France24 (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
The daring sailors taking part in the round-the-world yacht race Vendée Globe set off from France's Atlantic coast on Sunday. Frenchman Vincent Riou hopes to defeat treacherous weather and menacing icebergs as he bids to defend his title.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 05/21/2008
The end-game of the Artemis Transat took a dramatic turn last night as race leader Vincent Riou sent a distress signal to say he needed to abandon ship after hitting an obstruction which fatally damaged his keel. Approaching the notorious fogs of the Grand Banks fishing grounds, Loick Peyron, who was pressing his lead by less than 15 miles, was asked by race control to divert and rescue his rival....
ISAF News (Free subscription) | 05/20/2008
Vincent RIOU and PRB are holding on to a narrow lead over the Artemis Transat fleet after passing across the ice gate on Monday evening.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 05/20/2008
Loick Peyron, seeking his third win in the singlehanded transatlantic race closed the gap in Gitana 80 on leader Vincent Riou's PRB as the pair approached both the ice gate and the 1,000-mile post to the finish yesterday.
ISAF News (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
Sébastien JOSSE and BT are out of the Artemis Transat, with Vincent RIOU taking over the lead as the fleet closes in on the ice gate.
