in April 2026. For the 2025 season, the Swiss sailor will continue to sail on her current boat, including the ...

The Vendée Globe is a single-handed, non-stop, non-assisted round-the-world sailing race that takes place every four years. It is contested on IMOCA monohulls, which are 18 metres long. The skippers ...