Follow the Vendee Globe live on Eurosport!

ByEurosport

Updated 06/11/2016 at 13:43 GMT

The Vendee Globe race begins on Sunday, November 6, and you can follow the action live with Eurosport.

General view of vessels on the eve of the start of the Vendee Globe Challenge sailing race at Les Sables d'Olonne on France's Atlantic coast, western France, November 5, 2016

Image credit: Reuters

The eighth edition of the non-stop, solo, unassisted competition which takes yachts around the world will set sail from Les Sables-d’Olonne.

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The race will last three months and will travel around the world’s three great capes -he Cape of Good Hope (South Africa), Cape Leeuwin (Australia) and Cape Horn (Chile).

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The boats will leave the pontoons one at a time at four-minute intervals between 9 am and 11:15 am local time. They will then meet at the start line, out at sea. Prince Albert II of Monaco will then start the race at 1:02 pm.

The start of the event, and our coverage, will run from 08.45 CET (07.45 GMT) until 11, the second part – the race on sea – will begin at 12.30.

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