MAPFRE recovers their leadership of the Volvo Ocean Race
Xabi Fernández’s team finish leg 10 in second place, just one minute and 55 seconds behind Brunel in an epic final into Gothenburg, and after a great leg for the Spaniards.
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“We are sailing with the new S-SW winds, doing about 11 knots of boatspeed so looks promising. Hopefully we can stretch with AkzoNobel and put some ground between the rest of the boats and us but as I said, for the moment it just looks promising.”
MAPFRE lead the start of the penultimate leg of the Volvo Ocean Race
Leg ten of the Volvo Ocean Race is underway. At 17:30h Spanish time, the fleet started in light winds, and with everything at stake.
Ready to fight for victory in Gothenburg
Mañana domingo arranca la penúltima etapa de la Volvo Ocean Race, 1.300 millas de recorrido entre Cardiff y Gotemburgo en las que el objetivo del VO65 español será luchar por la victoria para recuperar el liderato de la vuelta al mundo
Maximum tension ahead of the last two legs of the Volvo Ocean Race 2018-19
8 days, 12 hours, 49 minutes and 52 seconds; the time taken by MAPFRE to sail the 5300 miles from Newport (United States) to Cardiff (Wales, United Kingdom).
