The latest from OC Sport across the world

OC Sport Pen Duick confirms the 2020 edition of La Solitaire du Figaro

23-06-2020 - News

The owners and organisers of La Solitaire du Figaro, OC Sport Pen Duick, have confirmed that the flagship race of the French Elite Offshore Racing Championship will go ahead at the end of the summer.

OC Sport joins the Sports for Climate Action Framework

10-06-2020 - News

OC Sport has made a firm commitment to embed sustainability at the heart of its operations by becoming a signatory to the Sports for Climate Action Framework hosted by UN Climate Change.

Virtual success at the World Health Organisation Walk the Talk: The Health for all Challenge 2020

27-05-2020 - News

On 16 and 17 May, OC Sport helped to deliver the World Health Organisation Walk the Talk: The Health for All Challenge 2020 as a virtual event. In light of COVID-19, Walk the Talk was offered not just to local communities, but to the larger global community and was an opportunity to promote health and well-being for people all over the world.

Haute Route cycling series welcomes new majority shareholder

26-05-2020 - News

The Haute Route has announced that independent investor and entrepreneur Michael Hartweg has acquired a majority stake in the amateur cycling series through his family office MICA Ventures AG.

Racing may be cancelled but we’re in this together

09-05-2020 - News

This weekend should have been a special one for us at OC Sport and for hundreds of you too. Not only would we be celebrating the start of The Transat CIC but we would also be welcoming thousands of you to the start line at Geneva Marathon. Here some ways we encourage you to still enjoy and celebrate this weekend, whilst looking forward to what is to come…

1,830 demanding and tactical miles for the 51st edition of the Solitaire du Figaro

01-04-2020 - News

OC Sport Pen Duick, organisers of the Solitaire du Figaro, have announced the course details for the 51st edition of the world’s toughest, annual, solo sailing race. Starting from the historic Brittany town of Saint-Brieuc in north-west France on 30th August 2020, as many as 30 skippers are expected on the Solitaire start line this year as they prepare to take on 1,830 miles of Europe’s roughest waters – single-handed.

HelloWork to take part in La Transat AG2R LA MONDIALE with Fabien Delahaye and Benjamin Schwartz

03-03-2020 - News

After a successful Solitaire URGO Le Figaro in 2019 with Yoann Richomme, HelloWork returns this season, with the Figaro Bénéteau 3 ready to take part in La Transat AG2R LA MONDIALE. This time it will be Fabien Delahaye and Benjamin Schwartz, already training partners at Le HUB by OC Sport, who will take up the challenge!

A Very High-Quality Field Set to Start The Transat CIC

27-02-2020 - News

The legendary passage across the North Atlantic has proven one of the most difficult challenges to the solo sailor over the last 60 years. Although the start and finish ports for the 15th edition of The Transat CIC have changed from the traditional course, now leaving Brest in France on May 10th 2020 and finishing in Charleston, South Carolina in the USA, it will still be one of the toughest solo tests in ocean racing...

UTMB® GROUP LAUNCHES THAILAND BY UTMB®

26-02-2020 - News

UTMB® Group, pioneers in the creation and organisation of world-class trail running events, have today announced the launch of their newest international event, Thailand by UTMB®.

City of Dunkirk to host La Solitaire du Figaro

24-02-2020 - News

The city of Dunkirk in Northern France is set to host La Solitaire du Figaro, the world’s leading annual solo sailing race. Between September 9-12, the city will welcome the Figaro Beneteau 3 fleet for the arrival of the 2nd stage before gearing up for an exciting departure for the start of the 3rd stage.

Mutuelle Bleue for l’Institut Carie embark on important sailing sponsorship project with Amélie Grassi and Ambrogio Beccaria for Transat AG2R LA MONDIALE

15-02-2020 - News

Mutuelle Bleue, a health insurer involved in the fight against cancer is embarking on an ambitious sailing sponsorship project, with the objective to raise awareness around the prevention of cancer. Associated with the Institut Curie, the leading French centre for the fight against cancer, Mutuelle Bleue have entrusted the young and talented sailor Amélie Grassi to act as an ambassador and raise awareness for the cause during the Transat AG2R LA MONDIALE, which will start on April 19, 2020 at Concarneau.

OC Sport Switzerland win World Health Organisation tender for Walk the Talk: The Health for all Challenge

07-02-2020 - News

From a base in Switzerland along the Geneva Lake, OC Sport has earned a strong-hold in Geneva and beyond. Most recently, the company won a tender from the World Health Organisation (WHO) to manage their Walk the Talk: The Health for all Challenge in Geneva, a partnership that Benjamin Chandelier (Co-founder and Outdoor Events Director at OC Sport) says is a great recognition of OC Sport’s success in the region as the premier outdoor events organizer.