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Vendee Globe: Roland Jourdain on Veolia Environnement waiting to see what happens next Jan 7, 2009 9:47 PM
After enjoying getting round Cape Horn in a solid 2nd place on Monday, there was then the relief of hearing the good news about his friend Jean Le Cam...
Vendee Globe: Roland Jourdain making the most of a little respite Jan 2, 2009 9:34 PM
With the end of the Pacific and Cape Horn practically in Roland Jourdain’s sight, it should have been a question of rounding it on Sunday night ...
Vendee Globe: Michel Desjoyeax and Roland Jourdain increase the gap Dec 30, 2008 10:26 AM
Racing with the benefit of better weather conditions Michel Desjoyeax and Roland Jourdain are driving a bigger wedge between themselves and trio of bo...
Vendee Globe: Roland Jourdain looks forward to wine and pate on Veolia Environnement Dec 23, 2008 9:21 PM
  As expected the head of the fleet have been slowed by a small high pressure system. Some would say that its been a bad day for the leaders in parti...
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Vendee Globe: Michel Desjoyeaux (Foncia) and Roland Jourdain (Veolia Environnement) enter Pacific Dec 20, 2008 9:43 AM
Overnight both Michel Desjoyeaux (Foncia) and Roland Jourdain (Veolia Environnement) passed the symbolic 147 degree E line between the Indian Ocean an...
Vendee Globe: Roland Jourdain looking forward to the Pacific Dec 19, 2008 7:44 PM
At the 4th ice gate, Roland Jourdain was ‘striding along’ to lengthen the gap between him and the boats pursuing him : Sébastien Josse an...
Vendee Globe: Roland Jourdain remembers his keel breaking and dismasting in this area Dec 16, 2008 10:17 PM
After the massive depression that shook up the fleet during the night, one that generated winds of more than 45 knots and with it came  this morning&...
Vendee Globe: Roland Jourdain on Veolia Environnement still well positioned Dec 10, 2008 9:41 AM
After a month at sea, Roland Jourdain is still well positioned in the leading group of the Vendée Globe. At the 2000 position report, Bilou was 22,5 ...
Vendee Globe: 'Jean Le Cam & I have been nailed' says Roland Jourdain Dec 5, 2008 9:59 PM
Some days you have it, some you don’t… following a night of fury, the wind gods had run out of breath this morning, infuriating Roland Jo...
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Vendee Globe: Roland Jourdain gets nearer the first ice gate Dec 2, 2008 8:07 PM
The fleet is nudging in the direction of the first ice gate of the race: The Atlantic Gate and continues its journey in a little bunched up group, wit...
Vendee Globe: Roland Jourdain trying to get into the rhythm to dance the samba Nov 25, 2008 8:01 PM
Ever since the Vendée Globe competitors started their descent into the South, the fleet has been depending entirely on the rhythm of the wind and its...
Vendee Globe Race: Roland Jourdain not very comfortable on Veolia Environnement Nov 21, 2008 9:16 PM
  Thanks to his westerly route, Roland Jourdain has kept up with the head of the group, and showed an 80-mile gain on the leaders in the ranking. As ...
Vendee Globe: Western route gets Roland Jourdain back among the leaders Nov 21, 2008 11:18 AM
Moving in to increasing ESE’ly winds Loick Peyron is into his eighth day at the front of the Vendée Globe fleet on Gitana Eighty and looks like...
Vendee Globe: Roland Jourdain pleased with Veolia Environnement's progress Nov 18, 2008 7:44 PM
  Known as the “Black Pot” in French, the question being asked is ‘just how black’ will the Doldrums be this time round? It i...
Vendee Globe: Loick Peyron, Jean-Pierre Dick, Roland Jourdain & Sebastien Josse vying for lead Nov 12, 2008 8:04 PM
Three days after setting out from Les Sables d’Olonne, the remaining twenty-seven solo sailors participating in the Vendée Globe 2008-2009 are ...
Vendee Globe: Tuesday evening showed Roland Jourdain to be leading the fleet Nov 12, 2008 8:44 AM
  With his 2004 launched Lombard designed Veolia Environnement, optimised by Juan K, ‘Bilou’ is computed to be leading Jean Pierre Dick b...
Vendee Globe: Roland Jourdain 'It is good when it dies down' Nov 11, 2008 8:13 PM
Before leaving Roland Jourdain had said that those who negotiated the front facing the fleet at the beginning of the race best, would be the ones ahea...
Vendee Globe: Front passes leaving Jean-Pierre Dick leading with Roland Jourdain second Nov 11, 2008 10:09 AM
  All the 30 Vendée Globe skippers were expecting an extremely tough opening 24-48 hours of racing, and that what they got with eight boats now havi...
Vendee Globe: Everything changes and remains the same for Roland Jourdain Nov 8, 2008 12:34 PM
Roland Jourdain (Veolia Environnement) is back in the Vendée Globe for the third time, but still remembers his retiring in New Zealand in the 2004 ra...
Dépèche : Les trois vendée de Roland Jourdain Nov 5, 2008 4:40 PM
Vendee Globe: Roland Jourdain qualification objective achieved for Veolia Environnement Jun 20, 2008 12:59 PM
Last week, Roland Jourdain along with Jean-Luc Nélias, Guillaume Soubranne and Luis Guervos set sail to cover the 1500 miles required under the VendÃ...
Vendee Globe: Roland Jourdain comments on the Artemis Transat May 24, 2008 12:21 AM
“If one compares to a typical weather situation on the North Atlantic, this edition of The Artenis Transat has been rather quiet. There have not...
France. Roland Jourdain and Damian Foxwell ‘godfathers’ of La Rochelle Boat Show Mar 25, 2008 8:23 PM
Roland Jourdain and the 60’ Veolia Environnement will be “godfather” of the Grand Pavois, La Rochelle Boat Show, a few weeks before ...
Roland Jourdain Veolia Environnement to late to compete in the Transat Mar 11, 2008 7:17 PM
   2 months from the Transat start, Roland Jourdain has taken the regretful decision not to take part in the English transatlantic race, which start...

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