Class leaders Offshore Team Germany (GER) and Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team (POR) confirmed as the respective IMOCA and VO65 winners in the inaugural edition of The Ocean Race Europe.

Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team clinch leg three victory in Genova to consolidate their position at the top of the leader board on 18 points, with AkzoNobel Ocean Racing second on 17 points

It’s a light air chess game on the Mediterranean as The Ocean Race Europe IMOCA and VO65 fleets split and play high stakes game of risk and reward

In the Ocean Race Europe IMOCA fleet Thomas Ruyant’s LinkedOut crew successfully defended what had been almost an entire leg-long lead

The second leg of The Ocean Race Europe got underway Sunday in Cascais, Portugal where the competing yachts set off on a four-day offshore passage to Alicante, Spain

The Ocean Race Europe winners in both the VO65 and IMOCA 60 classes were decided only in the last few moments of the four-day passage from Lorient, France

The miles are falling fast as the Ocean Race Europe fleet finds favourable conditions, with a tricky transition ahead.

As expected, the Ocean Race Europe racing has been tight in both the one-design VO65 class and the development rule IMOCA 60 class.

IMOCA and VO65 fleets start the Ocean Race Europe in light conditions, en-route to a mid-week finish in Cascais, Portugal