act12060702sg_7209 Valencia, 02 07 2006Valencia Louis Vuitton Act 12Emirates Team New Zealand.
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Areva Challenge - Hunger for victory Areva Challenge - Hunger for victory
Stephane Kandler, the CEO of Areva Challenge, describes a difficult 2006 season for the team: “It was Ok, but it’s not fantastic to be the best of Division Three,” he says, referring to Louis Vuitton Act 12. His ambitious team wants more.
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France and the America’s Cup - 10 to win? France and the America’s Cup - 10 to win?
“Start early, to go far!” - This is the slogan of the French K-Challenge team, the first to openly begin its campaign for the 32nd America’s Cup, even before the 31st Cup had been decided in Auckland. But where K-Challenge is a new team, assembled for this 32nd edition of the Cup, it is carrying on a tradition that dates back to 1970. France, in fact, is the only country to continuously challenge for the Cup since that date.
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vm1j0438 Valencia, 02 07 2006Valencia Louis Vuitton Act 12Emirates Team New Zealand.
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act12060702cb_2700 Valencia,02 07 2006Valencia Louis Vuitton Act 12Dean Barker and Grant Dalton from Emirates Team New Zealand, winner of the Louis Vuitton Act 12 and of the 2006 season with Yves Carcelle, President of Louis Vuitton Malletier.
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Areva Challenge takes flight Areva Challenge takes flight
The French Areva Challenge is poised to take flight after a long winter that ended with the announcement that the team had the support of new sponsor, Areva, which would carry it through this America’s Cup cycle. On the water, the team has enjoyed success already. In Trapani, sailing as K-Challenge, the French knocked off their much bigger brothers in Emirates Team New Zealand and Alinghi, winning seven of their 11 match races.
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Pierre Mas - The long game Pierre Mas - The long game
If you were to look at the scoreboard from the past two Louis Vuitton Acts in Malm , you wouldn’t think there was much encouragement there for China Team. But this is a team playing a very long game, and a team that makes no pretensions at being able to win the America’s Cup in 2007.
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