Armel Le Cléac’h (Banque Populaire) continues to widen the gap in the Vendée Globe, after 36 days of racing. At 9 am on Tuesday, Alex Thomson (Hugo Boss) now is 183 miles behind. 3rd, Paul Meilhat (SMA) completes the podium 1386 miles behind. After starting to cover part of the gap on the leader, Alex Thomson must again […]
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The Vendée Globe leaders continue to impress as Romain Attanasio prepares to leave after two days of repair. At 9 am this Saturday, Armel Le Cléac’h (Banque Populaire) leads the fleet, 184 miles ahead of Alex Thomson (Hugo Boss). The Vendée Globe skippers have had a funny week. Among the many failures and new drop […]
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The Vendée Globe leaders continue to struggle in the lead while Didac Costa will enter the Indian Ocean. At 9 am on Friday, Armel Le Cléac’h (Banque Populaire) leads the fleet, 137 miles ahead of Alex Thomson (Hugo Boss). The Vendée Globe saw a landmark week. While the damages are linked together as skippers are […]
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The damage multiply on the Vendée Globe, with the dropouts of Kito de Pavant and Sébastien Josse. At 9 am, Armel Le Cléac’h (Banque Populaire) still leading the fleet with 134 miles ahead of Alex Thomson (Hugo Boss) There has been a funny atmosphere in the Vendée Globe the last few days. The damages are […]
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The damage increases. Wednesday at midday, Armel Le Cléac’h (Banque Populaire) still leads the Vendée Globe with 137 miles ahead of Alex Thomson (Hugo Boss). Suffering a breakdown, Josse (3rd) abandoned Funny atmosphere in the Vendée Globe the last few days. The damages are linked and the Indian Ocean is not a gift. Yesterday is […]
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Tuesday morning, Armel Le Cléac’h (Banque Populaire) still leads the Vendée Globe, with 95 miles ahead of Alex Thomson (Hugo Boss) who has lost some ground. Suffering a breakdown, Josse (3rd) slides. At 9 am on Tuesday morning, the Vendée Globe is still led by Armel Le Cléac’h (Banque Populaire) . The Breton is leading […]
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SAILING: The French skipper, currently seventh in the Vendée Globe, apologized to his team and sponsors for this error … Jean-Pierre Dick (Saint-Michel-Virbac) sailed late Friday in to the prohibited area of the ice (Antarctic exclusion zone or ZEA) defined by the Vendée Globe organizers to avoid collisions with icebergs. Warned by the race director, […]
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Saturday at 9 am, Armel Le Cléac’h (Banque Populaire) took the lead in the Vendée Globe before Alex Thomson (Hugo Boss). Behind, there is Josse (3e) followed by Meilhat (4e). At 9 am on Saturday, the head of the Vendée Globe is now occupied by Armel Le Cléac’h ( Banque Populaire ), the Welshman Alex […]
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Alex Thomson (Hugo Boss) finds himself behind Armel Le Cléac’h (Banque Populaire), who sailed past and took the lead in the Vendée Globe. The Welshman was 2.5 miles behind the Breton. Behind, Jean-Pierre Dick (Saint-Michel-Virbac) lost almost 8 hours of having taken a prohibited area. While on Friday at 10 pm Alex Thomson (Hugo Boss) had […]
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Thursday morning at 9 am, Armel Le Cléac’h (Banque Populaire) is still leading the Vendée Globe with a 7 mile lead on Alex Thomson (Hugo Boss). Behind, there is Josse (3rd), Beyou (4th) and Meilhat (5th). Twenty-fifth day of racing in the Vendée Globe skippers and they are still jostling for the lead, Armel Le […]
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