Armel Le Cléac’h (and his team)
Credit : Finistère Atlantique
The Maxi Banque Populaire XI crossed the finish line of the second edition of Finistère Atlantique yesterday evening (Wednesday) shortly after 8 p.m. Leaving last Saturday from Concarneau, the Finisterian/Breton Armel Le Cléac’h and his six teammates took 4 days 7 hours 24 minutes and 8 seconds to reach Antibes in the Alpes-Maritimes.
What flavor does this victory have?
Victory has a “taste of a job well done, the crew was fantastic, we got along really well during this race, both on the maneuvers, on the atmosphere, the tactics on board, etc. I think we had worked well in advance, the seven of us did a lot of sailing to be ready for this confrontation. We saw two years ago that it came down to small details and this was indeed the case with Gitana. , where it was necessary to contain them until the end but, but we managed to control the race lead almost from start to finish and it’s great because it shows that the crew was good and above all the boat responded. because we had almost no problems during this crossing, despite the varied conditions.”
This victory completes a season marked in particular by a solo world tour and the Relais des Océans where the Maxi Banque Populaire XI carried the Paris 2024 Olympic Flame.
Charles Caudrelier and his Maxi Edmond de Rothschild came 2nd in Finistère Atlantique, and Thomas Coville on Sodebo took 3rd place this morning.
