Who will win the Volvo Ocean Race 2008/2009

The Volvo Ocean Race pits determined sailors skills and endurance against each other in an extended trip around the world.

During the nine months of the 2008-09 Volvo, which starts in Alicante, Spain in October 2008 and concludes in St Petersburg, Russia, during late June 2009, the teams will sail over 37,000 nautical miles of the world’s most treacherous seas via Cape Town, Kochi, Singapore, Qingdao, around Cape Horn to Rio de Janeiro, Boston, Galway, Goteborg and Stockholm. (More at <a href="http://www.volvooceanrace.org/about-the-race/overview/">http://www.volvooceanrace.org/about-the-race/overview/<;/a> )

This time pirates are also an concern ( <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hR5jVDQ0CbLkey7LKBNb2qt63g_wD94LFEGG1">http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hR5jVDQ0CbLkey7LKBNb2qt63g_wD94LFEGG1<;/a> ), adding an additional unknown into the mix.

This race has already started, however there are still more than seven months left as of the time this question was created. Much could change. Who will end up winning this race?

Read about the teams at <a href="http://www.volvooceanrace.org/teams/">http://www.volvooceanrace.org/teams/<;/a>