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Team Telefónica

The Spanish team "Telefónica", with skipper double Olympic medallist and runner-up in the double handed, non-stop round the world challenge, Iker Martínez, will be taking on the Volvo Ocean Race for the third time in a boat from the latest generation of designs by Juan Kouyoumdjian and built in Spain by the King Marine shipyard in Valencia.


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News

  • Skipper Chris Nicholson at the helm. CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand, 2000 mile qualification
    22 Aug 2011
    Skippers assess strategy after course changes

    Taking on a challenge like the Volvo Ocean Race means being ready for just about anything, so while the threat of piracy has led to course changes for Legs 2 and 3 the teams are relaxed about how their…Read More

  • Antonio Cuervas takes his fould eather gear off onboard Telefonica Black, on leg 3 of the Volvo Ocean Race from India to Singapore.
    22 Aug 2011
    Ñeti’s triathlon tale

    As if the challenge of getting ready to compete in a 39,000-nautical mile yacht race around the world was not enough, Telefónica bowman Antonio Cuervas-Mons, better known in the team as Ñeti, used up…Read More

  • Team Telefonica on day 1 of their 700-mile circumnavigation of the Canary Islands.
    17 Aug 2011
    Team Telefónica step up the pace

    Team Telefónica are shifting into full race mode as they set off today from their Lanzarote training base on a 700-mile circumnavigation of the Canary Islands. Read More

  • PORTUGAL, Cascais. 30th July 2011. Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing starts their 2000 mile qualifying sail.
    10 Aug 2011
    Around the world in 80 days

    As the countdown to the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 hit 80 days, we couldn’t resist the headline! Like Jules Verne’s hero Phileas Fogg, the sailors are getting ready to leave for a round the world trip. Read More

  • Team Telefonica training in Lanzarote at fire mountain "The Crow".
    4 Aug 2011
    Lanzarote lures Volvo Open 70s

    Most people know Lanzarote as a holiday destination but five teams have chosen the island as a training base in the last two editions of the Volvo Ocean Race alone, so there must be more to the island…Read More

  • Team Telefonica take the newly launched Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 entry out on the water, before leaving the start port of Alicante, Spain.
    1 Aug 2011
    Telefónica complete 'beautiful' 2,000 mile qualifier

    Team Telefónica finished their 2,000 mile qualifier after five-and-a-half days described by skipper Iker Martínez as a beautiful experience.Read More

  • Sail change onboard Team Telefonica during their 2000 mile qualifying sail for the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12.
    29 Jul 2011
    Telefónica enjoy a testing 2,000 mile qualifier

    Team Telefónica could finish their 2,000 mile qualifier on Saturday after setting off from Lanzarote on Monday morning.Read More

  • Ericsson Racing Team Boat Designer Juan Koujoumdjian (right) talks with Bruce Farr, designer of the
    26 Jul 2011
    Juan K – three methods for three projects

    Argentina's Juan Kouyoumdjian designed three Volvo Open 70s for 2011-12. Three boats, three teams, three nationalities -- and three different approaches, as he explains. Read More

  • Telefonica Sailing Test in Alicante
    25 Jul 2011
    Team Telefónica set out on key Atlantic qualifier

    Iker Martínez and his crew just left the team’s base in Lanzarote to sail the 2,000 mile qualifier required by Volvo Ocean Race rules.Read More

  • Bowman Antonio Cuervas-Mons from Spain and Zane Gills from Australia join the crew of Team Telefonica for the Volvo Ocean race 2011-12
    22 Jul 2011
    Young bowmen complete Telefónica crew list

    Team Telefónica have completed their crew list for the Volvo Ocean Race with two more Under 30 sailors in Australian Zane Gills and Spaniard Antonio Cuervas-Mons. Read More

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