“Telefónica” has begun to claw back miles, currently on a northerly course and from third place in the rankings, the Spanish team is exerting pressure on their most immediate competition and has moved to just 13 miles from “Camper with Emirates Team New Zealand”. This follows a night where ...
It's been a complicated night for the fleet, with the transition zone slowing the six boats racing down to unexpected low speeds. The crew on Spanish boat “Telefónica” have been working very hard indeed to get through the new calm and are now thinking ahead about when to point ...
On course for Miami (USA) and the fleet continues to push forward, clearly divided into two groups. The boats have also begun to establish their positions on the final stretch to the trades, which promises to be very intense indeed. “Telefónica” has chosen the east and is facing ...
The cards are on the table and the first few miles to Miami (USA) are making it very clear where the preferences of each of the boats in the Volvo Ocean Race lie. Two clear tactical calls are currently dividing the fleet and Spanish boat “Telefónica” continues to defend ...
The first few hours of the route to Miami (USA) have already thrown up a few surprises, with the fleet breaking off into three clearly defined groups. Spanish boat “Telefónica” with Iker Martínez chose to defend from the south of the fleet, moving away from the Brazilian coast and ...
Crowds gathered at the port of Itajaí (Brazil) this afternoon to bid farewell to the Volvo Ocean Race fleet who are now racing their sixth leg of the regatta, with the finishing line at Miami (USA). The response from Santa Catarina was overwhelming, not only to the race itself, ...
Following the in-port race at Itajaí, where Team Telefónica fell back into fifth place, despite having lead the fleet from the first to the fourth mark, today is the time for the sixth leg of the Volvo Ocean Race to kick off: 4,800 miles between the Brazilian city and Miami, ...
A hotly awaited in-port in which Team Telefónica hopes to get a good result, “I hope we'll at least make the podium,” said Iker Martínez. This is the sixth in-port race of this Volvo Ocean Race and it will take place tomorrow, Saturday, with the boats racing a course ...
“It's absolutely clear that we are totally innocent and that we have complied with the rules”. Clear and resounding; those were the words of Luis Sáenz Mariscal, Team Telefónica's regulations and legal adviser, after hearing that the International Jury had ruled that the Spanish team had not breached rule ...
Back in April 2011, Pepe Ribes fulfilled a personal and professional challenge by completing the double-handed, non-stop round the world race: Barcelona World Race. Just two months later, following an operation on his knee, Ribes was fully incorporated into Team Telefónica to take on what would be his fourth ...
Spain's royal sailing federation, the RFEV announced today that sailors Iker Martínez and Xabi Fernández have been chosen as the crew to represent Spain at the London 2012 Olympic Games in the 49er class category. We spoke to the Basque pair in Brazil, where on Sunday they will commence ...
The Brazilian leg stopover is somewhat longer than the previous one, but that doesn't mean the pace is any less hectic. Following ten days in 'boxes', “Telefónica” is now back on the water, firing up for a crucial week ahead in Itajaí. Leg six kicks off in six ...
He's the youngest skipper in this round the world regatta, but Iker Martínez has been around for a while. From the first leg which kicked off last November in Alicante, his team is in the lead, a lead which has gone from strength to strength in this Volvo Ocean ...
The stopwatch for the fifth leg of the Volvo Ocean Race stopped for “Telefónica” on Friday 6th April at 19:22 UTC with 19 days, 18 hours, 22 minutes and 28 seconds of an intense leg behind them. At that moment, Horacio Carabelli, Technical Director at Team Telefónica set another ...
The second place finish at Itajaí (Brazil) for Spanish boat “Telefónica”, just 12 minutes behind the leg leader American boat “Puma”, following 19 days, 18 hours, 22 minutes and 28 seconds of racing and having made a 17 hour pit stop for repairs at Cape Horn meant another big step ...
Over 6,700 miles of sailing across Southern Ocean, with some of the toughest conditions seen in recent editions of the race. Round Cape Horn and an unprecedented pit stop, with the boat resuming the leg 16 hours and 57 minutes later. “Telefónica” didn't stop clawing back miles until ...
It could go any way... The fifth leg of the Volvo Ocean Race has certainly thrown up a surprise or two and with just 24 hours of the leg to go, Iker Martínez's “Telefónica” may even add the cherry to this cake by moving into the lead. ...
The fifth leg of the Volvo Ocean Race has taken a very unexpected turn. The trio of fleet frontrunners became a duo yesterday, following the dismasting of the French boat, which was forced to suspend racing. It seems that the final 400 miles of the leg will now ...
“Telefónica” has raised the stakes in the battle with the fleet frontrunners. The two leaders, currently absorbed in an ocean-going match race, moved closer to the South American coast during the night, whilst Iker Martínez and crew, making the most of the leading pair's determined efforts to mark one ...
After a day logging some great racing data, in just 24 hours “Telefónica” managed to edge to just one hundred miles from the leg frontrunners “Groupama” and “Puma”. The pair of entries have been engaged in head to head battle which has opened up some new options for the ...
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