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Covering the bases
With memories of last year’s Transat Jacques Vabre perhaps well to the fore in his mind, Loick Peyron made his move last night to gybe back to the west and cover any further gains from the trio of Jean-Pierre Dick (Paprec-Virbac 2), Armel Le Cléac’h (Brit Air) and Vincent Riou (PRB). ...
Another turn, another twist
The lead swaps again as Loïck Peyron (Gitana Eighty) gybes and heads seeking some westing to line up for the Doldrums and cover the advances from his western flank, Dick, Riou and Le Cléac’h all making 26-28 miles on the lead. ...
Peyron Pace
The Peyron pace is quick and Seb Josse and Jean Pierre Dick are having to live with that for the moment at the front of the Vendée Globe fleet, passing 115 miles to the west of the Canary Islands this morning...
Alex Thomson officially retires from the Vendee Globe
Gitana Eighty leads. Stamm restarts
Peyron leads by four miles from Jean Pierre Dick (Paprec-Virbac 2). Only 4.3 miles separate the leading trio, Seb Josse (BT) in third, but they have earned a jump of 32.2 miles overnight over fourth placed Jean Le Cam (VM Matériaux)....
The true extent of the damage becomes apparant
Gybing thick and fast
As the leading group gybe Seb Josse has stretched his leading margin again to 4.1 miles over the omnipresent Jean Pierre Dick (Paprec-Virbac 2) while Loïck Peyron (Gitana Eighty) stays third on the 1900hrs standings report...
Paprec-Virbac leads, Foncia re-starts.
Within just a few hours the vicious cold front is gone and with it the 40-50knot winds. Almost immeditalely the whole rhythm of the race changes as the fleet sail with increasingly favourable 20-25 knot NW'ly winds, racing off Cape Finisterre....
Alex Thomson is returning to Les Sables d’Olonne
IMOCA Press release
The day after the start of the Vendée Globe, the IMOCA is happy of the extraordinary success of the 6th edition of the single handed non-stop round the world race. This event is expected to be, for more than one reason, the biggest round the world race of history. ...
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