Welcome to the New York-Vendée-Les Sables d'Olonne
Last race before the start of the Vendée Globe, the next edition of the New York - Vendée will set sails on the 16th of June 2020 !
An event on the IMOCA GLOBE SERIES 2018-2021 programme, the next edition of the Transat NEW-YORK VENDEE - Les Sables d'Olonne will set sail from New York on Tuesday 16 June 2020, with an initial ETA in France’s Vendée region of 25 June.
Following on from Jérémie Beyou’s (Maître CoQ) win in 2016 in 9 days, 16 hours, 57 minutes and 49 seconds, the second edition of the NEW-YORK VENDEE - Les Sables d'Olonne in 2020 promises to be a top-flight match gathering together the majority of the skippers signed up for the 9th edition of the Vendée Globe.
Reminder of the Top 5 in the Transat NEW-YORK VENDEE 2016:
1 - Jérémie Beyou (Maître CoQ)
2 - Sébastien Josse (Edmond de Rothschild)
3 - Alex Thomson (Hugo Boss)
4 - Paul Meilhat (SMA)
5 - Vincent Riou (PRB)
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Teams info
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