The "Mapfre" depends on itself in the last stage of the Volvo a victory and glory

The "Mapfre" depends on itself in the last stage of the Volvo a victory and glory

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El tramo final del "Brunel" en la Volvo... de otra galaxia

The final stretch of the "Brunel" in the Volvo... of another galaxy

The present edition of the Volvo Ocean Race is already the most equal in the entire history of the race. The "Team Brunel" achieved an exceptional victory yesterday in the tenth and penultimate stage of the race, which, in addition to the second square of the "Mapfre" and the fourth place of the "Dongfeng Race Team," make the general classification a real kettle in the absence of the last stage.

After the results collected today in the Gothenburg goal, "Brunel" and "Mapfre" have been tied up at the top of the table with 65 points, while the "Dongfeng Race Team," the current general leader, is third with 64 points. However, the team patronized by Charles Caudrelier has at present the extra point that will be given to the team that will complete the race with the shortest time accumulated, so there is a triple virtual tie.

The last 24 hours of stage 10 have been a real heart attack. After leading for most of the stage since they left Cardiff, the "Mapfre" saw the "Brunel" approach little by little by little by its stern because it achieved a faster configuration to advance the Spaniards and maintain a minimal advantage in the Gothenburg goal, which in the end was set at 1 minute and 55 seconds.

The "Brunel" thus confirms the incredible dating that it has completed in the second half of the Volvo Ocean Race, in which it has achieved the victories in stages 7, 9 and 10 and has taken a total of 51 points of 53 possible. The "Mapfre," for its part, still has another historical fact in hand: to be the first Spanish team to win the Volvo Ocean Race. The sailboat by Xabi Fernández depends on himself; if he wins the last stage, he will take the title.

"Dongfeng" tiene pendiente de aplicación +1 punto por ser el mejor crono de la Volvo... por lo que hay un triple empate

"Dongfeng" has an application slope + 1 point for being the best crone of the Volvo... so there is a triple tie

14 / 06 / 2018: Triple tie between "Brunel," "Mapfre" and "Dongfeng" after stage ten of the Volvo

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At 22: 42: 01 on Thursday, June 14, the "Brunel" was crossing the line of arrival in Swedish waters in the middle of the south-west 20-kt winds... very close to it "Mapfre" just 01 minutes 55 seconds... amazing the struggle at this stage of the Volvo Ocean Race!... in a few minutes will be done by the "AkzoNobel" which is three miles away and then the "Dongfeng" about six... later "Turn The Tion of Plastic," "" Vestas "and" Scallywag "more than 50 miles away. With this order of arrival" Mapfre "recovers the leadership of the Volvo, with a point of advantage over its maximum rival, the Chinese franc ship," Dongfeng. "With these data, a triple tie is produced in the head between" Brunel, "" Mapfre "and" Dongfeng... "at 65 points!... INCREIBLE.

13 / 06 / 2018: Winds of 20 knots at midnight and leader of the "Mapfre" in northern Scotland

Leg 10, from Cardiff to Gothenburg, LIVE from the helicopter day 04. 13 June, 2018.

The painfully loose winds and rolls that persecute the seven ships that compete in the tenth stage of the Volvo Ocean Race during the transition by an anti-cyclone have been replaced by powerful south-west winds that make them fly north-east at fast speeds.

In this change of stage, the "Mapfre" holds like a boar at the head of the fleet making speeds that have reached 25 knots about ten miles from the coast of Scotland's External Hebridas.

The "Dongfeng Race Team," which leads the general with a single point of advantage over the Spanish, marches second to just under three miles from the Spanish ship, when there are about 430 miles to the Gothenburg goal... third is "Brunel" to 3.5 miles, fourth "AkzoNobel" to six, the fifth place for the "Turn The Tide on Plastic" to six, the American "Vestas" to a little more than ten, closing the Hong Kong ship, the "Scallywag" to 32 nautical miles. South wind 20 knots this midnight.

If "Mapfre" won the stage and the "Dongfeng" was second, they would both be tied to points (if Dongfeng, as planned, gets an extra point in the final general by investing the least total time to turn the world around) so the last stage between Gothenburg and The Hague could not have more emotion.

12 / 06 / 2018: "Mapfre" leads a very grouped fleet of the Volvo 910 miles from Gothenburg

"Mapfre" sigue mandando en la etapa Cardiff-Gotemburgo

"Mapfre" continues to command in the Cardiff-Gothenburg stage

The seven ships of the Volvo Ocean Race lead their proas in a radically opposite direction to the finish line of Stage 10 when they tried to cross an anti-cyclone in a transition that could be the key to victory and that, for the moment, has the Mapphre in the head of the fleet.

After almost two days at sea in the penultimate stage of this edition, and with less than 1,000 miles to reach the Gothenburg goal, less than eight miles separate the seven ships.

The Sun Hung Kai / Scallywag has taken advantage of this transition to a thousand wonders and has recovered the more than seventy miles that it had at a disadvantage until it can be installed in the third place by distance to goal; however, its position is somewhat unrealistic, as it is still more strategically positioned than its rivals.

While the speed of the ships was significantly reduced, all the teams know that on the other side of the cyclone a strong wind from the west will allow them to point north and start flying north of Scotland.

The teams that first reach the powerful wind will have the opportunity to move away from their rivals, and with only three points of difference between the three best teams in the general, this circumstance will be crucial to the final result of the race.

At 2300 hours on Tuesday, it follows "Mapfre" to the front when 910 miles to Gothenburg. After the Spanish boat "Vestas," "Dongfeng" and "AkzoNobel" less than two miles... further back to about 8.0 miles "Turn The Tide on Plastic" and "Brunel, to close" Scalywag "to 25. The wind is from the south at this time of about 12 knots, and the fleet sails fast and fast between 17 and 20 knots of speed.

11 / 06 / 2018: The Volvo fleet in the form of a large platoon is already 1000 miles from Gothenburg

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The "Dongfeng Race Team," leader of the Volvo Ocean Race general, led the fleet in its way through the mythical Fastnet Rock, in the southern end of Ireland, within the tenth and penultimate stage of the present edition... less than three miles were separated from the first six boats, with the "Team Brunel" and the "Mapfre" standing on the heels of the Chinese ship in second and third place respectively... despite the midnight edge was "Vestas" the leader, ahead of "Dongfeng," "the" the first "the first" Tipfre, "and the first" the "Tipfre..."

The only ship that was marching with a notable disadvantage behind the rest is the "Team Sun Hung Kai / Scallywag," which sails about 25 miles behind the leaders after getting caught in the tide and being forced to fade last night, throwing the anchor so as not to advance backwards pushed by the current.

The arrival at the Swedish port of Gothenburg is scheduled for Thursday night.

10-06-2018: At midnight he commands "Dongfeng" and "Mapfre" is fifth in the Volvo

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Little wind is the tonic of these beginnings of the tenth stage of the Volvo Ocean Race with beginning in Cardiff and final in Sweden, in Gothenburg... just over 5 / 6 knots from the north... thus the fleet takes out oil and sails to just over 10 knots, in search of the narrow Danes that give access to the Baltic Sea. In the head "Drongfeng..." but little says this because the differences are ten or ten miles, at most. The leader for giving a conclusive data leads in two theoretical miles to "Mapfre" which is in the fifth square. It is midnight in Spain and it will have to wait for the next few hours, until the early morning to know how the stage will run and come out of this monotony.

10-06-2018: Little wind in Cardiff at the start of the tenth stage of the Volvo Ocean Race

La flota tuvo un comienzo lento ya que un sistema de alta presión llevó hasta Cardiff brillantes cielos soleados y un clima cálido, pero muy poco viento

The fleet had a slow start as a high pressure system led to Cardiff bright sunny skies and a warm climate, but very little wind

It began the tenth stage of the Volvo Ocean Race in Cardiff, with a total of 1300 nautical miles to the Swedish town of Gothenburg, little wind in Welsh waters which caused the beginnings to be slow and unviscous. With these conditions "Mapfre" won the line of departure with enormous lentitid followed by "Team Brunel," "Vestas 11th Hour Racing," the team "AkzoNobel" and "Dongfeng Race Team" very close to them... ahead of "Scallywag" and "Turn the Tide on Plastic" to which the current was damaging, and in the case of the last mentioned a penalty by the judges, it still delayed it further.

The conditions of little wind were a little to go up to the edge of eight o'clock in the afternoon (Spanish time) until the 7 knots of the north-east, which caused the fleet to stretch a little and "Dongfeng" that it leads at this time already to sail to more than six knots. After the French-Chinese sail "Brunel" and "Turn The Tide on Plastic..." behind the "Mapfre," the Americans of the "Vestas," "AzkoNobel" to close "Scallywag." To give an idea of the first one to the last one mile! and Gothenburg to 1290 miles... We remember that the general of this Volvo is as follows, after the first nine stages:

1 Dongfeng Race Team - 60 points
2nd "Mapfre" - 59
3rd "Team Brunel" - 57
4th "team AkzoNobel" - 48
5th "Vestas 11th Hour Racing" - 36
6th "SHK / Scallywag" - 29
7th "Turn the Tide on Plastic" - 26