Barcelona and the media bids 'Bienvenidos' to the skippers



7:37 PM Fri 17 Dec 2010 GMT
Barcelona World Race &copy
Barcelona World Race skippers lined up today for the first obligatory press conference with the sailors taking part in an official photo call before informal media interviews. With less than two weeks to go before the start on 31st December the co-skippers answered questions on their preparations for the race to almost 100 invited key media from nine different countries. For some, such as 2007-8 race winner Jean Pierre Dick (FRA), Alex Thomson (GBR) and Pachi Rivero (ESP) ? the sole Spanish skipper to be looking forward to competing in his second Barcelona World Race, and even Lo?ck Peyron who ...


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