The Vendéen Sébastien Simon and his Groupe Dubreuil boat arrived in Les Sables-d'Olonne this Friday, January 17, in the night at 1:27 a.m., after an exceptional race lasting 67 days and 12 hours. Its entry into the Port Olona channel was announced for 8:00 a.m.
The 34-year-old Sablais skipper therefore finished at third place behind Charlie Dalin and Yoann Richomme, but also ahead of Armel le Cléac'h's old record of 74 days, 3 hours, 35 minutes and 46 seconds.
In front of his audienceSébastien Simon will take advantage of his arrival in the Sables-d'Olonne channel. In the Alouette podcast “The secrets of the Vendée Globe”, the Vendéen admitted want to savor this momentt car “We don't all have the chance to experience these kinds of emotions.“.
A difficult race
The loss of its starboard foil in the Indian Ocean on December 7 cooled his momentum and his chances of victory. He still took the lead briefly after New Zealand. But, the Vendéen quickly finds himself isolateddistanced by Dalin and Richomme, and far in front of the group of pursuers. His third place guaranteed, he finished the race without any problems.
-Huge satisfaction for the Dubreuil Group, its majority sponsor
Questioned by the editorial staff of Alouette, the boss of the Dubreuil Group, Paul-Henri Dubreuil, shares his immense joy. “We are very satisfied, our ambition was to finish the Vendée Globe, third place completely delights us“. He also confides a small part of frustration: “Without the loss of the foil, we could have fought for the lead of the race“.
A child of the Vendée Globe
Frustrated by his abandonment during the 2020 Vendée GlobeSébastien Simon absolutely wanted to finish this new world tour alone, without assistance and without stopovers.
His father, a sailing enthusiast, took him to the Olona port in Les Sables-d'Olonne to see the adventurers who braved the “Everest of the seas”. With a Vendée sponsor et a project directly based in Les Sables-d’Olonne“the child of the Vendée Globe”, as he often describes himself, has succeeded to achieve your goalaccompanied by a magnificent place on the podium.
