1 âeuros Alex Pella in 16 days 17 hours 47 minutes and 08 seconds
Alex Pella crossed the finish line in Pointe-à-Pitre on Wednesday, November 19 at 07 hours 47 minutes and 08 seconds. He took the lead of the ranking since November 11th and thanks to a well run course, managed to increase the gap. The Spanish skipper managed to stand out in the largest class of the Route du Rhum and had an exemplary race. "It was a very, very good race! Class40 is a beautiful series, there are a lot of people, there is always a fight in front, in the middle, behind. I enjoyed myself, I took a lot of pleasure. To win a race, you have to finish it and until I crossed the line I was not at ease. I arrived without a prop this morning, I cut the prop, it can happen at the last moment." ( Read more )
2 âeuros Thibaut Vauchel-Camus in 17 days 04 hours 33 minutes and 41 seconds
The skipper of Solidaires en peloton arrived on Wednesday, November 19 at 18 hours 33 minutes and 41 seconds, after an intense final with the very experienced Kito de Pavant. What a great victory for this Rhum rookie, adopted from Saint Malo and from Guadeloupe at heart. He has been a surprise throughout the race and is proving to be a new talent in ocean racing. " This is the great race that starts from where I live, and that led me to where I grew upâeuros¦ A boat ride home on the Route du Rhum is incredible! I wanted to enjoy it to the end." ( Read more )
3 âeuros Kito de Pavant in 17 days 05 hours 07 minutes and 03 seconds
This arrival on November 19 at 19 hours 07 minutes and 03 seconds marks the great return of Kito de Pavant to solo racing. After his numerous setbacks during his attempts to sail around the world, he is making the most of his 6 years of experience in a 60-foot monohull and is living up to his status as the favorite. He was able to remedy his speed deficit thanks to his art of trajectory and positioning. " It was hard, the last two nights were terrible with the seaweed on the rudders and the keel. I lost 2 or 3 knots and the boat became uncontrollable. I had to go backwards, to make a lot of starts¦ At night it is dangerous and frustrating ." ( Read more )
4 âeuros Stéphane Le Diraison in 17 days 08 hours 21 minutes and 37 seconds
He crossed the finish line in Pointe-à-Pitre aboard Ixblue-BRS on November 19 at 22 hours 21 minutes and 37 seconds. He took advantage of the penalty on Yannick Bestaven and gained one place in the rankings. " It was a difficult race. The hardest part was the start in October. We were spoiled, I will remember the passage of Ushant which was very tough. We left in a polar wind and we arrived here in the tropics, this change of seasons, this transition, is not necessarily easy to manage. [In fact, we don't stop, we are always on it, on it. It's extremely demanding. That's what makes it exciting, that you can make up places, or lose placesâeuros¦ That's what makes it hard, incredibly hard!"
5 âeuros Pierre Brasseur in 17 days 14 hours 27 minutes and 44 seconds
Pierre Brasseur arrived in Guadeloupe on board Matouba on Thursday, November 20 at 04 hours 27 minutes and 44 seconds. Taking into account the penalty on Yannick Bestaven, he finished in fifth place and gained one place. This rising figure in ocean racing has achieved a great performance on board his 2009 Owen Clarke design. He started racing in the Mini 6.50 circuit and took the helm of his boat only months before leaving, confirming his status as a rising star in ocean sailing. " What a welcome, excellent! I had been told that they were preparing a little something for meâ?¦ and well, here it is, the little something! Since the beginning, this rum has tasted pretty good. For a month now, everything has been going well, the start, the finish, the race. I didn't necessarily expect to finish in this position. I said, if I finish in the top ten, I will be happy, so it's true that finishing 6th is a good result
6 âeuros Miranda Merron in 18 days 03 hours 17 minutes and 25 seconds
Miranda Merron arrived in Guadeloupe on Thursday, November 20 at 17 hours 17 minutes and 25 seconds. Due to the penalty on Yannick Bestaven, she gained one place and was ranked in 6th position e position. This confirmed sailor arrived tired and slimmed down in Guadeloupe but proved once again that ocean racing can be very well combined with women. Thanks to her seafaring sense and her art of trajectory, she confirms her status as a fighter and a success. " It's worth doing eighteen days at sea to have flowers at the arrival! It's really nice. I'm very emotional but it feels good when it stops: today there were squalls at 40 knots and that's a lot even with two reefs in the mainsail and staysail!"
7 âeuros Yannick Bestaven in 17 days 06 hours 34 minutes and 37 seconds
The skipper of Le Conservateur arrived in Guadeloupe on Wednesday, November 19 at 8:34:37 pm. He left aboard the latest plan verdier, he lacked preparation but the boat proved to be versatile and fast in all sailing conditions. After suffering damage, he turned around and collided with Philippa Hutton-Squire's boat, which was forced to abandon. He was then given a 24-hour penalty. He resumed the race at 30 ème position but made a superb crossing of the Atlantic which allowed him to be part of the leading quartet. Normally he would have been ranked at 4 ème position but because of his penalty, he was awarded the 7th place ème place.
8 âeuros Damien Seguin in 18 days 09 hours 19 minutes and 21 seconds
He crossed the finish line on November 20 at 23 hours 19 minutes and 21 seconds. Thanks to his knowledge of the island, where he spent his childhood, he managed to overtake Fabrice Amédéo, who was in Basse-Terre and crossed the finish line only 17 minutes and 11 seconds ahead of his opponent. " If someone had told me that four days ago, I would not have believed it! But I went all out, even more than all out because I think I exceeded my limits: it was a bit of a gift in the Saintesâeuros channel¦ I knew the terrain even under the leeward coast: I had prepared my trajectory well to have a smooth passage in order to come back on Fabrice (Amedeo) and pass him in the channel. But I think he had some problems at that moment
9 âeuros Fabrice Amedeo in 18 days 09 hours 36 minutes and 32 seconds
He arrived in Guadeloupe on November 20 at 23 hours 36 minutes and 32 seconds aboard SNCF-Geodis. On the last miles before the Tête à l'Anglais, his Class 40 went downwind in a gust and the spinnaker got wrapped around the forestay, forcing him to make a technical stop in Basse-Terre. He was overtaken by Damien Seguin for having stopped only 4 hours. " It was a very hard Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe, but very beautiful! I'm very proud of what I was able to do. It was the scenario I was dreaming of, with a selective start, favorites who gave up, boats that broke or had damages. And a strong downwind wind that suits my Class40 well. I was in a bit of a state of grace: everything went superbly well, it was magical. I didn't set out to finish in the top ten, I thought that was pretentious given the field at the start, but I felt that I could do something good. I obviously have a little regret at the end with the tour of Guadeloupe, because I could have finished better ."
10 âeuros Giancarlo Pedote in 18 days 14 hours 26 minutes and 43 seconds
It was on November 21 at 04 hours 26 minutes and 43 seconds that the Italian crossed the finish line. Coming from the 6.50 circuit, he did not give up but was forced to make a technical stop at the start in Roscoff. Thanks to his tenacity, he was able to get to grips with his boat, which he got to grips with a little late, and to catch up with his rivals, one by one. " At the beginning, the morale was not great. I had a problem with the staysail, the mainsail and other problems, so I stopped. Then, I left again, dead with zero batteryâeuros¦ But I started again, I went back up, it was great. I also had good moments, when you apply yourself and you feel that you come back. I saw that I had the speed, even if I made a lot of mistakes in the maneuvers because I did not know the boat well. Normally, I am not happy with this type of place, but I had a good run."
