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Day: 10 May 2021

Roca team blow Gravelines-Dunkerque out of the water

by: Stephanie Horsman
10/05/2021

In a night for the record books, AS Monaco Basketball scored the most amount of points in a single game in their club history, leaving a stunned BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque team wondering what hit them.

The first game played by the Roca Team after their Euro Cup 7 victory over the Kazan Unics on 30th April was nothing if not astonishing. At home at Gaston Médecin behind closed doors, Monaco Basketball dominated BCM Gravelines from start to finish, beating them 122 to 69.

Since the teams’ inception in 2014, this was ASM’s highest scoring game ever, also earning the 3rd biggest lead in LNB history, at one point being a whopping 53 points ahead of their opponents.

Monaco was ahead the entire game, with the second quarter being notable in that they only allowed Gravelines six points the entire quarter.

“We were able to play liberated, let go without pressure…” said Team Captain Dee Bost. “We are confident, we are still hungry. The main thing will be to stay focused. We have a big schedule that awaits us and big challenges still on the road.”

Most of the team were on amazing form so no clear high-scorer stood out, though all did well. Dee Bost and Damien Inglis both had 16 points, Marcos Knight came in just behind at 15, Ibrahima Fall Faye brought home 14 points, and JJ O’Brien and Rob Gray each had 13, with Gray being the player who broke the 100 point mark.

Yohan Choupas came off the bench to score his first points for the team as well.

The team made 48 out of 80 shots, with 14 out of 30 in three-point range. They had 42 rebounds, 30 assists and had eleven steals.

“Congratulations to my team,” Coach Zvezdan Mitrovic said after the game. “It is true that the public, if they had been there, could have had a good time… The boys played with intensity, they let go, they were confident, and it showed. There was a lot of brilliant action and a rare score at this level.”

The Roca boys return on Wednesday night at 8pm when they face off against JDA Dijon on the road.

 
 

Monaco to welcome Yannick Alleno this May

by: Cassandra Tanti
10/05/2021

The highly anticipated arrival of Chef Yannick Alleno, holder of nine Michelin stars, has been set for 19th May when he officially swings open the doors of Monaco’s newest restaurant in the heart of the Hermitage Hotel.
With close to a dozen Michelin stars under his chef’s hat, Yannick Alleno is a veritable Rockstar of the gastronomy world, and his presence at the Hermitage Hotel is a major coup for the Principality.
The restaurant is called ‘Yannick Alléno at the Hermitage Hotel’ and it is billed by SBM as a lively, vibrant restaurant with a home away from home vibe. In the chef’s own words, it is “fine dining without the formality” and “serious food that doesn’t take itself too seriously”.
The restaurant is located in the former Vistamar premises and boasts the same jaw-dropping terrace and views over Monaco and the Mediterranean.
But the real magic comes in Spring 2022, when ‘Yannick Alléno at the Hermitage Hotel’ evolves into the Pavyllon, complete with a brand-new interior by Alléno’s longstanding associate Chahan Minassian to reflect the chef’s iconic trademark style.
Without revealing too much ahead of the opening, the website points to a “hearty yet beautifully balanced menu, showing exquisite attention to detail. It is inspired by the colours and flavours of the South of France: aubergine caviar, barbecued European lobster, and candied rhubarb are guaranteed to please.”
Yannick Alléno is a member of the exclusive circle of the greatest chefs in the world, holding two restaurants with three Michelin stars – Alléno Paris in the Pavillon Ledoyen and Le 1947 at Cheval Blanc in Courcheval, as well as achieving numerous other stars throughout his career.
Unashamedly, he has a very visionary approach to the culinary arts, blending knowledge and excellence with audacity, and is commonly known as the ‘Leader of Modern Cuisine’. He experiments endlessly in order to find the purest, most quintessential flavours and constantly pushes the boundaries with his curiosity and talent.
Monaco Life is thrilled to be invited to the exclusive pre-opening of ‘Yannick Alléno at the Hermitage Hotel’ on 18th May, so stay tuned for our sneak peak into Monaco’s exciting new gastronomic hotspot.
 
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Photo of Chef Yannick Alleno at the Hermitage Hotel by Monaco Life
 
 

“We were the standout”

by: Stephanie Horsman
10/05/2021

Monegasque Charles Leclerc took fourth place at the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona over the weekend, earning him 12 points and keeping him near the top of the heap in the precursor to his homecoming race in Monaco on 23rd May.
Charles Leclerc is sitting pretty in fifth place for the season so far after a fantastic fourth place finish at the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday. He sits only one point behind McLaren’s Lando Norris and only seven off third-place Valtteri Bottas in the F1 2021 standings.
“Today was an amazing race for us. We couldn’t have done anything better. I’m very happy with the job of the team,” Leclerc told Sky Sports after the race.
“The feeling with the car was amazing and in the early part of the race with the soft (tyres), everything felt very good, we didn’t have too much degradation, and on the medium, it was all about trying to manage.”
Leclerc came in behind race winner Lewis Hamilton, second place Max Verstappen and Bottas in third, and was a full nine seconds ahead of fifth place Red Bull pilot Sergio Perez.

Credit: @Scuderia Ferrari Press Office

“We were incredibly competitive compared to our main competitors,” said Leclerc. “I think we were the standout for the race today so it was good, the feeling of the car was amazing.”
Team Ferrari is on an upswing after enduring a miserable last season, their worst in 40 years, and Leclerc’s continuing improvements are part of the reason why. Teammate Carlos Sainz is pulling his weight as well, finishing seventh in Spain and is eighth overall in standings.
This put Team Ferrari just five points behind third place McLaren, with Mercedes and Red Bull in the number one and two spots respectively.
Vast changes to the cars have also been integral in Ferrari’s return.
“We have more power, we have more downforce and grip,” Leclerc explained. “Especially in the race it seems to help a lot because last year the balance during the race was very difficult, whenever you put high-fuel you feel the weaknesses of the car a lot more. Last year we were struggling with that. This year it just feels a lot better.”
Leclerc will come home for more Grand Prix action on 23rd May to race on the legendary track of the Monaco Grand Prix.
 
Top photo credit: @Scuderia Ferrari Press Office
 
 

What’s up with AS Monaco?

by: Stephanie Horsman
10/05/2021

AS Monaco are back in the number three spot in Ligue 1 standings after their 1-0 win over Reims Sunday. But the club has everyone guessing over their bizarre #DigitalRedOut campaign.

After the controversial match against Lyon last weekend, the Red and Whites seemed determined to stay focused on the future and took on a resolute Reims team, beating them in a close match, with young Belgian Eliot Matazo scoring the only goal of the game.
It puts AS Monaco back in the number three spot, staying one point ahead of Lyon despite their 4 to 1 victory over Lorient, two off Paris Saint-Germain and five off top ranked Lille.
Monaco had control much of the game but were simply unable to convert opportunities to points. This was also due also in part to Reims playing really solid football.
“We controlled the game, we created three big chances so we should have killed the game,” said Coach Niko Kovac post-game. “When you don’t, it creates tension. We were a little nervous at the end because you can always concede a goal from a set piece. It’s a great victory for us, which is good for the future. What we have to remember today is the victory and the three points, not the game.”
This latest win gives Monaco 10 wins of their last 11 games on the road.
The team needed this victory, not only to shake off the bad taste left after the ugly clash with Lyon last week, but also to give them some positivity for next match, where they go up against Rumilly Vallieres in the semi-finals of the Coupe de France.
In other ASM news, the team has posted new background on all their social media and website, without any word as to what it actually means. The image features light red and dark red colours separated by a diagonal line, while the website has a retro Atari tennis game on the landing page.
The most common speculation among fans is that the team is about to change their logo. There are also suggestions it may also have something to do with the heavy sanctions the club received after their brawl with Lyon.
In any case, it’s wait and see until the team casts aside the mystery.
 
 
 

MonacoTech forms new partnership

by: Cassandra Tanti
10/05/2021

MonacoTech has signed another collaborative deal designed to boost opportunities for its start-ups, this time with the APUI incubator at IMT Lille Douai which has a particular focus on sustainable development.
Director of MonacoTech Lionel Galfré and IMT Lille Douai representative Dominique Gatto signed the Memorandum of Understanding at the recent Ever Monaco event.
According to MonacoTech, the Principality’s state-run incubator, the agreement illustrates a shared vision based on common values ​​of innovation and aims to develop the creation and support of innovative companies with high growth potential within the two territories.
In particular, the agreement will promote the emergence of companies in the areas of sustainability, cleantech, smart buildings and sustainable cities.
The collaboration will allow start-ups to benefit from the networks of the two incubators, to increase opportunities and strengthen their competitive advantage through meetings with key players in the ecosystem.
The partnership also aims to seek possible synergies between the different start-ups and give them an opportunity to test their products in another market.
“This collaboration with the APUI incubator is fully in line with our strategy and our desire to offer promoters of projects supported by MonacoTech an opening to other markets and ecosystems abroad,” says Lionel Galfré, Director of MonacoTech. “With APUI associated with our incubator, start-ups will benefit from numerous contacts and will also be able to rely on a network favourable to their development.”
APUI is part of the Institut Mines-Télécom (IMT) network of incubators, and the first Rev3-referenced incubator in the Hauts-de-France region, France. It is aimed at any project leader wishing to create an innovative company in IMT Lille Douai’s areas of expertise and at the crossroads of ecological transition, digital sciences and engineering sciences: Industry 4.0, Smart Building and Smart City.
This expertise allows project leaders to have access to the technical resources of IMT Lille Douai, including assistance from the Research Centre and technical services, and support for student engineers from the school.
“IMT Lille Douai is part of the values ​​of MonacoTech,” said Jean-Christophe Baudez, Director of Research and Innovation at IMT Lille Douai. “Our collaboration is therefore logical and representative of the stated excellence of the two structures in their mission of economic development. It is part of our desire to open up various horizons and connections with different territories to our start-ups.”