America's Cup / ORACLE TEAM USA beat Groupama Team France for the second time

ORACLE TEAM USA beat Groupama Team France for the second time in the Louis Vuitton America's Cup Qualifiers, to retain its position at the top of the leaderboard.

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Skipper Jimmy Spithill was on the chase from early in the pre-start period and after the French boat turned back to the starting line early, Spithill pounced, setting the hook and luffing Groupama into the wind, before pouring on the speed for a clean win across the starting line.

America's Cup / End of the first phase of the qualifiers and the game is wide open for Groupama Team France

During this third day of the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Qualifiers, Groupama Team France helmed by Franck Cammas once again kicked off proceedings, this time against the British team on Land Rover BAR helmed by the four-time Olympic champion Ben Ainslie, before battling the Japanese in the third and final race of the day. In a 15-17-knot breeze, the French team sailed a phenomenal race against the Brits, dominating play brilliantly before bowing to SoftBank Team Japan. After three days of racing, the French have already encountered their five rivals, and are set to tackle the second Round Robin on Tuesday 30 May tied on points with Sweden and Japan. It’s still all to play for.

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America's Cup / "It is a very good feeling for the whole team" said Franck Cammas

Day two of the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Qualifiers fell on America’s Cup Endeavour Day, a celebration of the America’s Cup Endeavour Program, the America’s Cup’s youth education and sailing initiative.

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Artemis Racing, Emirates Team New Zealand, Land Rover BAR and SoftBank win one and lose one race each

Sir Ben Ainslie was forced to explain a highly dramatic collision in the first day of the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Qualifiers on Bermuda’s Great Sound.

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America's Cup / Oracle Team USA opens with a win against Team France

ORACLE TEAM USA opened its quest for a three-peat in the America's Cup with a win over Groupama Team France on Saturday afternoon in Bermuda.

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America's Cup / 35th America’s Cup Opening Day Weather Forecast

The America’s Cup Village is ready, the teams are prepared and excitement is building for the eagerly anticipated start of the 35th America’s Cup. The weather has been excellent this week, and is forecast to remain good on Saturday (27th May) and next week, however the current forecast for Friday 26th May is showing wind levels gusting above 30 knots in the afternoon. Whilst the wind may drop within the raceable limits of 6-24 knots later in the evening, the safety of both the sailors and spectators is always paramount, and a decision whether to open the America’s Cup Village or not will be taken accordingly.

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Vidéo / On practice racing Day 2, Franck Cammas : "We didn't have the good foils today"

With Groupama Team France skipper Franck Cammas following Day 2 of the final practice racing period of the 35th America's Cup. Cammas reflected on the team's performance in practice racing, testing foils and what else in the pipeline for upgrades.

A truly bermudaful opening ceremony to the 35th America's Cup

Full details have been announced today about the line-up for the Official Opening Ceremony of the 35th America’s Cup, taking place on the Main Stage in the America’s Cup Village in the Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda, from 8.30pm on Friday 26th May. Tickets for the Opening Ceremony are available now from www.americascup.com/tickets.

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Groupama Team France become the fifth of the six America’s Cup teams to launch their AC50 in Bermuda

Monday 13th March saw Groupama Team France become the fifth of the six America’s Cup teams to launch their America’s Cup Class (ACC) boat into Bermudian waters for the first time, another milestone ticked off in the countdown to the 35th America’s Cup.

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America's Cup / Big Ben takes a big win in Portsmouth

It really was Super Sunday for Ben Ainslie and Land Rover BAR whose second place in the last of Sunday’s three races gave them the overall regatta win at the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series Portsmouth event.

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America's Cup / "I’m absolutely thrilled with the performance of our team here" said Dean Barker

Perfect winds, cooler temperatures and a record breaking crowd of over 200,000 America’s Cup fans lining Chicago’s Navy Pier, combined to make Super Sunday, the final day of the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series Chicago, an incredible finale for foiling action in the USA.

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America's Cup / SoftBank Team Japan claims first win in front of huge crowd in Chicago

Up to 1000 boats were ringing the race area just off the city front. Tens of thousands of fans were lining iconic Navy Pier. Bars, restaurants and fan zones were heaving. The best sailors and fastest boats were ready to show what they could do. After phenomenal practice racing on Friday, with two capsizes, the wind took a while to co-operate.

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America's Cup / Emirates Team New Zealand steal the win but New York puts on the show

In a thrilling winner-take-all final race, Emirates Team New Zealand unhooked itself from a starting buoy to win the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series New York with the high score of 52 points.

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Another large crowd, estimated at 100,000, turned out on a sunny day and was treated to some very unpredictable racing. This after over 75,000 came out on Saturday.

America's Cup / Victory in Oman, Ben Ainslie : "We kept fighting through today"

Ben Ainslie, the most decorated Olympic sailor in history, led his Land Rover BAR team to victory at the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series in Oman this weekend.

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Ainslie beat his former skipper, Jimmy Spithill and ORACLE TEAM USA, by two points, with the winning margin secured on a late charge in the final race.

ACWS / Ben Ainslie said it was anything but easy in the light winds - Day 1 - Résult

Ben Ainslie and Jimmy Spithill had big recoveries on Saturday to vault to the top of the leaderboard at the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series in Oman.

Ainslie and his team were the class of the field. After incurring a penalty for starting prematurely in the first race, he sailed back up the fleet to salvage a third place finish.

America's Cup / Franck Cammas recovering after accident

Franck Cammas, the skipper of Groupama Team France, is recovering following surgery on his leg after a training accident.

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Cammas was two-boat training with his team in foiling GC32 catamarans when he lost his balance and fell overboard. His leg was struck by the rudder. The speed of the boat, combined with the fine edge of the foil, resulted in a double break of the fibia-tibia in his right leg.

America's Cup / Groupama Team France takes up the challenge

With two years until the 35th edition of the America’s Cup, Franck Cammas, Michel Desjoyeaux and Olivier de Kersauson have formalised the launch of Groupama Team France, the French bid to win the oldest sports trophy in the world.

AC45 / She's flying ! Franck Cammas : "An increasing number of boats are using foils."

There are some dates that are immediately etched on your memory, ones you'll remember for a long time to come. This 7 May is one such date for Franck Cammas and for Groupama sailing team with the first launch and the first flying sessions by the one-design catamaran Groupama 45, which is set to participate in the first event of the America's Cup World Series in three months' time alongside the world's top teams.

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Little Cup / "We've identified two main points of evolution" Groupama Sailing Team is preparing

This September, Groupama C will defend her Little America's Cup title, secured in Falmouth back in September 2013. Passionate about sailing and about flying boats, Groupama sailing team is preparing for this clash with precision and determination.

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#ExSS / Groupama 40 and Alinghi dismasted in Istanbul today

In an unprecedented opening day at the Extreme Sailing Series™ Act 6 in Istanbul, the public and national media witnessed some extraordinary adrenaline fueled racing, with every team pushing hard – and at times too hard, with two boats dismasting; first Groupama sailing team and then Alinghi. In near perfect sailing conditions that topped out at 20 knots, the French, with too much load on their rig at the windward mark, were the first to lose their new mast during race four, which disappointingly for the French came after their best start to an event this year. 

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In a completely unrelated incident in the seventh and final race of the day, Alinghi suffered the same fate, with both boats now out of the water and with a long night in the pitlane to be back on the water tomorrow.