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Added on the 08/02/2021 09:35:00 - Copyright : France 24 EN
Jean Le Cam, Alex Thomson and Pip Hare preparing for the start of the Vendee Globe. The 33 skippers will head off from the west coast of France on a single-handed non-stop round-the-world voyage. (COMPLETE VIDEO N°8UT7XL) IMAGES
Jeremie Beyou, Samantha Davies, Clarisse Cremer and Damien Seguin are preparing for the start of the Vendee Globe. The 33 skippers will head off from the west coast of France on a single-handed non-stop round-the-world voyage. IMAGES
The French sailor Clarisse Crémer (Banque Populaire) arrives in Les Sables-d'Olonne in 12th position. At the age of 31, she became the new holder of the women's single-handed round-the-world monohull record, succeeding the British sailor Ellen MacArthur. IMAGES
France's Yannick Bestaven sprays champagne in celebration at winning the Vendee Globe round-the-world solo yacht race in France's Les Sables d'Olonnes on Thursday after a dramatic finish when one of his rivals hit a fishing trawler in the home stretch. Images of champagne spraying are at 00'30" IMAGES
The zero-fuel airplane Solar Impulse 2 landed in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday night, completing at 35,000 kilometer trip across all the continents of the earth powered only by sunlight. Mission Control in Monaco cheered as Balloonist Bertrand Piccard piloted the craft back to the same location from which it took off back in March 2015. Although its 236 foot wingspan is wider than a 747 jumbo jet, the Solar Impulse weighs only 2.3 tons.
Audi Sport customer racing experienced a strong start in the European SRO racing series with its customer teams. Within the total of 112 GT race cars in three classes, no fewer than 25 Audi R8 LMS were on the grids at Imola. While Team WRT won the GT3 endurance race, LP Racing and PK Carsport shared the victories in the GT2 European Series. Team Fullmotorsport and its drivers lead the Am standings in the GT4 European Series.