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The Ironman 70.3 Les Sables D’Olonne livestream will be free to watch live on Outside TV, and Outside+ members can view the race on demand after the finish anytime WATCH THE IRONMAN 70.3 LES SABLES D’OLONNE LIVESTREAM We take a quick flyby video tour of the 2024 Ironman World Championship Kona course Follow the 3-month race through the weekly highlights Do not miss the best of the 2024 Vendée Globe bought at the start of the year by the Novomatic Group will operate the new casino license for Les Sables-d’Olonne with the gaming floor set to move to La Vannerie Launched by the municipality of Les Sables-d’Olonne (Vendée) last summer during the municipal council meeting held on March 31 the Normandy group has operated the Atlantes casino Please fill out the form to send a message to the CDC Gaming Reports team you can send an email to the address on the footer of each page Regala o regalati un abbonamento al Giornale della Vela cartaceo + digitale e a soli 69 euro l’anno hai la rivista a casa e in più la leggi su PC Questa volta Charlie Dalin vuole chiuderla non vuole l’ennesimo secondo posto della sua carriera Quando al traguardo di Les Sables d’Olonne il vantaggio di Dalin su Richomme è salito a 180 miglia ma Macif e Dalin sono in una posizione di forza Dalin sarà il primo a entrare nell’anticiclone delle Azzorre quindi il suo vantaggio nella prossima fase della regata è destinato a scendere in modo importante Se infilerà una buona traiettoria però sarà anche il primo a ripartire la perdita di miglia sarà quindi solo un effetto elastico nella zona senza vento a patto di non fare errori di rotta ovviamente E poi c’è il rush finale che sembra proprio sarà in condizioni di mare e vento dure Se Dalin dovesse arrivarci con un vantaggio superiore alle 150 miglia potrebbe provare a gestire magari non spingendo la barca sempre al 100% per evitare guai in dirittura d’arrivo Se invece l’anticiclone gli brucerà effettivamente parte del suo vantaggio sarà battaglia all’ultimo miglio fino alla fine E attenzione perché nelle condizioni dure l’Imoca 60 di Richomme ha dimostrato di avere cavalli in più rispetto a Macif Al contrario della fase d’Aliseo dove invece Dalin ha sfruttato la maggiore velocità della sua barca nel vento medio leggero Del rush finale tra i due skipper di testa e del Capo Horn di Giancarlo Pedote ne parleremo nella puntata di oggi de Il Processo al Vendée Globe in onda alle 18,30 sui nostri canali Facebook e YouTube (al player sotto) I nostri ospiti saranno gli oceanici Francesca Clapcich e Alberto Bona il coach meteo Gianni Bianchini e Luigi Maffioli della Gottifredi Maffioli ma anche di come le barche del Vendée Globe possono trasferire parte della loro tecnologia al mondo delle barche “comuni” Segui il Vendèe Globe con il Giornale della Vela! Nella sezione “Il Giornale del Vendèe Globe” trovi tutte le news aggiornate sulla regata, mentre sul nostro canale Youtube, ogni mercoledì alle 18.30, va in scena live “Il Processo al Vendèe Globe” (in collaborazione con Raymarine Antal e Gottifredi&Maffioli) dove i nostri esperti assieme a un parterre de roi di grandi ospiti della vela commentano la grande avventura del giro del mondo in solitario Il tuo indirizzo email non sarà pubblicato Iscriviti ora alla nostra newsletter gratuita e ricevi ogni settimana le migliori news selezionate dalla redazione del Giornale della Vela E in più ti regaliamo un mese di GdV in digitale su PC accetta la Privacy Policy e clicca sul bottone “iscrivimi” Riceverai un codice per attivare gratuitamente il tuo mese di GdV Giancarlo Pedote è il solo skipper nella storia della vela italiana ad avere concluso per due volte il mitico Vendée Globe il giro del mondo in solitaria e senza scalo Il toscano ha all’attivo un ottavo posto nell’edizione 2020/21 e Il Vendée Globe è la più dura ed estrema regata che ci sia ma anche un’avventura umana fatta di passione dedizione totale e insegnamenti che restano per una vita Non era scontato arrivare al traguardo ma Giancarlo Pedote su Prysmian ha portato a termine Non era scontato perché l’Imoca 60 dell’italiano ha dato filo da Proseguono a Les Sables d’Olonne gli arrivi del Vendée Globe la decima edizione del giro del mondo in solitaria e senza scalo Dopo il siderale podio composto daCharlie Dalin PER COMUNICARE CON LA REDAZIONE02 535 811111 – speciali@panamaeditore.it PER LA PUBBLICITÀSenior account:Guido De Palma:tel Cookie policyPrivacy policy 02 535811 111/200abbonamenti@panamaeditore.it As the Vendée Globe pontoons prepare to come alive once again with the arrival of competitors this weekend Boris Herrmann is facing a major depression as he approaches the Bay of Biscay threatening the final miles of his journey the entire Vendée Globe fleet is back in the Atlantic Boris Herrmann in the cockpit of his high-tech IMOCA racing yacht Malizia - Seaexplorer Subscribe to our My Ocean Challenge Newsletter the French skipper of MACIF Santé Prévoyance crossed the Vendée Globe finish line take victory Dalin has been the most regular and consistent.. leader of the solo non stop race around the world including an unbroken run since 30 December takes victory in the most prestigious solo sailing race in the world Questa volta non ci sarà la Giuria a toglierli la vittoria come avvenne nel 2020 a seguito degli abbuoni di tempo ad Yannick Bestaven per il salvataggio di Escoffier Questa volta Charlie Dalin va a prendergli ciò che gli spetta ciò che si è guadagnato meritatamente e senza appello Lo skipper di Macif è in dirittura d’arrivo le banchine di Les Sables d’Olonne sono già in fermento perché all’alba di domani Re Carlo è atteso sulla linea d’arrivo del Vendée Globe Richomme ha provato un’ultima sfuriata in avvicinamento alle coste del Portogallo ha rischiato il giusto lasciando per strada qualche decina di miglia onde evitare problemi tecnici già da stasera le prime barche degli spettatori potrebbero andargli incontro dato che l’ultima parte di navigazione sarà abbastanza sotto costa una prima ETA lo vuole già sul traguardo prima delle 6,30 del mattino ma forse realisticamente arriverà poco dopo La risalita del canale di Les Sables d’Olonne potrebbe avvenire quindi con la marea successiva Il Giornale della Vela celebrerà l’arrivo del vincitore con un doppio appuntamento de Il Processo al Vendèe Globe Mauro Giuffrè e Luca Sordelli faranno un live flash con le primissime immagini dell’arrivo di Charlie Dalin e i primi commenti a caldo alle ore 18,30 andremo in diretta con il gran finale: una live speciale dove tireremo le somme di questi due mesi di regata della vittoria di Dalin e dello stato dell’arte della vela oceanica praticamente tutti quelli che ci hanno accompagnato in questi due mesi di trasmissioni a tema Oceano The latest stories of your favourite teams and athletes Follow their journey to the Olympic Winter Games in Italy Watch the trophy presentation of the 2024 Vendée Globe the French skipper of MACIF Santé Prévoyance won in an incredible time of 64.. 22 minutes and 49 seconds smashing the previous record set in 2016 completed his round-the-world trip outside the race rankings After a technical stopover in Ushuaïa at the beginning of January the winner of the 2020 edition ends this extraordinary adventure to which he has devoted nearly 20 years of his life fate was less generous for the La Rochelle based skipper whose boat experienced a series of damage towards the end of the Pacific ocean the solo sailor has completed his circumnavigation and will ascend the Les Sables d'Olonne channel for a final time to an enthusiastic public welcome He had announced before his departure that this Vendée Globe "If I have a 1% chance of winning it again it's better to try it rather than stay at home he humorously describes his daily life as being: "like monkeys He then passes the Cape of Good Hope in 8th position with whom he will battle the length of the Indian Ocean they negotiate angry weather in this tricky ocean A major steering failure a few days later becomes a decisive issue Maître CoQ V was forced to slow down considerably with Yannick helplessly watching his comrades escape "I feel like I'm driving a car without a steering wheel," he explained the announcement came: "After assessing the situation and studying the different options with the Maître CoQ sailing team Yannick decided to stopover in Ushuaïa (Argentina) to repair his boat with his team.” let his team bring the boat back after repairs but the winner of the 2020 edition of the Vendée Globe was not ready to step away from his adventure after repairs were carried out in record time "I have to and I want to finish," he explained “There are a lot of people waiting for me at the finish I know that all the colleagues who were unable to celebrate my arrival four years ago because of COVID are keen to do so this year I can't wait to set sail again and complete the loop we're going to do everything we can to make the end of this round the world trip as beautiful as possible." With gusts of 48 knots and a very chaotic sea Yannick rounds Cape Finisterre and takes a position in the top 10 At the Doldrums the skipper of Maître CoQ V has moved up to 6th place Yannick tries to keep up with Jérémie Beyou and Nicolas Lunven in the first big low pressure system Having gone north around an Indian Ocean depression Yannick has to remain stoic as he tries to hunt down Sam Goodchild still in the fight with Sam Goodchild and Paul Meilhat Yannick sails flat out in his first Pacific ocean depression and climbs back to 7th place Yannick is side by side with Boris Herrmann But the attachment system of his Code 0 breaks In five metres waves and nearly 30 knots of wind the system that connects his rudders gives way Maître CoQ V is forced to slow down sharply "I feel like I'm driving a car without a steering wheel" making a stop in Ushuaïa where his technical team joins him for repairs and I want to complete this round the world trip!" After a six-day technical stopover continuing solo back to Les Sables d’Olonne but outside the race rankings Arrival in Les Sables d'Olonne after 84 days at sea I was in the right group for two thirds of this Vendée Globe but really it seems fate had other ideas The decision to abandon was hard to make but there was just no choice This Vendée Globe really thereafter turned into a new adventure I will always remember the one I won four years ago but I will keep this edition engraved in my memory too It was a very real and beautiful adventure And then ‘racing’ with the boats still in the race really motivated me to be in Les Sables d'Olonne as soon as possible it was important to me to experience it outside covid In the Vendée Globe's namesake department the event is much more than an ocean race: it's a matter of pride unprecedented in terms of the number of participants and media coverage has brightened the winters of the local people the mascot of the Vendée Globe since this 10th edition is a species of penguin living in Antarctica a lost and disorientated Adélie penguin was found on the coast of New Zealand This is not an isolated case: Antarctic birds are sometimes… The 10th edition of the Vendée Globe ends on an exceptional note The level of competition has never been so high: Charlie Dalin the great winner of this anniversary edition smashed the event record by more than 9 days By winning in an incredible time of 64 days Dalin has smashed the previous record set in 2016 by Armel Le Cléac’h (74 days and 3 hours) by an incredible 9 days who grew up in Le Havre in the north of France has achieved the pinnacle result of his career after finishing a close second in 2020-2021 He will now be able to relax and fully enjoy his victory day Dalin will have to wait for the tide to rise early this afternoon before ascending the legendary Les Sables d’Olonne channel to step on to land for the first time since leaving Les Sables d’Olonne on start day and to now fully savour his incredible victory Knowing well that any kind of mishap or accident could still happen it still took Charlie Dalin some considerable composure to live through the final nervous hours of his race while making a long descent from the Point of Brittany to Les Sables d’Olonne in light airs Even if the final miles of his course allowed him to sail through his home waters enjoying a fly by from France’s Marine Nationale seeing coaches from his race training group with so much at stake Dalin had to remain cool and focused until his finish gun sounded this morning off Les Sables d’Olonne’s famous Nouch Sud finish line The first boats set out to meet the winner at 0500UTC with the live broadcast starting two hours later showing Charlie well wrapped up against the cold and MACIF Santé Prévoyance sailing closehauled in light airs on gentle sea in the soft hues of the early morning twilight Then the camera pans out to breathtaking footage of the giant fleet of brightly lit support boats escorting Charlie on the final few miles of an incredible voyage After a couple of final short tacks into the finish the suspense ends and he crosses the line at 07:24 UTC taking an emphatic victory in the 10th edition of the Vendée Globe This was also the instant he could finally release his sheets Now he has time for a joyful wait and reunion before going back up the channel which will take place as the tide rises early in the afternoon A long day of celebration is in store for the man who is now the fastest sailor ever in the history of the Vendée Globe Text and images courtesy of Vendee Globe. 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To learn more about the cookies we use and to learn how to manage your cookie preferences, please see the Cookie Policy section of our Privacy Policy ready for three weeks of celebration leading up to the Vendée Globe The race village officially opened this morning Corentin working onboard Malizia Seaexplorer Now sailing in very rough weather conditions in the Bay of Biscay Boris Herrmann is expected to cross the finish line in Les Sables d’Olonne this evening or during the night he will cross the virtual ‘storm line’ and we don’t know yet when Boris will be able to enter the channel Boris Herrmann onboard Malizia - Seaexplorer getting ready for the arrival The fleet of single-handed IMOCA sailors taking on the challenge of the 10th edition of the Vendée Globe are now at sea after an emotional departure from Les Sables d'Olonne This iconic race holds a special place in the hearts of the French public who were out in force to farewell the fleet on Sunday morning.  single-handed challenge that starts and finishes just off Les Sables d'Olonne The winner will cross the finising line after somewhere near 70 days at sea Nearly half of the skippers in the 40-strong fleet have participated in some way in past editions of The Ocean Race and more will do so in the events scheduled over the next three years - The Ocean Race Europe (2025) The Ocean Race Atlantic: New York-Barcelona (2026) and the next around the world race in 2027.  We wish all of the sailors in the Vendée Globe a safe and fast race and look forward to welcoming them home beginning in January.  we will be glued to our screens to follow the adventure and the intensity of the competition.  You can find your favourite sailors and follow the race on the official site at https://www.vendeeglobe.org/en  As the Vendée Globe enters its final stages Boris Herrmann continues his relentless journey towards the finish line navigating through challenging weather near the Canary Islands While his ETA at Les Sables d’Olonne remains uncertain Boris is prioritising safety and resilience determined to complete the race despite setbacks The coming days will test both his strategic decision-making and endurance as the Vendée Globe reminds us why it is the ultimate test of human and nautical limits Boris Herrmann onboard Malizia - Seaexplorer Kojiro Shiraishi achieved a remarkable feat by completing his second Vendée Globe becoming the first Asian sailor to complete two solo non-stop this Vendée Globe is the fifth complete circumnavigation for the 57 year old proud to have succeeded again to have overcome each obstacle generous skipper of DMG MORI Global One perfectly embodies the spirit of ocean racing: perseverance How do you feel about completing your second Vendée Globe Thank you for turning out is such big numbers to welcome me today Every time I take the start of the Vendée Globe I find answers to my questions and I understand why I participate you said that the ocean constantly tests sailors It was my third participation in the Vendée Globe we were not able to prepare as we would have liked I broke my mainsail in the middle of the race we had ten qualifying and training races which allowed us to start much better prepared I think Jean Le Cam has found the right solution with daggerboard boats Sailing on a foiler at my age was very difficult and physically taxing but very happy to have succeeded in this round the world race If you had to define the Vendée Globe in three words Do you think your participations have helped popularize the race in Japan a live broadcast was broadcast on a national television channel in Japan This has helped to get people talking about ocean racing in my country As proof on the next Mini Transat this autumn three young Japanese skippers will be at the start How was the end of the race and sailing on your boat The most difficult section was the one between Cape Horn and the finish in Les Sables d'Olonne We compete in a sport where you evolve in the heart of nature and it is difficult to always make the right choices I sailed by trusting my feelings and my instincts I had initially chosen a route to the north So I changed course to a more direct route the hydrogenerator or the problems with the keel and solar panels It was the fifth time I had sailed around the world This is what makes this exercise unique and exciting It's also what keeps me from getting tired of it: each round the world is a new adventure I summoned seven gods to give me good winds There is a proverb in Japan that says that if you throw a salted plum stone into the sea My main goal has always been to finish the race What's magical about the Vendée Globe is the diversity of the participants' profiles it's an event where you fight against the elements What makes the magic of this race is the enthusiasm of the public They are there supporting you if you are first Each of us comes back with a different story and it is this richness that makes the Vendée Globe great Jérémie Beyou crossed the finish line of his fifth Vendée Globe this morning at 00:58 (UTC) to take fourth place from the record fleet of 40 starters The elapsed time for the 48 year old skipper of Charal is 74 days 56 minutes and 54 seconds and he finishes 9 days and 17h behind race winner Charlie Dalin (MACIF Santé Prévoyance) Although he was tipped as one of the favourites very hard-won result for Beyou who on the descent down the Atlantic in light winds did not manage to get himself in the match with the very top group and then was never quite able to find an option to catch up with the top trio from the Indian Ocean onwards The Big South favoured the leaders on a rich-get-richer course and Beyou found himself fighting hard to lead a very tightly matched peloton against many top talented peers who he has known and raced against since his days in La Soltaire du Figaro which he has won three times competitive field Beyou’s fourth today is not the result he was looking for but in this remarkable field it is probably almost equivalent to the best Vendée Globe result of his career third behind winner Armel Le Cléac'h and runner up Alex Thomson in 2016-17.   For certain it exorcises the ghosts of his 2020 race on which he had to restart from Les Sables d’Olonne nine days after the start with a deficit of 2,700 miles to the leader at the time Briton Alex Thomson Beyou’s programme has been one of the benchmarks of the quadrennial and he has been consistently on the podium since launching his Sam Manuard design in July 2022 second on the Retour à La Base and third on the New York Vendée early last summer He raced for many miles head to head with Nicolas Lunven, only miles apart and often in sight, in the Southern Ocean before Beyou pulled ahead with a good South Atlantic. In the SE’ly trades he then matched up head to head with Brit Sam Goodchild (VULNERABLE) for over a week until Goodchild tore his mainsail in half.  Jérémie Beyou told the race vacations that he "took a big blow to the knee" The pain would take several days to subside While Charlie Dalin and Sébastien Simon were heading due East in a depression in the heart of the Indian Ocean Beyou decided to take a more Northerly route to protect himself from it He had to deal with the breakage of his mainsail hook "Getting closer to land allows you to see fabulous things" explains the skipper of Charal Jérémie takes a more westerly route than Nicolas Lunven This is the first time since the Indian Ocean that the two skippers who have been side by side since the South Atlantic Beyou notices that his starboard foil cylinder ram has snapped clean off he manages to find a solution and repair it Jérémie crosses the equator while neck and neck with 3m 39 secs different with Sam Goodchild (VULNERABLE) and battling for 4th place "one of the most violent phenomena in the Vendée Globe" with gusts of 50 knots and nearly 10 metres of waves This was his 5th participation and the 3rd time he has completed this round-the-world race after the 2016 (3rd) and 2020 (13th) editions The New York Vendée will see Boris Herrmann and 27 IMOCA sailors compete from New York in a single-handed transatlantic race starting on 29 May 2024 The skipper of D'Ieteren Group is currently making progress in the Bay of Biscay Every hour and every mile brings him closer to the Vendée finish but he continues to work hard to look after his boat He is expected in Les Sables d'Olonne this Saturday in the afternoon or evening The Sables d'Olonne public will certainly be out to line the channel as will theon line audience who will be able to follow him during a live video the Vendée Globe finish line was closed this Friday morning at 0700hrs UTC Denis Van Weynbergh (D'Ieteren Group) who has been at sea for 116 days The 57 year old Belgian skipper has been making headway with three reefs in his mainsail since the beginning of last week After rounding Cape Finisterre on Wednesday Denis is now making progress in the Bay of Biscay The sailor remains particularly focused for good reason which is much more significant than in previous weeks he must watch out for the building breeze At the end of the day this Friday and all night Denis will have to deal with a south-easterly wind of more than twenty knots and gusts of around 30 knots He will therefore have to hold on until the end before finally being able to finally relax and reflect on a job well done The sailor from D’Ieteren Group is expected at the Sables d’Olonne channel this Saturday in the afternoon or evening The latest ETA (Estimated time of arrival) provided by the race management indicates an arrival between 12:00 and 23:00 local times and 2:30 p.m local times and then from 9:10 p.m His arrival will be followed on site but also online since a live video will be offered on the Vendée Globe website and social networks who have thrilled alongside the sailors and noted with pride that ‘their’ event now reaches far beyond their borders bringing together enthusiasts from the four corners of the globe with a potential customer - ‘I really wanted to convince them to work with us’ a 43-year-old construction and civil engineering sales representative and the first discussions were as cold as the weather Until the company director asked him where he lived "I said a village near Les Sables d'Olonne because foreigners generally know that better than the Vendée And we started talking about the Vendée Globe for thirty minutes Vincent left that day with a signed contract then several emails a week to talk about the race and one certainty: ‘the Vendée Globe is no longer just a sporting event it has become a kind of magical asset for our region says she is ‘impressed but not surprised’ by the race's growing popularity And what always surprises me is the patience of the people who sometimes queue for two hours to get to the pontoon But there's such a feeling of joy everywhere "The good atmosphere is definitely the main ingredient and we're proud to offer a bit of our good humour from the Vendée which is no legend!“ enthuses the 70-year-old who promises to be there in four years” time "if my health allows it to the very special rhythm of this round the world race Yoann Richomme and Samantha Davies became so familiar that ‘they were part of everyday life’ She has noticed ‘more frequentation’ in her clothing shop but above all has the impression that ‘the months went by more quickly because we always had things to talk about with customers as they're in the Paris region and they were envious of being able to go to the finish of Violette (Dorange I'm so happy that they're the ones who can show off because something incredible is happening close to home" a student on a work-study course in marketing Going to the finish of Sébastien Simon was ‘a real moment of Vendée pride’ this great third place for the local sailor the first local to reach the podium in a Vendée Globe was the highlight of this tenth edition of the non-stop round the world race without assistance it was as crazy as a football World Cup final there was an incredible atmosphere even though it was dark and we were freezing,“ says Dimitri 'we laughed a lot and lost our voices” in the now famous “Sébastien Simon corner” but that day he understood why ‘the Vendée Globe here is not just an event the sea isn't just a picture-postcard backdrop,”' added Françoise a former teacher who also followed the Vendée Globe every day "The sea picks up people and also brings some of them back who are able to work hard to make their dream come true This is one of the key skills that Vendée Globe sailors must master and one that generates the most attention and the most questions two of them agreed to tell us a few secrets about their relationship with the pillow who has led the Vendée Globe since December 30th is on the cusp of victory counting down the final 150 miles to the Les Sables d’Olonne finish line which he is forecast to cross between 0430hrs and 0830hrs UTC Tuesday morning coming almost four years after he crossed the finish line of the 2020-21 race first but lost out to Yannick Bestaven who had a time compensation for time lost helping in the search for Kevin Escoffier.  As they will be for his nearest rival Yoann Richomme (PAPREC-ARKÉA) through what are very much home waters for both He will sail through the area where he trained in the Figaro class some ten years ago where he cut his teeth on his own first IMOCA sails in 2019 where his boats have been built and indeed less than 50 miles offshore of his family home in Concarneau.  Dalin’s last audio before finishing came this morning sharing his vision “There will be some upwind to finish in some very cold temperatures maybe the coldest night of the entire race We are sailing so close to my training waters where I have been so many times with the boat and I will sail probably close to the home base which for me is a nice symbol to be sailing close to Finistère where the boat is based and the boat was built Last time I arrived in Les Sables d’Olonne my last full night at sea was off Cape Finisterre and it was pretty hectic making seven gybes in succession and that was my 80th night and day of racing So this time my last full night was like a bit more straightforward And when you are far away from Europe but now because we are close there are many more GRIB files to follow there are five or six of them and so each takes time to study and find the best route Even though I am really close to the finish I feel like I am spending more time on the routings And so his final miles see Dalin in a state of high alert but doing all he can to enjoy his last hours sailing down through familiar waters which seemed to pass so quickly during the first weeks of the race suddenly becomes almost halte  "When you are close to the finish time passes so much more slowly," commented Dalin encapsulating the strange paradox of the final hours of such a major ordeal primitive living conditions and constant stress the last final ordeal is feeling the miles the minutes click down towards destiny.  completely," added Dalin who grew up in Le Havre "It's always the last miles that feel the longest."  iconic silhouette of Les Sables d’Olonne and its lights will loom on his horizon the first RIBs will arrive to accompany him a massive moment heralding the start of the whole crazy cavalcade that is any and every skipper’s Vendée Globe finish No longer is he or she solo and alone.  In time he should pick up the flash of the legendary Nouch Sud mark and in minutes the job will be done And this time there should be one and not two winners.  You don't have permission to access the page you requested What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons 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