2008–2009 Volvo Ocean Race
Summary
The route also included seven ‘scoring gates’ (at Fernando de Noronha, Mauritius, Pulau Weh, Indonesia, Latitude 36S, Cape Horn, Fernando de Noronha and St John's, Newfoundland).

2008–2009 Volvo Ocean Race

Section Title: Summary
Table Section Text: The route also included seven ‘scoring gates’ (at Fernando de Noronha, Mauritius, Pulau Weh, Indonesia, Latitude 36S, Cape Horn, Fernando de Noronha and St John's, Newfoundland).

Event	Starting date	Start	Finish	Distance (nmi)	Winner	Second	Third

IP Race 1	4 October 2008	Spain Alicante	Telefonica Blue	Telefonica Black	PUMA

Leg 1	11 October 2008	Spain Alicante	South Africa Cape Town	6,500	Ericsson 4	PUMA	Green Dragon.

Leg 2	15 November 2008	South Africa Cape Town	India Kochi	4,450	Ericsson 4	Telefonica Blue	Ericsson 3

Leg 3	13 December 2008	India Kochi	Singapore Singapore	1,950	Telefonica Blue	Puma	Ericsson 3

IP Race 2	10 January 2009	Singapore Singapore	Ericsson 4	PUMA	Telefonica Blue

Leg 4	18 January 2009	Singapore Singapore	China Qingdao	2,500	Telefonica Blue	PUMA	Ericsson 4

IP Race 3	7 February 2009	China Qingdao	Ericsson 4	Telefonica Blue	PUMA

Leg 5	14 February 2009	China Qingdao	Brazil Rio de Janeiro	12,300	Ericsson 3	Ericsson 4	PUMA

IP Race 4	4 April 2009	Brazil Rio de Janeiro	Telefonica Blue	PUMA	Delta Lloyd

Leg 6	11 April 2009	Brazil Rio de Janeiro	United States Boston	4,900	Ericsson 4	Ericsson 3	Telefonica Blue

IP Race 5	9 May 2009	United States Boston	Telefonica Blue	Ericsson 4	Delta Lloyd

Leg 7	16 May 2009	United States Boston	Republic of Ireland Galway	2,550	Ericsson 4	PUMA	Green Dragon

IP Race 6	30 May 2009	Republic of Ireland Galway	PUMA Ocean Racing	Telefonica Blue	Telefonica Black

Leg 8	6 June 2009	Republic of Ireland Galway	Sweden Marstrand	950	Ericsson 4	PUMA	Green Dragon

Leg 9	14 June 2009	Sweden Marstrand	Sweden Stockholm	525	PUMA Ocean Racing	Ericsson 3	Ericsson 4

IP Race 7	21 June 2009	Sweden Stockholm	Telefonica Blue	PUMA	Telefonica Black

Leg 10	25 June 2009	Sweden Stockholm	Russia Saint Petersburg	370	Telefonica Black	PUMA	Telefonica Blue

Sentence(s)

Ericsson 3 won leg five, which is the longest leg at 12,300 miles in the 2008–09 Volvo Ocean Race from Qingdao in China to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.

final_sentence: Ericsson 3 won leg five, which is the longest leg at 12,300 miles in the 2008–09 Volvo Ocean Race from Qingdao in China to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.