Lorient is new port in Volvo Ocean Race

By Kate Laven Published: 6:22PM GMT 03 March 2010

In a curtsy to the await of French word association Groupama, that has committed to a dual competition programme with skipper Franck Cammas, organisers have concluded for the Brittany pier to host the begin of the penultimate leg to Alicante in the 2011-12 race, and a stopover in the eventuality dual years later.

The proclamation follows the phenomenon of Lisbon in Portugal as the city to host the finish of the transatlantic leg and Cape Town, some-more predictably, as the initial pier of call after the Alicante begin in Oct 2011.

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French crews have competed given the eventuality proposed as the Whitbread Round the World Race in 1973 with twenty-one opposite entries in 10 races together with Lional Pean"s winning debate in 1986 with L"Esprit d"Equipe.

Yet not given 1994, when skipper Eric Tabarly accomplished third in the maxi La Poste has France participated even though La Rochelle hosted stopovers in 1997-98 and 2001-02.

The march for 2011-12 will be denounced over the subsequent couple of weeks with Galway in Ireland, Newport Rhode Island and a pier in China approaching to be between the lucky bidders.