D-1 Day before the start of The Ocean Race
by Team Malizia 15 Jan 2023 04:51 AEDT
15 January 2023
Malizia - Seaexplorer flying on her new foils © Ricardo Pinto / Team Malizia
With less than 24 hours to go, Boris Herrmann's Team Malizia is ready to start the round-the-world race, competing against four other IMOCA race yachts.
Here is everything that you need to know on how to follow the race.
It is almost time. Tomorrow at 16:00 pm, the IMOCA fleet will depart from Alicante, Spain, for Mindelo, Cabo Verde, competing in the first leg of The Ocean Race 2022-23.
The Alicante Leg 1 Start: Sunday 15 January 2023, at 1600 hours CET
Team Malizia Leg 1 crew list:
- Boris Herrmann (GER) - Skipper
- Will Harris (GBR) - Co-skipper
- Rosalin Kuiper (NED) - Co-skipper
- Nico Lunven (FRA) - Co-skipper
- Antoine Auriol (FRA/GER) - Onboard reporter
The five IMOCA teams:
- Team Malizia, skippered by Boris Herrmann
- 11th Hour Racing Team, skippered by Charlie Enright
- GUYOT Environnement - Team Europe, skippered by Benjamin Dutreux
- Biotherm, skippered by Paul Meilhat
- Team Holcim - PRB, skippered by Kevin Escoffier
How to watch the start:
- Eurosport Live Stream available from 1530 hours CET (including a 30 minutes pre-show) on:
- Instagram live from our chase boat with commentaries from Team Malizia members
How to follow the race:
- Daily content on our website and across all our social media platforms
- Follow Malizia - Seaexplorer and the IMOCA fleet on the race tracker, which is embedded on our website and available here
Want more of Team Malizia?
- Stay tuned for our upcoming "Malizians" YouTube documentary series!
- Boris Herrmann is appearing tonight on ZDF's Sportstudio at 2345 hours CET
- Exclusive live interview on ZDF's heute Journal with Boris Herrmann from Malizia - Seaexplorer after the race start