A time for reflection for French sailor Kevin Escoffier and the other 32 skippers preparing to set off on Sunday at the start of the 9th Vendee Globe
LES SABLES-D’OLONNE (FRANCE) – Britain’s Alex Thomson said that the 33 skippers who start the ninth edition of the Vendee Globe race on Sunday will feel like “gladiators” as they slide out of the channel at Les Sables-d’Olonne and on to the high seas.
The approximately 24,296 nautical miles solo non-stop round-the-world race gets underway at 1202 GMT on Sunday with forecasters suggesting that weather conditions will be “beautiful”.
Due to the coronavirus the start will take place without the usual gallery of thousands of spectators lining the harbour walls but Thomson, who came third in 2012 and second four years ago, is still preparing for the…
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