British skipper Alex Thomson officially retired from the solo round-the-world Vendee Globe race when he stepped ashore in Cape Town on Friday morning, as French skipper Sebastien Simon also declared ...

HAMPSHIRE sailor Alex Thomson admits he is “deeply disappointed” to have been forced to retire from the Vendee Globe yacht race due to boat damage. Thomson was bidding to become the first non ...

Sailor Alex Thomson is out of the Vendée Globe race. The 46 year old's boat ... the Ecrehous this summer as he prepared for his fifth Vendee. He is currently around 1,800 nautical miles from ...

British sailor Alex Thomson admits he is "deeply disappointed" to have been forced to retire from the Vendee Globe yacht race due to boat damage. Thomson was bidding to become the first non-French ...

Alex Thomson's bid for Vendee Globe glory ended on Saturday when the British skipper had to retire with rudder damage to his boat. Thomson, one of the favourites to win the solo round-the-world ...

Alex Thomson was bidding to become the first non-French winner of the around-the-world event. British sailor Alex Thomson admits he is "deeply disappointed" to have been forced to retire from the ...

Thomson’s technical team will travel to Cape Town to meet the yacht upon arrival. This is the sailor’s fifth Vendee Globe and the third team he has had to retire. In 2004/05 he suffered a hole ...

British sailor Alex Thomson admits he is “deeply disappointed” to have been forced to retire from the Vendee Globe yacht race due to boat damage. Thomson was bidding to become the first non-French ...

British sailor Alex Thomson admits he is “deeply disappointed” to have been forced to retire from the Vendee Globe yacht race due to boat damage. Thomson was bidding to become the first non ...

Alex Thomson's hopes of becoming the first non-Frenchman to win the Vendee Globe suffered a major dent on Sunday after he sustained structural damage to his £6million yacht. The British sailor ...