The 10th edition of Vendée Globe solo round-the-world race kicks off
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![Los participantes en la 10º edición de la Vendée Globe toman la salida en Les Sables-d'Olonne, en el oeste de Francia, el 10 de noviembre de 2024](https://s.france24.com/media/display/d10414a2-9f65-11ef-b609-005056bfb2b6/w:1280/p:16x9/m:{"brand":"FRANCE24","lang":"EN","program":"","cartouche":"VENDEE%20GLOBE","hash":"7b211ff2d002fd386ea4c10e93aa9b18cc6af82a907799fb1c99ad4ac6680e23","title":"The%2010th%20edition%20of%20solo%20round-the-world%20race%20kicks%20off","id":"5535ce5c-cd7e-11ed-854c-005056bf30b7"}/e8c920ac1486d6cc4abafc34c7250969985577d2.webp)
“Compressed by emotion”, 40 skippers in the tenth Vendée Globe set off on Sunday on a new solo voyage around the world, cheered on by hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Les Sables-d'Olonne to say goodbye. Report by Cédric Ferreira, Natalia Ruiz Giraldo and Liza Kaminov.