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Yann Eliès was given a two hours penalty
The Jury met today in Brest to discuss the protest against Yann Eliès, who was forced to use his engine during the first leg to get off after going aground. The sailor was given a two hours penalty and as a consequence he falls from second to 19th place. Following the decision involving the skipper of Generali Europ Assistance the top part of (…) -
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The Jackal Le Cleac’h bags another one in Brest
Exciting finale for the second leg of the 41st edition of La Solitaire du Figaro, Armel le Cléac’h gets his second win in a row and improves his personal score : four leg victories. François Gabart and Jérémie Beyou complete the podium. Brilliant performance by newcomer Francisco Lobato from Portugal. -
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Armel Le Cléac’h : "It’s a great win"
French skipper Armel Le Cléac’h on Brit Air wins first leg of Solitaire du Figaro. Yann Eliès (Generali Europ Assistance) and Eric Peron (Skipper Masif 2009) cross the finish line in 2nd and 3rd place respectively. The 45 skippers participating to first leg of La Solitaire du Figaro from Le Havre to Gijón are now all moored on the pontoons (…) -
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Drouglazet & Pellecuer win Tour of Brittany
Finishing twelfth for the last leg in La Trinité-sur-mer, Eric Drouglazet and Laurent Pellecuer have won the seventh Tour de Bretagne à la voile. They thus follow Nicolas Lunven and Charles Caudrelier, winners two years ago. Rulers of the race since Brest’s two races, Luisina’s crew stand out in front of Fred Duthil and François Lebourdais (…) -
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Mahé & Biarnès stand out on the longest leg
Brest-born Gildas Mahé, the winner of the 2005 Tour, teamed up with Perrosian Vincent Biarnès, winner of the first leg two years ago, won the penultimate leg of the Tour de Bretagne à la voile 2009. The crew of Banque Populaire stand out in front of the rookie duet from Port de Caen Ouistreham, Fabien Delahaye and Paul Meilhat the the winning (…) -
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Droug & Pellecuer double up victories in Brest
A pink spinnaker propelling a black hull widely dominated the arguments in Brest Roads this afternoon. Second after Tuesday’s third stage, Eric Drouglazet and Laurent Pellecuer steered Luisina, their Figaro Bénéteau, towards victory over the two races ran in the Finisterian breeze. They now hold the lead by a wide gap, ahead from Fred Duthil (…) -
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Thierry Chabagny and Alexis Littoz win leg 3 in Brest
Thierry Chabagny and Alexis Littoz stood out by the middle of the afternon in Brest Roads for the third stage of the Tour de Bretagne à la Voile. The 34 Figaro-Bénéteau have left Perros-Guirrec on Monday evening, and have reached the Aber-Wrac’h by night to then head toward Brest by dawn and in the mist. At the end of this third stage, victory (…) -
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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 across the 365 mile passage of 6.97 knots. The leg win secured a remarkable come-back for (…)
