IMOCA Open 60 - Vendée Globe 2024 - Les Sables d'Olonne FRA - 5 days to the start

This year's Vendée Globe is breaking all records and has definitely reached the top league of major sporting events worldwide! In addition to the record number of participants (40 skippers, 11 nations), media interest and spectator numbers are also breaking all previous records: in the first week since the Race Village opened, 325,000 visitors have already dropped by the harbor. On the start day next Sunday, 500,000 spectators are expected. 60 TV stations around the world will broadcast the start live, and we will also switch on the live broadcast on Sunday. And records are also being broken on the Internet: compared to the Vendée 2020, the event website has recorded 25% more hits so far, and the virtual Vendée Globe has also seen an increase of 20% of participants - 4 years ago, more than one million gamers went to the start - the report.