British trio bid to conquer Vendee Globe yacht race
- Published: 10 Nov 2012 at 15.47
- Online news: Sports
France's monopoly on the Vendee Globe, the solo non-stop round-the-world yacht race which starts on Saturday, is under serious threat from among others a former fireman and a young mother.
English skipper Mike Golding poses aboard his monohull 'Gamesa,' on November 5, in Les Sables-d'Olonne, western France, a few days prior to start of the 7th edition of the Vendee Globe solo round-the-world race.
Titouan Lamazou set the Vendee ball rolling for France in the inaugural edition of the gruelling 24,000 mile, three month odyssey in 1990, and French skippers have gone on to claim the next five editions.
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