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Figaro, Class40 and new 60’ for Stamm
Swiss skipper Bernard Stamm will be everywhere from 2010. He will enter for the first time in the solo Figaro-Bénéteau circuit and will comptete in the Route du Rhum Route du Rhum #RouteDuRhum in the Class40 Class40 #Class40 division. At the same time, his third IMOCA Imoca #IMOCA boat, a new Kouyoumdjian designed Open 60 will be (...) -
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Antoine Koch wins leg 4 in Dieppe
This Wednesday at 2:12 pm local time, Antoine Koch (Sopra Group)was the first solo sailor to end the 40th Solitaire du Figaro leg 4 between Dingle in Ireland and Dieppe in Normandy. Arrived 4rth, 5’44’’ behind, Nicolas Lunven wins the race ! -
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Jérémie Beyou victorious again after a night of suspense
For Race Officer Dominique Berenger, waiting patiently on the committee boat at the entrance to Dingle Harbour last night, it must have seemed like being on the receiving end of a nautical version of the Charge of the Light Brigade. After a third leg full of tactical twists and meteorological surprises, the weather threw a final curveball in (...) -
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Back in the game, strategy pays for Beyou
Jérémie Beyou guided his Figaro Beneteau 2 across the finish line in St. Gilles Croix-de-Vie at 20H20 and 37 seconds yesterday evening, to win the second leg of the event in an elapsed time of 52 hours 21 minutes 37 seconds – equivalent to an average speed Speed #speedsailing across the 365 mile passage of 6.97 knots. The leg win (...) -
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Yann Eliès won leg 1 in Spain
The dockside post mortems started almost as soon as Yann Eliès (Generali) crossed the finish line at 1759 and 15 seconds yesterday evening (Saturday), followed within the space of an hour by no less than 15 of his rivals. Numbered among them were most of the big names in this bumper 40th edition of the classic French offshore racing series. In (...) -
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Jérémie Beyou wins the prologue in Lorient
The world’s solo sailing greats have gathered in Lorient Lorient L’actualité du port de Lorient et de sa région. to compete on the 40th Anniversary year of what is considered to be one of toughest events of the sailing season, La Solitaire du Figaro. 52 competitors will take part and six previous winners, with a total of ten (...) -
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Video : Nicolas Bérenger surfing behind his Figaro
The start of the 40th Solitaire du Figaro will take place on Thursday for 4 legs between France, Spain and Irland. Nicolas Bérenger, the winner of the solo Cap Istanbul Cap Istanbul #CapIstanbul 2008 on these Figaro-Bénéteau one-designed monohulls has his own way to get prepared for it. He set sails out of Lorient Lorient (...) -
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Nicolas Troussel wins the 39th edition
Nicolas Troussel finished 18th on the last leg of La Solitaire du Figaro, but the 6 hour lead he had over his closest rival was more than enough to clinch the overall win of the 39th edition of La Solitaire. Gildas Morvan (Cercle Vert) and Frédéric Duthil (Distinxion Automobile) take 2nd and 3rd places respectively. François Gabart (Espoir (...) -
Solitaire Afflelou Le Figaro
Last leg for Duthil • The race for Desjoyeaux
Frédéric Duthil wins in Les Sables d’Olonne and Michel Desjoyeaux (Foncia) overall winner of the 38th edition of La Solitaire Afflelou Le Figaro race Michel Desjoyeaux (Foncia) wins La Solitiare Afflelou Le Figaro race, one of the toughest single-handed sailing events in the French Figaro racing circuit. The third place finish in Les (...) -
Solitaire Afflelou Le Figaro • 3rd Leg
Corentin Douguet victorious in La Coruña
Corentin Douguet crossed the finish line on the Wednesday 15th of August at 23h39m45s to win the third leg of La Solitaire Afflelou Le Figaro race between Brest Brest #brest and La Coruna. The skipper of E.Leclerc / Bouygues Telecom covered 562 miles in 4 days 5 hours 29 minutes and 45 seconds at an average 5.52 knots. This is a first (...)
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