Eurosport is collaborating with Alinghi to provide a weekly 'inside story'
Eurosport is collaborating with Alinghi to provide a weekly ‘inside story’ on the America’s Cup winner up until 2007 and the end of the America’s Cup Match Race.
The first episode will show the America’s Cup win in 2003 in Auckland, including historic images of Ernesto Bertarelli winning the famous trophy. It’ll also show how team Alinghi raced the Louis Vuitton and got through to the final Match to beat Team New Zealand 5-0.
Week two shows Alinghi arriving home in Geneva, bringing the America’s Cup back to Europe for the first time in 152 years. Alinghi’s move to Valencia, the home of the 32nd America’s Cup, how the 110 team members live, work and prepare for the next Cup, will be shown on week three.
The viewing schedule for “Inside Alinghi” for the first four weeks is as follows:
11 May, 21:45 CET: After the live semi-final U-17 European Championships Italy/Holland
18 May, 22:45 CET: After the Golf programme and preceding the Sailing programme
25 May, 21:30 CET: At the beginning of ‘Wednesday Selection’
1 June, 20:00 CET: At the beginning of ‘Wednesday Selection (after the live programming of the French Open in Paris)
Inside Alinghi will be repeated the following day and again at the weekend.