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Knut Frostad reflects
Knut Frostad, Volvo Ocean Race CEO, takes time out to reflect on the challenges and achievements of the ground-breaking 2008-09 race and provides an update of the outline plans for the next event....
First leg win for Telefonica Black
It was an historic moment tonight in St Petersburg, Russia, when as the White Night turned to dawn the Volvo Ocean Race fleet, led by Telefónica Black in a thrilling climax, crossed the tenth and final finish line of this nine-month, 37,000 nm race around the world....
Course Lengthened For Volvo Finale
The seven boats racing, plus Team Russia, who is accompanying the fleet, are beating under a blazing sun towards the finish line of the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09 in St Petersburg tomorrow. Progress has been faster than predicted and the race director has just extended the course by 45 nautical miles,...
Bye Bye my friends
The fleet of 220 000 virtual boats set sail from the city of Stockholm for the 400 mile leg to St Petersburg in Russia today. This 400 miles will be the culmination of 37,000 miles of ocean racing and it will mark the final leg of the Volvo Ocean Race Game 2008/09. ...
400 miles to the finish
It was like the end of a school term at the skippers' press conference in Stockholm today as the Volvo Ocean Race fleet prepares to tackle Leg 10, a final, short, sprint to the overall finish line in St. Petersburg....
Remarkable comeback for Telefonica Blue
After an extremely disappointing leg nine, which saw second overall in the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09 slip away when Telefónica Blue ran aground and had to return to Marstrand for emergency repairs, Bouwe Bekking and his men made a remarkable comeback today, to snatch the in-port race in Stockholm fro...
TELEFÓNICA BLUE COMPLETES LEG NINE
Leg nine of the Volvo Ocean Race is one that the skipper and crew of Telefónica Blue would rather forget. Instead of anticipated heated racing against PUMA for second place in the event overall, Telefónica Blue became securely wedged on a rock just outside Marstrand moments after the start last Sun...
Puma takes Leg 9, Ericsson 4 takes Volvo Ocean Race
A third place finish in leg nine has been enough for Ericsson 4 to provisionally win the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09. The team now has a 13-point lead over PUMA, with just 12 points available in the rest of the race....
Ericsson 3 Leads Volvo Fleet Towards Home Port Of Stockholm
After 24-hours of hard racing and not much sleep, Ericsson 3 is today’s leader of the reduced pack of six Volvo 70s, but, with 122 nm to the finish in Sandhamn/Stockholm, only eight miles splits the fleet from first to last....
Telefonica Blue hits rock while leading fleet
Drama today in Marstrand as Telefónica Blue/Bouwe Bekking became wedged on a rock and suspended racing at 1231GMT while leading the fleet at the start of leg nine to Stockholm. ...
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