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51st La Solitaire du Figaro Title For Le Cléac’h, Tom Dolan Lifts Vivi Trophy
20-09-2020 - News
Armel Le Cléac’h (Banque Populaire) lifted the overall title for the 51st La Solitaire du Figaro at the end of race prizegiving in Saint Nazaire, France. It is Le Cléach’s third time of winning after successes in 2003 and 2010
Read MoreRun Mate 2020 confirmed to go ahead in September
05-08-2020 - News
With the great news that the Run Mate 2020 event will be going ahead on September 26th and 27th 2020, runners are more motivated than ever to be part of this unforgettable event in a few weeks time.
Read More1,830 demanding and tactical miles for the 51st edition of the Solitaire du Figaro
24-07-2020 - 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.
Read MoreOC 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.
Read MoreOC 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.
Read MoreVirtual 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.
Read MoreHaute 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.
Read MoreRacing 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…
Read More1,830 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.
Read MoreHelloWork 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!
Read MoreA 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...
Read MoreUTMB® 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®.
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