The 2020/2021 Vendée Globe comes to an end this Friday 5th March 2021. Ari Huusela, the last competitor in the race to reach Les Sables-d'Olonne today at 8 h 35 min and 46 seconds, completing his round the world race in 25th place.
Before him, Alexia Barrier (TSE 4MYPlanet), the 24th and last woman to complete the race, reached the Vendée on Sunday 28th February at 07 hours 23 minutes and 44 seconds after a round the world race lasting 111 days 17 hours and 03 minutes.
With the arrival of the last two sailors, this ninth edition of the Vendée Globe is finally coming to an end. This year will be forever etched in the annals: a start behind closed doors due to the health crisis, a shipwreck and a rescue, the favourites forced to retire or put their race on hold, unbearable suspense and a race transformed into a contact race, a breathless finish with the first to finish, even though they were relegated to second place, a longer race time than in the last edition and a very low dropout rate..
In short, this edition of the Vendée Globe will have thrilled us for almost four months, as the race unfolds. See you in 4 ans?!
