On this Monday, July 9th, some eight months after the title was revealed Iker Martínez and Xabi Fernández finally picked up the prize awarded to them as the ISAF Rolex World Sailors of the Year 2011 at a ceremony held in Madrid at the headquarters of Rolex Spain.
The news was made public on the 9th of November: ISAF, the international federation for sailors had named Iker Martínez and Xabi Fernández as the sailors of the year at an event held in San Juan, Puerto Rico. However, Iker and Xabi didn't receive the news amid the protocol and solemnity of a federation event but in the North Atlantic, whilst they were competing in the first leg of the Volvo Ocean Race aboard “Telefónica”. The leg became the first win for the Spanish Volvo Open 70.
The reasons behind the decision to award the title to Iker and Xabi were patent, with the Spanish pair boasting an impeccable sporting record and having demonstrated an incredible adaptability in their field in 2011, moving from the 49er class successfully to ...
The Volvo Ocean Race finished in Galway (Ireland) yesterday with the final in-port race in this edition of the competition. Iker Martínez and his “Telefónica” bid farewell to the ...
Tomorrow will be the final opportunity to see the boats competing in the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-2012 together on the water. At 12:00 UTC (13:00 local time) the crews ...
Almost nine months after starting the round the world race “Telefónica” faced the final leg: 550 miles which would be crucial in terms of the final overall standings for the ...
Almost two in the morning in Galway and and the dash to the Irish port which took 1 day, 13 hours, 57 minutes and 33 seconds for “Telefónica” means that ...
The 24 hours of racing mark on this final leg of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-2012 has been hit and Spain's "Telefónica" is sticking with the fleet frontrunners in a ...
Seven months after the start at Alicante, Spain, the ninth and final leg of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-2012 kicked off today in Lorient, in Brittany, France, with Spanish boat ...
Tomorrow, Sunday, sees the final leg of the Volvo Ocean Race kick off in the French port of Lorient, taking the fleet to the Irish city of Galway after today's ...
?Two weeks after finishing one of the tightest and toughest legs of the round the world regatta, the six Volvo Open 70s are now preparing to take on the penultimate ...
This coming Sunday, July 1st, the Volvo Ocean Race fleet will be hearing the sound of the starting horn for the start of the ninth and final leg in the ...
5 days, 8 hours, 40 minutes and 26 seconds after setting off from Lisbon, “Telefónica” crossed the finishing line of the eighth leg of the Volvo Ocean Race in Lorient ...
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