With less than a week to go before Sunday's start, the 2024 Vendée Globe is already breaking all records!
With a record 40 skippers at the start, a record 11 nationalities represented and 360,000 visitors enjoying the Race Village experience during the first week - a number which is up 20% compared to 2016 - the event is exceeding all expectations.
And the number of people watching the race, on TV or on the web, is also increasing significantly. More than ever, the Vendée Globe is establishing itself as an unmissable global sporting event.
Over the first week, the Vendée Globe village has recorded exceptional attendances, welcoming more than 360,000 visitors which is an increase of more than 20% compared to the 2016 figures, the 2020 edition having been disrupted by Covid-19.
The broadcast of the live start of the Vendée Globe 2024 is seeing a significant increase, with 60 broadcasters planned to transmit the live TV signal, compared to 41 during the previous edition, an increase of 46%.
These numbers illustrate the growing interest in the Vendée Globe and underlines its status as a major sporting event, making this emblematic event accessible to an ever wider and more diverse audience.
Forty skippers will be at the start of this 10th edition of the Vendée Globe, a record entry that underlines the huge enthusiasm for the race. The broad, international diversity of the skippers brings a unique richness to the race and beyond the size of the entry itself, the sporting level is particularly high with sailors and boats better prepared and more competitive than ever before!
This new record 11 nationalities represented - compared to nine in 2020 - shows the 2024 Vendée Globe reaches a new level of internationalization, attracting skippers from all four corners of the globe. The 14 international skippers, more than a third of the fleet, symbolize a growing openness. This diversity firmly anchors the Vendée Globe as a human adventure on a truly global scale.
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