Competitors of the next Vendee Globe challenge solo around the world sailing race pose for the official picture, on October 22, 2012 at Les Sables-d’Olonne, western France. (LtoR, up to bottom) Alessandro Di Benedetto, Arnaud Boissieres, Jeremie Beyou, Bertrand De Broc, Zbigniew Gutkowski, Mike Golding, Javier Sanso, Alex Thomson, Samantha Davies, Dominique Wavre, Vincent Riou, Bernard Stamm, Jean-Pierre Dick, Armel le Cleac’h, Louis Burton, Marc Guillemot, Tanguy de Lamotte, Francois Gabart, Kito De Pavant, Jean Le Cam. The race starts on November 10, 2012. AFP PHOTO/DPPI JEAN-MARIE LIOT (Photo credit should read JEAN-MARIE LIOT/AFP/Getty Images)
