Vendee Globe solo around-the-world sailing race
Photos from the Vendee Globe solo around-the-world sailing race. French skipper Armel Le Cleac’h won the yacht race on January 19, 2017 in a record time. T
- French skipper Romain Attanasio, placing 15th in the Vendee Globe around-the-world solo sailing race, celebrates aboard his Imoca 60 monohull “Famille Mary-Etamine du Lys” on February 24, 2017 as he arrives in Les Sables-d’Olonne, western France. (Jean-Sebastien Evrard/AFP/Getty Images)
- New Zealand’s skipper Conrad Colman, holding a New Zealand national flag, greets supporters after he arrived on his Imoca 60 monohull “Foresight Natural Energy” in Les Sables-d’Olonne, western France, at the end of the Vendee Globe around-the-world solo sailing race on February 24, 2017. Colman finished 16th. (Jean-Sebastien Evrard/AFP/Getty Images)
- Firemen wave flares to celebrate the arrival of Spanish skipper and fireman Didac Costa at the end of the Vendee Globe around-the-world solo sailing race on February 23, 2017 in Les Sables-d’Olonne, western France. Costa, who was taking part in the race for the first time, finished 14th. (Jean-Sebastien Evrard/AFP/Getty Images)
- French skipper Fabrice Amedeo, arrives 11th aboard his Imoca 60 monohull “Newrest-Matmut”, after his first Vendee Globe around-the-world solo sailing race, on February 18, 2017 off Les Sables-d’Olonne, western France. (Jean-Sebastien Evrard/AFP/Getty Images)
- French skipper Romain Attanasio, placing 15th in the Vendee Globe around-the-world solo sailing race, celebrates aboard his Imoca 60 monohull “Famille Mary-Etamine du Lys” on February 24, 2017 as he arrives in Les Sables-d’Olonne, western France. (Jean-Sebastien Evrard/AFP/Getty Images)
- French skipper Romain Attanasio, celebrates and smiles aboard of his Imoca 60 monohull “Famille Mary-Etamine du Lys” as he arrives 15th in les Sables-d’Olonne at the end of his Vendee Globe around-the-world solo sailing race on February 24, 2017 in Les Sables-d’Olonne, western France. (Jean-Sebastien Evrard/AFP/Getty Images)
- French skipper Romain Attanasio, celebrates and smiles aboard of his Imoca 60 monohull “Famille Mary-Etamine du Lys” as he arrives 15th in les Sables-d’Olonne at the end of his Vendee Globe around-the-world solo sailing race on February 24, 2017 in Les Sables-d’Olonne, western France. (Jean-Sebastien Evrard/AFP/Getty Images)
- French skipper Romain Attanasio, placing 15th in the Vendee Globe around-the-world solo sailing race, celebrates with his wife Samantha Davies aboard his Imoca 60 monohull “Famille Mary-Etamine du Lys” on February 24, 2017 as he arrives in Les Sables-d’Olonne, western France. (Jean-Sebastien Evrard/AFP/Getty Images)
- French skipper Romain Attanasio, placing 15th in the Vendee Globe around-the-world solo sailing race, arrives aboard his Imoca 60 monohull “Famille Mary-Etamine du Lys” on February 24, 2017 in Les Sables-d’Olonne, western France. (Jean-Sebastien Evrard/AFP/Getty Images)
- French skipper Arnaud Boissieres, also known as ‘Cali’, arrives 10th aboard of his Imoca 60 monohull “La Mie Caline”, after his third Vendee Globe around-the-world solo sailing race, on February 17, 2017 off Les Sables-d’Olonne, western France. (Loic Venance/AFP/Getty Images)
- New Zealand’s skipper Conrad Colman arrives on his Imoca 60 monohull “Foresight Natural Energy” in Les Sables-d’Olonne, western France, at the end of the Vendee Globe around-the-world solo sailing race on February 24, 2017. Colman finished 16th. (Jean-Sebastien Evrard/AFP/Getty Images)
- New Zealand’s skipper Conrad Colman celebrates on his Imoca 60 monohull “Foresight Natural Energy” upon his arrival in Les Sables-d’Olonne, western France, at the end of the Vendee Globe around-the-world solo sailing race on February 24, 2017. Colman finished 16th. (Jean-Sebastien Evrard/AFP/Getty Images)
- Supporters of New Zealand’s skipper Conrad Colman hold a banner upon his arrival in Les Sables-d’Olonne, western France, at the end of the Vendee Globe around-the-world solo sailing race on February 24, 2017. Colman finished 16th. (Jean-Sebastien Evrard/AFP/Getty Images)
- Spanish skipper Didac Costa, placing 14th in his first participation to the Vendee Globe around-the-world solo sailing race, celebrates aboard his Imoca 60 monohull “One Planet One Ocean” on February 23, 2017 as he arrives in Les Sables-d’Olonne, western France. (Jean-Sebastien Evrard/AFP/Getty Images)
- People wait for the arrival of Spanish skipper Didac Costa at the end of the Vendee Globe around-the-world solo sailing race on February 23, 2017 in Les Sables-d’Olonne, western France. Costa, who was taking part in the race for the first time, finished 14th. (Jean-Sebastien Evrard/AFP/Getty Images)
- Spanish skipper Didac Costa, placing 14th in his first participation to the Vendee Globe around-the-world solo sailing race, sails aboard his Imoca 60 monohull “One Planet One Ocean” on February 23, 2017 as he arrives in Les Sables-d’Olonne, western France. (Jean-Sebastien Evrard/AFP/Getty Images)
- Hungarian skipper Nandor Fa celebrates as he arrives in Les Sables-d’Olonne, western France, on February 8, 2017, to place 8th in the Vendee Globe solo around-the-world sailing race. (Loic Venance/AFP/Getty Images)
- Hungarian skipper Nandor Fa celebrates as he arrives on sight of Les Sables-d’Olonne, western France, on February 8, 2017, to place 8th in the Vendee Globe solo around-the-world sailing race. (Loic Venance/AFP/Getty Images)
- French skipper Eric Bellion arrives aboard his Imoca 60 “Comme un seul Homme” as he arrives at Les Sables d’Olonne after placing 9th of the Vendee Globe solo around-the-world sailing race on February 13, 2017. (Loic Venance/AFP/Getty Images)
- Swiss skipper Alan Roura, placing 12th in his first participation to the Vendee Globe around-the-world solo sailing race, arrives aboard his Imoca 60 monohull “La Fabrique” on February 20, 2017 in Les Sables-d’Olonne, western France. (Jean-Sebastien Evrard/AFP/Getty Images)
- Second-placed British skipper Alex Thomson aboard his Imoca monohull Hugo Boss arrives to cross the finish line of the Vendee Globe solo around the world sailing race, on January 20, 2017 off Les Sables d’Olonne, western France. French skipper Armel Le Cleac’h won the Vendee Globe solo round the world yacht race on January 19, 2017 in a record time. The 39-year-old got the better of his titanic duel with British rival Alex Thomson to cross the finish line at Les Sables d’Olonne at 15:37GMT after 74 days, three hours, 35 minutes and 46 seconds at sea. (Damien Meyer/AFP/Getty Images)