Denis VAN WEYNBERGH D'IETEREN GROUP

Denis VAN WEYNBERGH

Applicant
2024
1st Participation

BE

56 years old

Les Sables d'Olonne

Denis Van Weynbergh, a former SME CEO, decided in 2018 to set sail for the Vendée Globe. He then became the owner of his IMOCA, but due to a lack of budget, he had to give up. Tenacious, he rethought and redesigned his project in 2020: he conceived it as a collaborative and associative project, favouring short circuits and reusing equipment rather than buying new parts. From 2021, he launched himself into the IMOCA circuit to gain experience and miles in order to validate his participation in the Vendée Globe and become the first Belgian to complete this round-the-world race.

Achievements

2023

Vendée Arctique - abandon

2022

Guyader Bermudes 1000 Race - 21st

2021

Transat Jacques Vabre - 19th

2019

Rolex Fastnet Race - 18th
Bermudes 1000 - 17th

2013

Transat Jacques Vabre - 16th Class40

2012

Transat Québec - Saint Malo - 19th Class40

2011

Les Sables - Horta - Les Sables - 12th Class40
Record SNSM - 8th Class40

2010

La Route du Rhum - La Banque Postale - 39th Class40

2009

Record SNSM - 9th Class40

2001

Mini Transat - 24th

D'IETEREN GROUP
© Yann Riou

D'IETEREN GROUP

  • Architect: Nándor Fa & Attila Déry - Hungary
  • Construction: 2013, Pauger Carbon Ltd, Hongrie
  • Launch Date: 07 April 2014
  • Length: 18,28 m
  • Beam: 5,65 m
  • Draught: 4,5 m
  • Mast height: 29 m

Sponsor

D’Ieteren Group

Founded in 1805 and headquartered in Brussels, D'Ieteren Group is a family-owned, listed company. It invests in companies that are or have the potential to become leaders in their markets and to generate sustainable value for their employees, their customers, society at large and their shareholders. Its international portfolio currently includes 6 companies: Belron (parent company of Carglass), PHE (parent company of, among others, Autodistribution and Oscaro), Moleskine, D'Ieteren Automotive, TVH and D'Ieteren Immo.

Commitment

For his next challenge, the Vendée Globe 2024, Denis Van Weynbergh will become the ambassador of the new D'Ieteren Group sponsorship programme, which starts in June 2023 and whose mission will be to promote access to a stimulating and fulfilling professional life.