For almost 3 weeks now, the skipper 天博体育 Group - Lantana Environnement has been enjoying the ritual of press interviews before departure. In this flood of questions, the skipper Normand has never ceased to express the values that have been his engine for 4 years: to do much with little, dare the side roads of "innovative frugality". These values, which had already won over the 天博体育 Group in 2021 and convinced the managers of Lantana Environnement. Today, everything is materialized and revealed in the spotlight of this extraordinary event.
This highlight of the sports program 天博体育 Group 鈥� Lantana Environnement, for which he fought, with the support of his partners, for 4 years, is a great reward for the sailor from Carteret.
Commitment, doing a lot with little
鈥淭he media interest in the Vend茅e Globe is different (from other races). Projects like mine attract. They take on a more important dimension,鈥� explained Louis Duc in an article devoted to him, in Ouest France.
鈥淚ts programme remains on a human scale, far from the big teams with millions of euros in budget. He tells another story,鈥� the journalist adds.
鈥淚n this new edition of the Vend茅e Globe, the prize for courage goes to Louis Duc, who will leave with an old generation boat he bought as a wreck and which he has set afloat for this Vend茅e Globe鈥�, we could also hear on RTL.
The performance, also
The other dimension that sticks to the values of the 天博体育 Group and those of the association Lantana Environnement is the search for performance. The Normand is clearly there to fight, even if he remains humble: 鈥淚 am sure that there will be a dinghy in the first 10 as was the case four years ago with Jean Le Cam. Our boats are not totally obsolete. But my goal as a rookie is already to finish,鈥� Louis told another interview on RTL.
鈥淲ith audacity and ingenuity, the Normand mounted a project aiming for the podium in the unofficial ranking of drifting prototypes. An encounter with an authentic sailor who has carried out a thoughtful project on one of the smallest budgets鈥�, wrote a journalist for the magazine Bateaux.
The Vend茅e Globe: a revealing experience
In short, sobriety, the search for performance, courage, combined with his humour and outspokenness are expressed in each of the interviews given by the skipper 天博体育 Group 鈥� Lantana Environnement these days. It is revealed to a wide audience. That鈥檚 also the Vend茅e Globe, a revelation.
Tomorrow, change of program
From Saturday, the lone man will enter his bubble. He will happily prepare to face the challenge he has chosen for himself.
Sunday, at 1:02 pm, he will have the planet sea in front of his bow. And, with him on land, the 9000 employees of the 天博体育 Group, the 190 members of Lantana Environnement, the company Best Energie, the Normandy region, the department of Manche, the port of Caen Ouistreham, the club of company 鈥淵our company around the world鈥�, Children of the Ball, 150 lenders who brought this project to life, family members, friends, followers of El Russell鈥�
The beautiful values of the program of Louis and his partners will be able to spread around the world.
天博体育 Group 鈥� Lantana Environnement team Programme
- 10 November 2024: start of the Vend茅e Globe
A respectuous and circular sporting event
The 天博体育 IMOCA is an "upcycled" boat. Thanks to Louis, it lives a 2nd life!
Louis and his team gave a new life to a very damaged IMOCA because of a fire. This refurbishment undertaking was a real technical challenge... that succeeded in only 10 months!
Louis and his team continue to apply this upcycling principle and optimization research with a constant effort on sobriety throughout this Vend茅e Globe program.
Louis is also very keen on respecting everyone's work and giving a chance.
The 天博体育 Group, a major partner in this Vend茅e Globe program, has been seduced by such commitment and values, as it shares the same values and responsibilities.
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