Barcelona World Race
Introduction The '''Barcelona World Race''' is a non-stop, round-the-world yacht  race for crews of two, sailed on Open 60 IMOCA monohull boats. Following the Clipper route, it starts and finishes in Barcelona, and is organised by the Barcelona Ocean Sailing Foundation (FNOB). The inaugural race, contested in 2007–08 by nine boats, was won by Jean-Pierre Dick and Damian Foxall on the boat ''Paprec-Virbac 2'' in a time of 92 days. The second edition of the race started on 31 December 2010 and was won by Jean-Pierre Dick and Loïck Peyron on ''Virbac-Paprec 3'' in a time of 93 days 22 hours 20 minutes 36 seconds. The third edition of the race started with eight boats on 31 December 2014 and was won by Bernard Stamm and Jean Le Cam on ''Cheminées Poujoulat'' in a time of 84 days 5 hours 50 minutes 25 seconds. Guillermo Altadill and José Muñoz finished second on ''Neutrogena''.The fourth edition of the race was intended to start from Barcelona on 12 January 2019, but on 29 March 2018 the organisers announced that the race had been suspended, due to political instability, citing political and institutional difficulties in Spain. The ongoing crisis in Catalonia had prevented FNOB from being able to make the necessary guarantees to sponsors. They hoped to reorganise the race for 2022-2023.There has been no public statement since.With the introduction of the IMOCA 60 in the 2023 The Ocean Race a revival of the Barcelona World Race is not expected.
1st Edition 2007-2008 === Results === Place  Boat  Skippers  Time  Notes  Ref 1  ''Paprec Virbac 2''    92d 09h 49m 49s  2  ''Hugo Boss 2''    94d 17h 34m 57s  3  ''Temenos II''    98d 06h 09m 10s  4  ''Mutua Madrileña''    99d 12h 18m 40s  5  ''Educación sin Fronteras''    108 j 18 h 55 min 02 s  DNF  ''Veolia Environnement''   Abandon on 17 December  DNF  ''Estrella Damm''    Abandon in 14 December  DNF  ''Delta Dore''    Abandon on 11 December  DNF  ''PRB 3''    Abandon on 8 December :Mast Damage retired to cape town
2nd Edition 2010-2011 === Results === Team Arrival TimePositionName of BoatDateDateTimeAverage Speed1''Virbac Paprec 3''4 April 201193d 22h 02m 36s12,92''Mapfre''5 April 201194d 21h 17m 35s12,633''Renault ZE'' Pachi RiveroAntonio Piris 8 April 201197d 18h 47m 36s4''Estrella Damm (2)''Alex PellaPepe Ribes9 April 201198d 20h 45m 59s5''Neutrogena'' 10 April 2011100d 03h 13m 25s11,596''GAES Centros Auditivos'' 13 April 2011102d 19h 17m 18s7''Hugo Boss 3'' Andy Meiklejohn21 April 2011111d 10h 49m 23s10,938''Forum Maritim Catala''Gerard MarínLudovic Aglaor22 April 2011112d 07h 17m 24s10,639''We Are Water''Jaume MumbrúCali Sanmartí12 May 2011132d 04h 58m 32s9,54 Abandon''Mirabaud''Michèle ParetAbandon''Groupe Bel'' Kito de PavantSébastien AudiganeAbandon''Central Lechera Asturiana''Juan MeredizFran PalacioAbandon''Foncia 2'' Abandon''Président''
3rd Edition 2014-2015 === Results === Team Arrival TimePositionName of BoatDateDateTimeAverage Speed1'''''Cheminées Poujoulat'''''25 March 201584d 05h 50 min 25 s13,822''Neutrogena''Jose Muñoz31 March 201589d 11h 47m 00s12,943''GAES Centros Auditivos''Gerard Marín1 April 201591d 05h 09m 28s12,854''One Planet, One Ocean & Pharmaton''Alex Gelabert8 April 201598d 09h 12m 09s11,775''We are water (2)''Willy Garcia9 April 201599d 03h 06m 28s9,806''Renault Captur''Jörg RiechersSebastien Audigane16 April 2015105d 23h 35m 22 s9,177''Spirit of Hungary''21 April 2015110d 10h 59m 40s8,80Abandon''Hugo Boss (5)''Alex ThomsonPepe Ribes
References
External links *  Official Race Website