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Credit: | Rick Tomlinson/Volvo Ocean Race |
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Edition: | 2008-2009 |
Caption: | For EDITORIAL USE only, please credit: Rick Tomlinson/Volvo Ocean Race..Telefonica Blue, skippered by Bouwe Bekking (NED) (pictured), finishes first, on leg 4 of the Volvo Ocean Race, from Singapore to Qingdao, China at 07:00:25 GMT..In a leg that has been full of drama, bravery and courage, Bouwe Bekking and his men racing Telefónica Blue has pulled off their second leg win a row to take first place on the podium in Qingdao, China, after sailing immaculately...Shortly before crossing the finish in thick fog at 0700 GMT (1500 local time), after racing for 11 days, 2 hours and 26 seconds (11d:02h:00m:25s), Bekking said, “I feel far from comfortable. Even if it should go wrong, the guys should all feel like the moral winners of the leg, they sailed like champions.”..The eight points for the leg win, brings Telefónica Blue’s total score to 41.5 points, just 3.5 points behind race leader Ericsson 4. ..The Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09 will be the 10th running of this ocean marathon. Starting from Alicante in Spain, on 4 October 2008, it will, for the first time, take in Cochin, India, Singapore and Qingdao, China before finishing in St Petersburg, Russia for the first time in the history of the race. Spanning some 37,000 nautical miles, visiting 11 ports over nine months, the Volvo Ocean Race is the world's premier ocean yacht race for professional racing crews...For all media enquiries please contact Lizzie Ward on +44 (0)1489 554 832 or email <A HREF="mailto:lizzie.ward@volvooceanrace.org">lizzie.ward@volvooceanrace.org</A>. For all photographic enquiries, please contact Tim Stonton on +44 (0)1489 554 867 or email <A HREF="mailto:tim.stonton@volvooceanrace.org">tim.stonton@volvooceanrace.org</A>. For further images, please go to <A HREF="http://images.volvooceanrace.org">http://images.volvooceanrace.org</A> |
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Original Filename: | VOR13365.jpg |
Date Created: | Thu Jan 29 00:00:00 GMT 2009 |
Size: | 1.87 MB; 4256 x 2832 pixels; 360 x 240 mm (print at 300 DPI); |
Orientation: | Landscape |
Notes: | For EDITORIAL USE only. Please credit correctly. For commercial enquiries please email images@volvooceanrace.com |
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