The 10th edition of Vendée Globe solo round-the-world race kicks off

“Compressed by emotion”, 40 skippers in the tenth Vendée Globe set off on Sunday on a new solo voyage around the world, cheered on by hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Les Sables-d’Olonne to say goodbye. Report by Cédric Ferreira, Natalia Ruiz Giraldo and Liza Kaminov.