Orient Express Racing Team is a French yacht racing team that competes in International America's Cup Class races. The team has formally competed as K-Challenge, Areva Challenge (between 2005 and 2007) and ALL4ONE Challenge.

History

As Areva Challenge they participated in the

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, the challenger series held prior to the

32nd America's Cup The 2007 America's Cup was the thirty-second challenge for the America's Cup and was won by Alinghi in the 7th race. The Cup is the most famous and most prestigious regatta and ''Match Race'' in the sport of sailing. As per the Deed of Gift o ...

. They were eliminated in the Round Robin phase. They also competed in the Louis Vuitton Pacific Series in 2009 and are part of the Louis Vuitton Trophy, hosting the

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event. In February 2023 the team was rebranded to Orient Express Racing Team after sponsorship from

Orient Express The ''Orient Express'' was a long-distance passenger train service created in 1883 by the Belgian company ''Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits'' (CIWL) that operated until 2009. The train traveled the length of continental Europe and int ...

and Accor. The team plans to compete in the 2024 Louis Vuitton Cup (Challenger Selections Series) and ongoing in the

2024 America's Cup The 37th America's Cup will be raced between a yacht representing the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron and a yacht representing the yacht club that wins the '' Challenger Selection Series'' (Prada Cup). It will be held in Barcelona, Spain in Sep ...

References

External links

Official Website
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