Curfew in Les Sables-d'Olonne
Confinement obliges, it is without public that the famous descent of the channel of Sables-d'Olonne will take place. Usually, hundreds of thousands of people greet the skippers from the piers. But not this year. All the more so as the prefecture has introduced a curfew from 0730 to 1100 hours, a time slot during which the IMOCA boats leave the pontoon to head out to sea to await the start. The beach will also be forbidden.
The first IMOCA to leave Port Olonna will be L'Occitane en Provence (Armel Tripon) at 8:15 am. The other 32 participants will leave every 4 minutes.
Warm behind his screen
To follow the start of the Vendée Globe, it will therefore be necessary to use screens or radios. 62 television channels, either online or by broadcast, will be covering the event and broadcasting it on their devices.
The start will be broadcast live on :
- France 3 in a special broadcast starting at 12:55 pm
- LCI
- BFM TV/BFM Sport
- I-Tele
- The Team
All the major national radio stations, France INFO, EUROPE 1, RMC, RTL, but also local radio stations such as France Bleu will be live to follow the start of the Vendée Globe.
You will also be able to follow the start on the official race website www.vendeegloge.org, on social networks, from the YouTube or Dailymotion channels of the Vendée Globe.
Why a 1:00 pm departure 02??
The start of the Vendée Globe is given at 13:02 precisely. And why not 13 h?? Quite simply to be broadcast live by the media, at the start of the news programmes, which start at 13:00. That gives the presenter time, after the credits, to announce the titles.
