That’s what sponsor Akzo Nobel announced the organization of the Volvo Ocean Race on Tuesday afternoon.

the participation of the team AkzoNobel ‘this afternoon presented in Scheveningen, where the participants over almost two years will finish after the grueling race around the world for nine months it takes.

the 34-year-old Tienpont step for the Volvo Ocean race on the Softbank team what he was doing with the preparations for participation in the America’s Cup which also starts in 2017. Tienpont did earlier in the Volvo Ocean Race as a crew member of ABN Amro II boat with sailors under thirty years, in the edition of 2005- 2006 participated.

,, in the Netherlands live racing immensely. Our country is also the organization of the Volvo ocean race a place that stands out for the attention it brings. “

The coming period will Tienpont started to gather a crew to the boat purchasing and preparing for the race which will start in the autumn of 2017 from Alicante, Spain.

Akzo Nobel, which is not known wants to present itself to the boat as a major sponsor of sports teams and events as a leader in marine coatings and paints. To mark the announcement, the 50 pillars of the Scheveningen pier equipped with a colored layer of paint from the sponsor were.

Our country is still three victories for Dutch boats record when it comes to victories in this race which is held every three years. Previous editions of the race which sailed for the first time in 1973 as the Whitbread Round the World race were won by the Flyers Connie Reed Shots (1973 and 1976) and ABN Amro’s Black Betty (2006), with the New Zealand skipper Mike Sanderson