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Volvo Ocean Race – Crew lists for leg 8 to Lorient

by Volvo Ocean Race on 8 Jun 2015
Jun 06,2015. June 06,2015. InPort Race Lisbon Start. Ricardo Pinto / Volvo Ocean Race
Volvo Ocean Race – Crew lists for leg 8 to Lorient (start at 1300 UTC / 1400 local)

Dongfeng Race Team
Eric Peron returns in place of Sidney Gavignet.

Charles Caudrelier FRA
Kevin Escoffier FRA
Thomas Rouxel FRA
Martin Strömberg SWE
Chen Jin Hao (Horace) CHN
Pascal Bidegorry FRA
Eric Peron FRA
Jiru Yang (Wolf) CHN
Yann Riou FRA

Team Alvimedica
No changes for the Turkish-American crew.

Charles Enright USA
William Oxley AUS
Alberto Bolzan ITA
Mark Towill USA
Sébastien Marsset FRA
Nick Dana USA
Ryan Houston NZL
Dave Swete NZL
Amory Ross USA

Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing
Antiguan youngster Louis Sinclair returns to the Emirati crew in place of Adil Khalid.

Ian Walker GBR
Simon Fisher GBR
Daryl Wislang NZL
Louis Sinclair ANT
Luke Parkinson AUS
Justin Slattery IRL
Roberto Bermúdez de Castro ESP
Phil Harmer AUS
Matt Knighton USA

Team Vestas Wind
The blue boat returns to racing action - and new crew members Tom Addis and Simeon Tienpont replace Wouter Verbraak and Tom Johnson.

Chris Nicholson AUS
Tony Rae NZL
Tom Addis AUS
Rob Salthouse NZL
Peter Wibroe DEN
Nicolai Sehested DEN
Simeon Tienpont NED
Maciel Cicchetti ARG
Brian Carlin IRL

MAPFRE
Skipper Iker Martínez won't sail leg eight. Spaniard Rafa Trujillo is back onboard.

Xabi Fernández ESP
Jean-Luc Nélias FRA
Rob Greenhalgh GBR
André Fonseca BRA
Antonio Cuervas-Mons ESP
Carlos Hernández ESP
Guillermo Altadill ESP
Rafa Trujillo ESP
Francisco Vignale ARG

Team Brunel
Gerd-Jan Poortman, who sat out leg seven due to injury, returns to the Dutch boat in place of Timo Hagoort.

Bouwe Bekking NED
Andrew Cape AUS
Jens Dolmer DEN
Pablo Arrarte ESP
Louis Balcaen BEL
Adam Minoprio NZL
Rokas Milevicius LTU
Gerd-Jan Poortman NED
Stefan Coppers NED

Team SCA
Annie Lush and Stacey Jackson return to the magenta boat after sitting out leg seven. Dee Caffari and Sara Hastreiter step off.

Sam Davies GBR
Carolijn Brouwer NED
Justine Mettraux SUI
Abby Ehler GBR
Annie Lush GBR
Elodie-Jane Mettraux SUI
Stacey Jackson AUS
Libby Greenhalgh GBR
Liz Wardley AUS
Sally Barkow USA
Sophie Ciszek AUS
Anna-Lena Elled SWE
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