The Race was a round-the-world sailing race that started in Barcelona, Spain on December 31, 2000.
The race was created by Bruno Peyron, and it was the first ever non-stop, no-rules, no-limits, round-the-world sailing event, with a $2 million US prize.
The stated objectives of this race were :
- to unite the different maritime cultures of the world
- to gather together the world's premiere yachtsmen and women in a common event
- to promote creativity in ocean sailing
- to ally high technology and the environment
- to create the most spectacular and most prestigious fleet of offshore racers that sailing has ever seen
A second race was planned for 2004, but was cancelled amid controversy that Tracy Edwards had organised a competing event called Oryx Quest.
Results
The 2000–01 race was won by Club Med, skippered by Grant Dalton in 62d 6h 56' 33".
| Pos | Boat name | Crew | Country | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Club Med | Grant Dalton |  New Zealand | 62d 6h 56m 33s |
| 2 | Innovation Explorer | Loick Peyron & Skip Novak |  France | 64d 22h 32m 38s |
| 3 | Team Adventure | Cam Lewis |  United States | 82d 20h 21m 02s |
| 4 | Warta Polpharma | Roman Paszke |  Poland | 99d 12h 31m |
| 5 | Team Legato | Tony Bullimore |  Great Britain | 104d 20h 52m |
| – | PlayStation | Steve Fossett | United States | DNF[a] |
| – | Team Philips | Pete Goss | Great Britain | DNS |
- ^ Damaged and forced to withdraw on day 16
Legend: DNF – Did not finish; DNS – Did not start;