Globe 2020 Vendee Globe. Follow the Vendée Globe : the only sailing race round the world, solo, non-stop and without assistance. The Vendée Globe solo around the world race is seen as the world's toughest sporting challenge.
The Vendée Globe solo around the world race is seen as the world's toughest sporting challenge. Watch: Amazing helicopter footage of Alex Thomson in Vendee Globe race. Today the Vendée Globe info team welcomes Antoine Mermod, president of the IMOCA Class and Marcus Hutchinson, team manager LinkedOut, and Boris Herrmann footage from the South Atlantic.
The Vendée Globe starts in the Vendée region of France and, like the Volvo Ocean Race , takes the clipper route of circumnavigation used by ships carrying goods between Europe and the Far East and Oceania.
Traditionally hundreds of thousands of fans line the docks.
Today the Vendée Globe info team welcomes Antoine Mermod, president of the IMOCA Class and Marcus Hutchinson, team manager LinkedOut, and Boris Herrmann footage from the South Atlantic. Alex Thomson: Vendee Globe on horizon again for British sailor. The Vendée Globe solo around the world race is seen as the world's toughest sporting challenge.