Sports - Paris, Île-de-France, France
Energy Team FranceOfficial Challenger for The 34th America's Cup. Energy Team, the Peyron brothers' challengeThe day after the official announcement that the America's Cup would be raced aboard multihulls, Loïck and Bruno Peyron, legendary figures from the world of multihull racing announced their intention to "bring together French know-how" and set up their team for the America's Cup. With the support of the prestigious Yacht Club de France, Energy Team became an official challenger for the 34th America's Cup in January 2011.A long-term strategyThe Energy Team project has a long term goal. Their ambition is to build up a solid base and a professional team to compete alongside the most competitive challenger to aim to win the America's Cup.After just one year of existence and having competed in seven America's Cup World Series events, the crew of Energy Team have shown their huge potential and very quickly established themselves as one of the best finishing on the podium at the end of the first season alongside the Defender Oracle and the Emirates Team New Zealand.More about Energy Team France: http://energy-team.americascup.com/en/aboutTo find Energy Team France online:Website: http://www.energyteam.fr/Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/energyteamFRTwitter: https://twitter.com/energyteamfrYouTube: http://www.youtube.com/energyteamFRPartners:Montres Corum: http://www.corum.ch/Marinepool: http://www.marinepool.de/