The Route du Rhum 2018 started on November 4 from Saint-Malo and the finish line will be closed on December 7 at 2 pm. A postponement of 5 days euros notified by an amendment to the race rules euros due to the difficult conditions of the first week of the race. If they are still 62 in race, the winners of each category in competition joined Guadeloupe. The opportunity to realize the podium of each class, retrospectively with the previous edition and to see what reference time is precisely (in bold in each class) ... So were we faster in 2014 or in 2018?
ULTIMATE CLASS (6 participants)
1 euro Francis Joyon ( Idec Sport ) euros Arrived on 12/11/2018 at 4 h 21 min 47 s (UTC+1) in 07 d 14 h 21 min 47 s
2 euros François Gabart ( Macif ) euros Arrived on 12/11/2018 at 4 h 28 min 55 s (UTC+1) in 07 d 14 h 28 min 55 s
3 euros Thomas Coville ( Sodebo Ultim' ) euros Arrived on 20/11/2018 at 21 h 45 min 36 s (UTC+1) in 16 d 7 h 45 min 36 s
Abandonments : 2
Race time 2014 edition : Loïck Peyron (Banque-Populaire VII) in 7 d 15 h 8 min
MULTI50 CLASS (6 participants)
1 euro Armel Tripon ( Réauté Chocolate ) euros Arrived on 15/11/18 at 21 h 32 min 40 s (UTC+1) in 11 d 7 h 32 min 40 s
2 euros Erwan Le Roux ( FenêtréA-Mix Buffet) euros Arrived on 16/11/18 at 15:09:12 (UTC+1) in 12 d 1 h 9 min 12 s
3 euros Thibaut Vauchel-Camus ( Solidaires en Peloton Arsep ) euros Arrived on 16/11/18 at 23 h 18 min 44 s in 12 d 9 h 18 min 44 s
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Abandonment : 1
Race time 2014 edition: Erwan Le Roux (FenetreA Cardinal) in 11 d 5 h 13 min 55 s
IMOCA CLASS (20 participants)
1 euro Paul Meilhat (ADM) euros Arrived on 17/11/18 at 1 h 23 min 18 s (UTC+1) in 12 d 11 h 23 min 18 s
2 euros Yann Eliès (Ucar St-Michel) euros Arrived on 17/11/18 at 3 h 38 min 30 s (UTC+1) in 12 h 13 h 38 min 30 s
3 euros Alex Thomson (Hugo Boss) euros Arrived on 16/11/18 at 13:10:58 (UTC+1) in 11 d 23 h 10 min 58 s
Abandonments : 5
Race time 2014 edition: François Gabart (Macif) in 12 d 4 h 38 min 55 s
CLASS40 (53 participants)
1 euro Yoann Richomme (Veedol - AIC) - Arrived on 20/11/18 at 17 h 22 min 44 s (UTC+1) in 16 d 3 h 22 min 44 s
2 euros Aymeric Chappellier (Aina Enfance & Avenir) - Arrived on 21/11/18 at 1 h 16 min 15 s (UTC+1) in 16 d 11 h 16 min 15 s
3 euros Phil Sharp (Imerys Clean Energy) euros Arrived on 21/11/18 at 03:01:50 (UTC+1) in 16 d 13 h 1 min 50 s
Abandonments: 16
Race time 2014 edition: Alex Pella (Tales II) in 16 d 17 h 47 min 8 s
RHUM MULTI CLASS (21 participants)*
1 euro Pierre Antoine (Olmix) euros Arrived on 20/11/18 at 11 h 15 min 5 s (UTC+1) in 15 d 21 h 15 min 5 s
2 euros Jean-François Lilti (Diagonal School for World Citizens) - Arrived on 22/11/18 at 21 h 47 m 45 s in 18 d 07 h 47 m 45 s
3 euros In progress
Abandonments: 8
Race time 2014 edition: Anne Caseneuve (Aneo) in 17 d 7 h 6 min 3 s
RHUM SINGLE CLASS (17 participants)*
1 euro Sidney Gavignet (Café Joyeux) euros Arrived on 21/11/18 at 0 h 18 min 5 s (UTC+1) in 16 d 10 h 18 min 5 s
2 euros Sébastien Destremau (Alcatrazit - Faceocean) - Arrived on 21/11/18 at 21 h 25 m 44 s (UTC+1) in 17d 7h 25 m 45 s
3 euros In progress
Abandonments: 7
Race time 2014 edition: Andrea Mura ( Vento di Sardegna) in 20 d 2 h 19 min 36 s
* In 2014, the Rhum class brought together monohulls and multihulls. So we took the time of the best multihull and the best monohull.
