• The 2008–09 Volvo Ocean Race was a yacht race held between 4 October 2008 and 27 June 2009, the tenth edition of the round the world Volvo Ocean Race. The...
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    became the Volvo Ocean Race after Swedish automobile manufacturer Volvo took up the sponsorship, and in 2019 it was renamed The Ocean Race. Each of the...
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    The Volvo Open 70 (sometimes referred to as a Volvo Ocean 70) is the former class of racing yachts designed for the Volvo Ocean Race. It was first used...
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    The 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race was the 13th edition of the round-the-world Volvo Ocean Race. It started in Alicante, Spain, and concluded in The Hague,...
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  • The 2011–12 Volvo Ocean Race was the 11th edition of the round-the-world Volvo Ocean Race, yacht race which started with an in-port race in Alicante, Spain...
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  • The 2014–15 Volvo Ocean Race was the 12th edition of the round-the-world Volvo Ocean Race. It started on 19 October 2014 in Alicante, Spain, and concluded...
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    contrast stitching and Ocean Race badges on the outside. Volvo V70 XC Ocean Race pre-facelift (Germany) Volvo XC70 Ocean Race with 2005 VOR route displayed...
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    Ken Read (sailor) (category Volvo Ocean Race sailors)
    of the 2005–2006 Volvo Ocean Race. Read was skipper and CEO of Puma Ocean Racing Team's il Mostro in the 20082009 Volvo Ocean Race—his first complete...
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    2024) Volvo V60 Volvo V90 Volvo S60 Volvo S90 Volvo XC40 Volvo XC60 Volvo XC90 Volvo C40 Volvo EX30 Volvo EX90 Volvo EM90 (2024) premium EV MPV Volvo Venus...
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  • Green Dragon Racing Team (category Volvo Ocean Race teams)
    Dragon Racing Team competed in the 2008-2009 Volvo Ocean Race. The team was captained by Ian Walker and finished the race in fifth place overall, scoring...
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    The Volvo XC60 is a compact luxury crossover SUV manufactured and marketed by Swedish automaker Volvo Cars since 2008. The XC60 is part of Volvo's 60 Series...
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    Magnus Olsson (sailor) (category Volvo Ocean Race sailors)
    Whitbread/Volvo Ocean races between 1985 and 2009. He won the 1997–98 race with the EF Language. Magnus Olsson was a coach of Volvo Ocean Race Team SCA...
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    US$39,700. 2009 update 2009 update In 2001 Volvo became the main sponsor of an around-the-world sailing race, now called the Volvo Ocean Race. The 2005...
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  • Green Dragon Racing Team, the joint Chinese-Irish entry in the 20082009 Volvo Ocean Race IAI Green Dragon, an loitering munition developed by the Israel...
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  • Torben Grael and his crew made the record on the first leg of the 2008-2009 Volvo Ocean Race. They sailed Ericsson 4 hard as a strong cold front hit the fleet...
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    Ian Walker (sailor) (category Volvo Ocean Race sailors)
    to set sail in Volvo race". BBC. 10 October 2008. Retrieved 29 June 2009. "Volvo Ocean Race Report (2011/12)" (PDF). Volvo Ocean Race S.L.U. October 2012...
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  • Team Russia (category Volvo Ocean Race teams)
    Team Russia was the name of the Russian backed entry in the 2008–09 Volvo Ocean Race. Team Russia was founded by Oleg Zherebtsov, the founder of the Lenta...
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  • Hans Horrevoets (category Volvo Ocean Race sailors)
    In May 2009, Volvo Ocean Race launched the Hans Horrevoets Rookie Award to recognize the outstanding under-30 sailor in each edition of the Race as nominated...
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    organizers to delay the race planned for 2021–22. A total of 11 boats participated in the race, 5 in the IMOCA 60 class and 6 in the Volvo Ocean 65 class. IMOCA...
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    Peter Burling (sailor) (category Volvo Ocean Race sailors)
    on the Round-the-World 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race finishing 3rd overall in the closest finish in the history of the race, with the top 3 boats going into...
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  • The Global Ocean Race (GOR, previously known as Portimão Global Ocean Race) is a yachting race for Class40 yachts which was first held in 2008–09. The second...
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    Iker Martínez de Lizarduy (category Volvo Ocean Race sailors)
    silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Iker Martínez was skipper for Team Telefónica in the 2011-2012 edition of the Volvo Ocean Race, with Fernandez also...
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  • Ocean Race, a stopping fully crewed race, currently using the Volvo Ocean 65 and IMOCA 60 class. Previously known as the Whitbread Round The World Race and...
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    However the game quickly grew. Following this success 2008-2009 Vendee Globe and 2009-2010 Volvo Ocean Race, the French Sailing Federation granted Virtual Regatta...
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    Torben Grael (category Volvo Ocean Race sailors)
    Torben Grael and his crew made the record on the first leg of the 20082009 Volvo Ocean Race. They sailed Ericsson 4 hard as a strong cold front hit the fleet...
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    Atlant Ocean Racing. This ended the twenty-year-long period of ownership of The Ocean Race by the Volvo Group and Volvo Cars, although Volvo was retained...
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  • Fernando Echávarri (category Volvo Ocean Race sailors)
    ever. In 2008, Fernando was named skipper of one of the two Spanish entries in the Volvo Ocean Race 20082009, Telefónica Black. The ten leg race started...
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    Brad Butterworth (category Volvo Ocean Race sailors)
    1989–90 Whitbread Round The World Race and skipper of a Whitbread 60 (later Volvo Ocean 60) class boat in the 1993/1994 race where he was associated with Dennis...
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  • Oleg Zherebtsov (category Volvo Ocean Race sailors)
    sailing in 2007. In 2008 Zherebtsov participated in a race around the world - Volvo Ocean Race, as the sole sponsor and Bowman sailor, in 2009 and 2010, received...
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    Ericsson 4 (category Volvo Ocean Race yachts)
    Ericsson 4 (also Groupama 70 or L4 Trifork) is a Volvo Open 70 yacht. She won the 2008–09 Volvo Ocean Race skippered by Torben Grael and with Horacio Carabelli...
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