The 2000–2001 Vendée Globe is a non-stop solo Round the World Yacht Race for IMOCA 50 and IMOCA 60 class yachts. This is the fourth edition of the race starting on the 9th November 2000 from Les Sables-d'Olonne.
Image: Bernard Gallay
Image: Transat Jacques Vabre 2013 Bernard Stamm
Image: Catherine Chabaud
Image: Dominique Wavre VG2012
Michel Desjoyeaux is a French sailor, known for competing successfully in several long-distance single-handed races. He won the Vendée Globe race in 2000-01 and 2008–09, making him the only person to win that race more than once. In 2014-15, he was watch captain, on leg 1 on Mapfre in the Volvo Ocean Race.
Michel Desjoyeaux in 2012.
Géant at the start of the Transat Jacques Vabre, Le Havre, 6 November 2005
Foncia, IMOCA 60, 24th oct 2010