Team Holcim-PRB in race against time for 'very important' Leg 5 as they add Charles Caudrelier to crew

Team Holcim-PRB are in a race against time to ensure their boat is ready for the crucial Leg 5 of The Ocean Race. Team Holcim-PRB had to abandon the last leg due to a dismasting, but still lead the overall standings ahead of Leg 5, which starts on May 21. Be sure to follow all the live action from Newport on Eurosport as well as discovery+, beginning with the in-port race at 18:30 UK time on May 20, followed by the leg start at 18:30 UK time on May 21.

Ad Former race-winning skipper Charles Caudrelier will join the crew for the next leg, which is worth double points. The Ocean RaceGUYOT Environnement-Team Europe face challenges to return after dismastingA DAY AGO But while the new mast has arrived in the USA, the IMOCA boat is still aboard a cargo ship and is not expected into Newport until midway through this week. Despite the withdrawal and challenges it has presented, skipper Kevin Escoffier has not changed his objective.

«We would have liked to keep the five-point lead we had at the start of Itajai, but we're still in the race for the final victory,» he said. Holcim-PRB are still the current leaders in the overall standings of The Ocean Race, leading by a point from 11th Hour and Team Malizia. But in order to achieve his dream and write his name on the prize list once again — this time as skipper — Escoffier and his team are facing a huge challenge: a logistical race against the clock in order to be ready for the start of Leg 5, a transatlantic route between Newport and Aarhus, Denmark.

«We are a mechanical sport. Breakage can happen, the kind of challenge that can also be part of the adventure in this type of event that is as long as it is exhausting for bodies and machines,» said Escoffier. Biotherm set sights on