What a finish! The opening leg of The Ocean Race Europe came to a nail-biting finish in Cascais with the winners in both the VO65 and IMOCA 60 classes decided only in the last few moments of the four-day passage from Lorient, France. A thrilling conclusion in the one design VO65 class saw The Austrian Ocean Race Project, skippered by Gerwin Jansen (NED), pull off a remarkable come-from-behind victory to edge out Rokas Milevičius’ Lithuanian entry Ambersail-2 by just six seconds. Meanwhile in the IMOCA class, Nicolas Troussel’s CORUM L'Epargne (FRA) took the winner’s gun, ahead of Charlie Enright’s United States entry 11th Hour Racing Team in second, and Thomas Ruyant’s LinkedOut (FRA) in third. © The Ocean Race 1973 SL
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The Ocean Race Europe 2021 - Leg 1 De...
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The Ocean Race Europe 2021 - Cascais ...
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The Ocean Race Europe 2021 - Leg 2 Start
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