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Tem brasileiro na VOR! André Fonseca é escalado para time espanhol

by Volvo Ocean Race on 11 Sep 2014
Spanish Volvo Ocean Race team Maria Muina
Foi de última hora, mas o Brasil terá um atleta para a disputa da Volvo Ocean Race, maior regata de Volta ao Mundo do planeta. O representante verde-e-amarelo será André Fonseca, apelidado de Bochecha. O velejador catarinense de 36 anos será chefe de turno do Team España durante as provas. A Volvo Ocean Race começa em 4 de outubro, na cidade de Alicante, com a In-Port Race - chamada também de Regata do Porto.

André Fonseca está escalado para sua terceira Volta ao Mundo. Em 2005-06, o atleta correu no Brasil 1, primeiro e até agora único barco do país na regata. O time de Torben Grael ficou em terceiro lugar. Na edição seguinte, a de 2008-09, o velejador integrou o Delta Lloyd.

Recentemente, o atleta velejou no Phoenix, barco brasileiro da classe TP52. No currículo de André Fonseca estão as participações olímpicas em Atenas-2004 e Pequim-2008, ambas na classe 49er.

Tripulação do Team España para a Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15

Iker Martínez (ESP), comandante
Nicolas Lunven (FRA), navegador
Xabi Fernández (ESP), chefe de turno
Michel Desjoyeaux (FRA), chefe de turno
André Fonseca 'Bochecha' (BRA), chefe de turno
Rafa Trujillo (ESP), regulador de vela
Anthony Marchand (FRA), regulador de vela e tripulante com menos de 30 anos
Antonio 'Ñeti' Cuervas-Mons (ESP), proeiro
Carlos Hernández (ESP), regulador de vela e tripulante com menos de 30 anos
Sam Goodchild (ESP), regulador de vela e tripulante com menos de 30 anos
Francisco Vignale (ARG), repórter a Volvo Ocean Race
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