“Basically, it’s to retrieve weather files, it also serves us to make video sessions with journalists, with partners. » But Dutreux, on Tuesday evening, took time out for football, “a sort of break to watch the match. Well, it wasn't 100% clear, I ended up following it on audio but it's still crazy. It was a first for me because usually, it is the race directors who inform us of the sporting results. »
“The sea was not flat”
On his boat, the skipper missed Robert Lewandowski's first goal for Barça. “We were moving at more than 20 knots, at a fairly high speed. The sea was not flat, it moved quite a bit, he smiled. But I had my squares of chocolate on the side. »
Originally from Villeneuve-d'Ascq, Dutreux, 34, fell in love with Stade Brestois thanks to the employees of Guyot Environnement, sponsor of his Imoca. “They have an old history with the club, they sent me a jersey and I was interested in this great adventure of the Champions League, of this small team among the big ones. I was a little disappointed when they took the third goal because I think they showed great determination against a great European player,” analyzes Benjamin Dutreux, for whom he is important, during a such a race at sea, to be able to take “break times.” Sometimes I listen to music, sometimes I do sudokus.” Tuesday was football.
