LES SABLES D’OLONNE, France (AFP) — A 73-year-old Frenchman won the round-the-world Golden Globe race without the help of modern technology on Tuesday after 211 days at sea. Frenchman Jean-Luc van den Heede clinched victory crossing the finish line in the Vendee in the voyage which started in July last year, beating 17 other competitors. The race involves a gruelling 30,000-mile solo circumnavigation of the globe in yachts similar to those used in the first […]