LORIENT, FRANCE - 15 JUILLET 2024 : Le skipper de Fortinet - Best Western Romain Attanasio (FRA) à l'entraînement, le 15 juillet 2024 à Lorient, France. (Photo par Adrien Nivet / polaRYSE)

Romain Attanasio : « Je suis excité de retourner dans l’inconnu »

PAROLES DE SKIPPER (31/40) : Pour son premier Vendée Globe, il visait l’aventure et avait été servi. Sur son deuxième, il espérait de la compétition mais avait dû vite y renoncer, la faute à un chapelet de problèmes techniques. Cette fois, Romain Attanasio revient sur un foiler pour « jouer en…

LES SABLES D'OLONNE, FRANCE - 1ER NOVEMBRE 2024 : Les enfants jouent avec l'album Panini et les autocollants lors du pré-départ du Vendée Globe, le 1er novembre 2024 aux Sables d'Olonne, France - (Photo by Vincent Curutchet / Alea)
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Rencontre avec Pip Hare, Medalia | Vendée Globe 2024

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Pip Hare: "I want to finish the race with no regrets and knowing I took every opportunity"

WHAT THE SKIPPERS SAID. 30/40 Even to many seasoned Vendée Globe fans Britain’s Pip Hare was a complete unknown before the start of the last race. But with her good humoured, smiling communication and effervescent joie de vie – her sheer tenacity and pleasure to be competing on the solo round the…

Start Vendée Globe 2020

HOW TO FOLLOW THE START

Next Sunday, that is the 10th of November, the 40 skippers of the Vendée Globe will start the 10th edition of the legendary solo non stop round the world race. From 8 a.m. (local time France, +1hr UTC) , the boats will cast off from the race pontoon one by one, every three minutes.

LORIENT, FRANCE - APRIL 16, 2024 : VandB - Monbana - Mayenne skipper Maxime Sorel (FRA) is pictured during training, on April 16, 2024 off Lorient, France - Photo Maxime Falcone

Maxime Sorel: “There are no limits to dreams."

WHAT THE SKIPPERS SAID (29/40). Always go higher, always go further, that is Maxime Sorel’s philosophy for life. He is a qualified civil engineer who loves nothing more than to challenge his limits. He proved this during his first Vendée Globe four years ago by finishing in a commendable 10th place…

LES SABLES D'OLONNE, FRANCE - 1 NOVEMBRE 2024 : Hansa sailing challenge, un duo de skippers Damien Seguin, Paul Meilhat, Sébastien Marsset, Jingkun Xu et des membres de l'équipe ainsi que des parachutistes, sont photographiés lors du pré-départ du Vendée Globe, le 1er novembre 2024 aux Sables d'Olonne, France - (Photo by Olivier Blanchet / Alea)
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Rencontre avec Jérémie Beyou, Charal | Vendée Globe 2024
Le skipper de New Europe, Szabolcs Weöres (HUN), photographié chez lui en train de se préparer pour sa journée lors du pré-départ du Vendée Globe, le 24 octobre 2024 aux Sables d'Olonne, France.
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LORIENT, FRANCE - APRIL 17, 2024 : Charal skipper Jérémie Beyou (FRA) is pictured during training, on April 17, 2024 in Lorient, France. (Photo by Marin Le Roux / Polaryse)

Jérémie Beyou : "I feel like I've had every Vendée Globe experience except winning."

THE SKIPPERS SAID(28/40). Four years after a difficult race in which he ended up 13th, Jérémie Beyou of Charal is back with the same ambition: winning!. He has a new Sam Manuard IMOCA which he has been refining and making more reliable for a full three years and he is very well resourced as he sets…

Rencontre avec Louis Duc, Fives Group - Lantana Environnement | Vendée Globe 2024
CAEN, FRANCE - SEPTEMBER 3, 2024 : Fives Group - Lantana Environnement skipper Louis Duc (FRA) is pictured on September 3, 2024 off Caen, France - Photo by Armel Vrac

Louis Duc : "No problems only solutions."

WHAT THE SKIPPERS SAID (27/40). “No problems, only solutions!” These are the words which have always driven Louis Duc. The burly skipper from Normandy is very much a self-made sailor who has made a virtue of doing a lot with a little. He proves it once again with his Vendée Globe globe IMOCA which…

Rencontre avec Denis Van Weybergh, Ieteren Group | Vendée Globe 2024
LORIENT, FRANCE - AUGUST 20, 2024 : D’Ieteren Group skipper Van Weynbergh Denis (BEL) is pictured on August 20, 2024 off Lorient, France. (Photo by Marin Le Roux / Polaryse)

Denis Van Weynbergh : "I want to show nothing is impossible"

WHAT THE SKIPPERS SAID (26/40). The Les Sables d’Olonne based Belgian skipper Denis Van Weynbergh has a 100% volunteer team who help him prepare his boat. Yet the former journalist and businessman will race off the same start line and round the exact same course as all the big teams. He hopes to…

Rencontre avec Sébastien Simon, Groupe Dubreuil | Vendée Globe 2024
LES SABLES D’OLONNE, FRANCE - JULY 31, 2023 : Groupe Dubreuil skipper Sébastien Simon (FRA) is pictured training on July 31, 2023 off Les Sables d'Olonne, France - Photo by Groupe Dubreuil Sailing Team

Sébastien Simon: "I am a child of the Vendée Globe, now I just want to finish the race."

THE SKIPPERS SAID (25/40). Sébastien Simon is back. The 34 year old solo skipper who grew up in Les Sables d’Olonne has always had the Vendée Globe as a thread woven through his life. Now four years after abandoning off the coast of South Africa he is set to line up at the start of the tenth…

UNKNOWN - APRIL 22, 2023 : Tut Gut. Sailing skipper Oliver Heer (SUI) is pictured on April 22, 2023, in Unknown, France - Photo by Team Tut Gut.

Mental strength and resilience is fundamental to the Vendée Globe skippers

For many Vendée Globe skippers employing a mental coach, or sports psychologist, to help prepare for all of the race and all of its rigorous demands – before, during and after – is as important as physical training, sleep training, advice on food and nutrition and improving meteo strategy. It is…

Des initiatives positives sur le village | Vendée Globe 2024