Jean Le Cam (Everything begins in Finistère – Armor-Lux), returned to the lead of the 10th edition of the Vendée Globe the day before, widened a small gap during the night and is almost 48 miles ahead of his first pursuer, Sam Goodchild (Vulnerable), Tuesday at 7:00 a.m. (GMT+1).
The French skipper is reaping the benefits of a good strategic choice when passing the Cape Verde archipelago, he who decided to go around it from the East while almost the entire fleet passed through the West. “Jean looks good on us,” conceded Benjamin Dutreux, currently 14th in the race, on the race site. He regularly has little strokes of genius. »
“Now, the whole game for him is to win in the west thoroughly to try to find his crossing point in the Doldrums,” commented Nicolas Lunven (7th), referring to the convergence zone of the winds from the northern and southern hemispheres. It’s clearly not old monkeys who are taught to make faces! »
Ranking for the 10th edition of the Vendée Globe Tuesday at 7:00 a.m. (GMT+1):
1. Jean Le Cam (It all starts in Finistère – Armor-Lux) 22,108.02 nautical miles from the finish
2. Sam Goodchild (Vulnerable) 47.84 miles from the leader
3. Sébastien Simon (Groupe Dubreuil) at 80.46 miles
4. Thomas Rettant (Vulnerable) at 91.75 miles
5. Charlie Dalin (Macif Santé Prévoyance) at 102.22 miles
6. Samantha Davies (Initiatives-Coeur) at 104.40 miles
7. Nicolas Lunven (Holcim-PRB) at 107.28 miles
8. Yannick Bestaven (Maître Coq V) at 109.05 miles
9. Clarisse Cremer (L’Occitane en Provence) at 111.34 miles
10. Yoann Richomme (Paprec Arkéa) at 113.64 miles
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25. Louis Burton (Bureau Vallée) at 214.30 miles
39. Szabolcs Weöres (New Europe) à 774.79 milles
Abandon :
Maxime Sorel (V and B-Monbana-Mayenne)