Groupama wins 2nd-leg sprint in Volvo Ocean Race

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP)—French team Groupama secured its first
stage victory in the Volvo Ocean Race on Wednesday, beating overall leader
Telefonica in a sprint to Abu Dhabi to complete the second leg.
The five-boat fleet set off on a 98-nautical-mile sprint from nearby Sharjah
to finish a leg that began last month in Cape Town, South Africa. The boats
initially sailed to a secret “safe haven” port in the Indian Ocean to avoid
pirates before being shipped to the United Arab

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