Five contenders for the next Vendée Globe have been training since Monday at the French training centre in Port-la-Forêt in S.W. Brittany. Present were Sam Davies (Roxy), Michel Desjoyeaux (Foncia), Armel Le Cléac´h (Brit Air), Yann Eliès (Generali) and Vincent Riou (PRB). They have been going through some sessions in single-handed manoeuvre training around the Glénan Islands.