- Le Défi
Introduction
Le Défi is the French primary sponsor of
China Team formed to compete in theLouis Vuitton Cup 2007 , the winner of which will challengeAlinghi for the 32nd America's Cup. Le Defi was absorbed into China Team in between the 2004 and 2005 acts of the Louis Vuittion cup. Matured by the experiments of its two preceding campaigns, Le Défi has, since the end of America's Cup2003 , establish the bases for its new participation. An enormous amount of work has been accomplished with the team to build the new organization:
* Philippe Presti, who proved himself in "America's Cup 2003", and in particular, during the quarter-finals, is confirmed asskipper .
* Philippe Mourniac is a tactician;
* Luc Gellusseau is overall in charge of operations; and
* Pierre Mas is appointed to the Board.Le Défi participated in the Pre-Regattas in
2004 , and began its search for suitable sponsors, in order to conduct a campaign of quality. Act 1 ofMarseilles validated the new organisational principles of the team. Le Défi's objectives are:
* to integrate the talents, based on the experiment
* to build a team which will be able to spring a surpriseLouis Vuitton Cup 2007 Le Defi did not compete outside of
China Team in theLouis Vuitton Cup 2007 .External links
* http://www.ledefi.com
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