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ETA for the first skippers January 14
Water bottles Gobi
Eric Bellion skipper of STAND AS ONE - Altavia withdraws from the Vendée Globe
Violette Dorange's J3 goes overboard
The thriller simmering in the peloton
As leader Charlie Dalin (MACIF Santé Prévoyance) continues his passage northwards towards France he remains under threat from Yoann Richomme (PAPREC ARKEA, 2nd). The gap is stable at around 140 miles – so around 11 hours or so at current speeds.
'Yo Yo' and the yo yo effect
Benefiting from being slightly further west than Vendée Globe leader,Charlie Dalin (MACIF Santé Prévoyance), Yoann Richomme has remained slightly faster and so has continued to shave a few more miles off his deficit to the leader.
Technical problem for Romain Attanasio
Eric Bellion heads for the Falkland Islands
Denis Van Weynbergh : « I'm still upwind and not with a good speed »
Sébastien Simon, the lucky star
PORTRAITS OF LEADERS (3/3). The current leaders of the Vendée Globe, who are they? A few days before the finish here are a series of portraits on the three skippers expected to finish on the provisional podium: Charlie Dalin (MACIF Santé Prévoyance), Yoann Richomme (PAPREC ARKEA) and Sébastien…
Last weekend
The battle at the front of the Vendée Globe is never-ending. One again Yoann Richomme (PAPREC ARKEA, 2nd) has reduced his gap to Charlie Dalin (MACIF Santé Prévoyance, 1st) reducing it from 190 miles yesterday to 155 miles at 0600hrs UTC this morning. But that is largely down to wind conditions…
