Team Brunel was the first team to arrive in Lisbon to win the seventh leg of the Volvo Ocean Race. The finish, as it turned out on this round-the-world race, was tight. «The Spanish MAPFRE team came in just half a minute behind the leader, and Team Alvimedica fought hard for third place against the Chinese» from Dongfeng Race Team for a few seconds. The fifth place finishes team Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing. The women's crew of Team SCA is in the tail end.
During the seventh stage the crews moved from Newport to Lisbon and covered 2800 nautical miles. The path of the crews will go on to Lorient: the yachts of the regatta participants will start on June 7. Team Vestas, which was involved in an accident in December and temporarily withdrawn, will be back in action during the next leg.
