The final podium of the series division is full of Ds. Olivier Desport takes the first place. He is followed by Frédéric Duval and Alain Delors.
Olivier Desport has won the second leg and takes the general ranking with a seven hours lead over the rest of the fleet. "I am a happy man" he said. "I was just a little frightened on the last days when I heard that Alain was coming back".
On the second place of the podium is Fred Duval. With his Pogo Sojasun, he always finished on the podium all along the mini season. Fred especially remembers the doldrums : "sometimes the wind was blowing at 40 - 50 knots. We had to take care all the time !"
third is Alain Delors, 52 yo. Loic Le Bras, second in Lanzarote takes the fourth place, 11 minutes ahead of the other 50 yo sailor, Michel Mirabel who did won leg one.
Classement Général Provisoire
Catégorie Série du 1 novembre 2001 15:04
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