Allocation of the 18 Wild Cards for the Route du Rhum 2022
On April 6, 2022, the Route du Rhum organizers unveiled the list of 120 sailors registered for the solo transatlantic race, in accordance with the notice of race. But they had also announced the attribution of 18 additional invitations bringing the number of boats to 138, without revealing the lucky winners. It is now done this April 27.
The IMOCA boats are the main guests of the Transat
More numerous on the waiting list, the IMOCA boats are logically the largest contingent of invitations. In the context of a race for miles to qualify for the Vendée Globe, discussions between the Class and the organizers have resulted in the allocation of 10 Wild Cards. They are Sébastien Marsset, Xu Jingkun, Conrad Colman, Nicolas Rouger, James Harayada, Oliver Heer, Damien Seguin, Alan Roura, Yannick Bestaven and Rodolphe Sépho.
Prestigious sailors in Rhum Multi
The Route du Rhum also takes care of its headliners by inviting 4 sailors, some of whom made the news in the top multihull or IMOCA classes a few years ago. Philippe Poupon will be at the start with Florence Arthaud's former trimaran Pierre 1er. Roland Jourdain will compete with a linen catamaran, while Marc Guillemot will sail on a self-built catamaran. Finally, Loïc Escoffier is also registered in the category.
In the Rhum class monohulls, Julien Reemers and Jean-Sébastien Biard join the list of participants.
Two more Ultims in the race
The last 2 guests are joining the prestigious category of the big trimarans. Arthur Le Vaillant should participate on Yves Le Blévec's former Actual trimaran. Romain Pilliard, who is currently bringing back his trimaran following the failure of his round the world trip in reverse, will participate on his multihull in the race.
The final lists are as follows:
Ultim : 8 participants
- Yves le Blévec (Actual)
- Armel le Cléac'h (Banque Populaire)
- Charles Caudrelier (Edmond de Rothschild)
- Francis Joyon (Idec sport)
- Thomas Coville (Sodebo Ultim 3)
- François Gabart (SVR Lazartigue)
- Arthur Le Vaillant (ULTIM SAILING - TBC)
- Romain Pilliard (Use It Again! by Extia)
Ocean Fifty: 8 participants
- Quentin Vlamynck (Arkema)
- Gilles Lamiré (Group GCA-1001 SOURIRES)
- Erwan Le Roux (Koesio)
- Eric Péron (Komilfo)
- Armel Tripont (Les P'tits Doudous)
- Sam Goodchild (Leyton)
- Sébastien Rogues (Primonial)
- Thibaut Vauchel-Camus (Solidaires En Peloton - ARSEP)
IMOCA: 37 participants
- Charlin Dalin (Apivia)
- Skipper Not communicated (BeYou Racing)
- Paul Meilhat (Biotherm)
- Louis Burton (Bureau Vallée)
- Jérémie Beyou (Charal)
- Nicolas Troussel (Corum L'Epargne)
- Kojiro Shiraishi (DMG Mori)
- Antoine Cornic (Ebac Literie)
- Romain Attanasio (Fortinet Best Western)
- Manuel Cousin (Setin Group)
- Eric Bellion ( Hubert)
- Louis Duc (Imoca 172)
- Sam Davies (Initiatives-Coeur)
- Pierre Lacaze (Kattan)
- Arnaud Boissières (La Mie Câline)
- Thomas Ruyant (LinkedOut)
- Isabelle Joschke (MACSF)
- Boris Herrmann (Malizia Sea Explorer)
- Pip Hare (Medallia)
- Tanguy Le Turquais (NC)
- Fabrice Amédéo ( Nexans Art et Fenêtres)
- Kevin Escoffier (PRB)
- Giancarlo Pedote (Prysmian group)
- Benjamin Ferre (So Good)
- Benjamin Dutreux (Guyot Environnement)
- Maxime Sorel (V and B Monbana)
- Guirec Soudée (Freelance.com)
- Sébastien Marsset (Cap Agir Ensemble)
- Xu Jingkun (China Dream)
- Conrad Colman (Conrad Colman Racing)
- Nicolas Rouger (Tomorrow is far)
- James Harayada (Gentoo)
- Oliver Heer (Gitana 80)
- Damien Seguin (Apicil Group)
- Alan Roura (Hublot)
- Yannick Bestaven (Maitre Coq V)
- Rodolphe Sépho (Rêve de large 3 Région Guadeloupe)
Class 40 : 55 participants
- Maxime Cauwe (#OnEstLarge)
- Didier Le Vourch (To come)
- Ivica Kostelic (Coming soon)
- François Jambou (Bougie Down)
- Keni Piperol (Capt'ain Alternance)
- Mikael Mergui (Centrakor)
- Jean-Baptiste Daramy (Chocolat Paries)
- Ian Lipinski (Crédit Mutuel)
- Aurélien Ducroz (Crosscall)
- Antoine Magre (E Leclerc Ville La Grand)
- Emmanuel Le Roch (Edenred)
- Yves Courbon (In progress)
- Henry Rupert (Eora)
- Florian Gueguen (Parkinson Sailing Team)
- Stan Thuret (Everial)
- Martin Le Pape (Stargardt Foundation)
- Geoffrey Matacsynski (Fortissimo)
- Xavier Macaire (Snef Group)
- Nicolas D'estais (Happyvore)
- Kito de Pavant (HBF ReforestAction)
- Alberto Bona (Ibsa Group)
- Andrea Fornaro (In fluence)
- Matthieu Perraut (Inter Invest)
- Laurent Camprubi (Jeanne)
- Hiroshi Kitada (Kiho)
- Greg Leonard (Kite)
- Amélie Grassi (La Boulangère Bio)
- Victor Jost (Reunion Island)
- Luke Berry (Lamotte creation module)
- Pierre Casenave euros Péré (Legallais)
- William Mathelin Moreaux (Napadelis)
- Ambrogio Becaria (To come)
- Jules Bonnier (Nestenn Entrepreneurs for the Planet)
- Simon Koster (Coming soon)
- Hervé Thomas (Odegam)
- Yoann Richomme (Paprec Arkéa)
- Alex Mehran (Polka dot)
- Mathieu Claveau (Prendre la mer, Agir pour la Forêt)
- Romain Rossi (Prism)
- Axel Trehin (Project rescue)
- Corentin Douguet (Queguiner Innoveo)
- Martin Louchart (Randstadt Ausy)
- Kieran Le Borgne (Recycleurs Bretons-Navaleo)
- Antoine Carpentier (Redman)
- Clément Commagnac or Baptiste Hulin (Rennes / Saint-Malo / Mer Entreprendre)
- Marc Lepsqueux (Sensation Class40)
- Jean Galfione (Serenis Consulting)
- Cedric Château (Sogestran Seafrigo)
- Alexander Donald (Coming soon)
- Morgane Ursault-Poupon (Up Sailing - United for the Planet)
- Sacha Daunar (Vikings for ever)
- Emmanuel Hammez (Virunga)
- Pierre Louis Attwell (Vogue with Crohn's)
- Jonas Gerkens (Volvo)
- Franz Bouvet (Yoda)
Rhum Mono : 15 participants
- Fabio Gennari (Bella Donna - Race for Pure Ocean)
- Wilfrid Clerton (Cap au cap location)
- Olivier Nemsguern (Elora)
- Rémy Gérin (Faïaoahé)
- Catherine Chabaud (Formatives network)
- Gilles Colubi (Kornog 2)
- André Laumet (Lea)
- Arnaud Pennarun (Pen Duick III)
- Daniel Ecalard (SOS Parebrise Plus)
- Guy Pronier (Terranimo)
- Jean Pierre Dick (The Kid for Ville de Nice)
- Willy Bissainte (Tradysion Gwadloup)
- Julien Reemers (TBC)
- Jean-Sébastien Biard (JSB Déménagements)
Rhum Multi : 16 participants
- Charlie Capelle (Acapella - La Chaîne de l'Espoir)
- Christophe Bogrand (Château du Launay)
- Erwan Thiboumery (Fondationoceanos.org)
- Jean Paul Froc (Friends and lovers)
- Gwen Chapalain (Guyader Savéol)
- Gilles Buekenhout (Jess)
- Halvard Mabire (Mora)
- Etienne Hochede (PiR2)
- Oren Nataf (Green Ray)
- Fabrice Payen (Team Vent debout)
- David Ducosson (Trilogic)
- Brieuc Maisonneuve (60,000 rebounds)
- Philippe Poupon (Flo)
- Loïc Escoffier (Lodigroup)
- Marc Guillemot (MG5)
- Roland Jourdain (We Explore)
