Team LMAX Exchange wins first leg of Round the World Race
London, 28 September 2015 – Team LMAX Exchange is the first to reach Rio de Janeiro to win the opening leg of the biennial Clipper Round the World Yacht Race. After twenty-six days, the team crossed the Atlantic and emerged out of the Doldrums Corridor to complete the nearly 6,000 mile leg in pole position, arriving into port at 18.17 (BST) on Friday 25th September. David Mercer, CEO of LMAX Exchange commented, “We are thrilled to see the LMAX Exchange team win the race to Rio. To win the opening leg is a great result and testament to the crew’s determination, resilience and preparation.
“At LMAX Exchange we know what it takes to overcome challenges and work together as a team. We value the ambition and competitive spirit required to lead in the Clipper Race, and I look forward to joining them in Rio de Janeiro to celebrate their early success.”
Skipper Olivier Cardin remarked, “I feel very good. We led the race for the past two weeks and I’m really proud of the team effort. I’m very confident in my crew who did a great job. “I know the teams behind are really competitive so we are certainly not taking this win for granted. We will take time together to study our plan for the next race as we will be pushed hard again, but for now it is time to celebrate a team victory that we will never forget as long as we live.”
The 2015-16 Clipper Round the World Yacht Race started on 30 August 2015 at St Katharine Docks, London and will return eleven months later on 30 July 2016. The event’s global race track visits 14 markets on six continents and is recognised as one of the hardest endurance challenges in the world.
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