This Sunday, November 10, 2024, 40 skippers will be on the start line in Les Sables d'Olonne for the 10e edition of the Vendée Globe, a solo sailing trip around the world without stopovers or assistance.
The 18-meter monohulls will set sail at 7:30 a.m. for a journey of some 45,000 km across the seas and oceans of the planet, which will stretch over more than two months.
The race route in video
The skippers involved
> Fabrice Amedeo (Nexans-Wewise)
> Romain Attanasio (Fortinet – Best Western)
> Eric Bellion (Stand as one)
> Yannick Bestaven (Maître Coq V)
> Jérémie Beyou (Charal)
> Arnaud Boissières (La Mie Câline)
> Louis Burton (Bureau Vallée)
> Conrad Colman (MS Amlin)
> Antoine Cornic (Human Immobilier)
> Manuel Cousin (Coup de Pouce)
> Clarisse Crémer (L'Occitane en Provence)
> Charlie Dalin (Macif Santé Prévoyance)
> Samantha Davies (Initiatives-Coeur)
> Violette Dorange (Becoming)
> Louis Duc (Fives Group – Lantana Environnement)
> Benjamin Dutreux (Guyot Environnement – Water Family)
> Benjamin Ferré (Monnoyeur – Duo for a job)
> Sam Goodchild (Vulnerable)
> Pip Hare (Medallia) > Oliver Heer (Tut Gut.)
> Boris Hermann (Malizia – Seaexplorer)
> Isabelle Joschke (MACSF)
> Jean Le Cam (It all begins in Finistère – Armor-Lux)
> Tanguy Le Turquais (Lazarus)
> Nicolas Lunven (Holcim – PRB)
> Sébastien Marsset (Foussier)
> Paul Meilhat (Biotherm)
> Justine Mettraux (Teamwork-Team Snef)
> Giancarlo Pedote (Prysmian)
> Yoann Richomme (Paprec Arkéa)
> Alan Roura (Hublot)
> Thomas Ruyant (Vulnerable)
> Damien Seguin (Groupe Apicil)
> Kojiro Shiraishi (DMG Mori Global One)
> Sébastien Simon (Dubreuil Group)
> Maxime Sorel (V and B – Monbana – Mayenne)
> Guirec Soudée (Freelance.com)
> Denis Van Weynbergh (D'Ieteren Group)
> Szabolcs Weöres (New Europe)
> Jingkun Xu (Singchain Team Haikou)
