LIVE VIDEO. Experience the ascent of the channel by Sébastien Simon, 3rd in the Vendée Globe behind Dalin and Richomme

After Charlie Dalin on Tuesday and Yoann Richomme on Wednesday, the Vendée Sébastien Simon crossed the finish line of this 10th edition of the Vendée Globe on Friday night at 1:27 a.m. This Friday morning, he will go up the legendary Sables d'Olonne channel. We invite you to follow the live coverage of this moment.

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8h28. This 10th edition of the Vendée Globe allowed Sébastien Simon to smash the 24-hour speed record with 615 miles covered.
Crazy speeds in this Vendée Globe. At the beginning of December, we asked Laure Jacolot, the race doctor, about the possible impacts on the health of the skippers.

“The boat is jumping in all directions”, are the crazy speeds of the IMOCAs putting the health of the Vendée Globe skippers in danger?

8h24. The triumph of the local child!

8h20. Sébastien Simon's double feat: half a world tour on a single foil, but also 67 days at sea, 7 days better than Armel Le Cléac'h in 2017. With Dalin and Richomme, they smashed everything in this edition 2024-2025.

8:15 a.m.Sébastien heads towards the port of Les Sables d'Olonne.

8h13. The employees of the Dubreuil group are present along the channel to welcome those who grew up in Les Sables and took their first trips offshore.

8h12. And here we go for this journey up the Sébastien channel, the Sablais is coming home!

8:10 a.m. At 36, Sébastien Simon completed his first Vendée Globe. The Vendéen, native of La Roche-sur-Yon, had to abandon the race in 2020 after a collision with an UFO which took over his starboard foil. A look back at its 2024-2025 edition to keep you patient while waiting for it to return to the channel.

8:02 a.m. I think we will still have good light for the journey up the Sébastien Simon channel.

7h59.The Vendéen is preparing to sail up the channel!

7h52.A little flashback last night to Sébastien's arrival in Les Sables.

7h45 How far we have come since his first IMOCA project, we filmed Sébastien in 2019 in Port-la-Forêt alongside Vincent Riou

7h38. Do you know what Sébastien Simon's first desires are when he arrives at the dock?

7h31. 250 employees of the Dubreuil group, sponsor of Sébastien Simon, came to greet their champion along the channel.

7h24. Sébastien's first words, collected last night by our team aboard his IMOCA“It’s extraordinary, we did it. We worked a lot to get here. We crossed the finish line in 3rd position. It's beyond goals, it's incredible. Now there are two more steps to go.”

7h05. Welcome to this live which will allow us to follow together the ascent of the channel from the stage premises.

Sébastien Simon crossed the finish line of the Vendée Globe at 1:27 a.m. last night, 2 days and 17 hours later the big winner Charlie Dalin. The skipper of Groupe Dubreuil spent 67 days, 12 hours, 25 minutes, 37 seconds at sea.

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The skipper of Groupe Dubreuil was participating in his second Vendée Globe, but completed his first circumnavigation of the world solo, without assistance and without stopover.

In 2021, during his first participation in the Vendée Globe, Sébastien Simon had to abandon due to a collision with a UFO.

For this 10th edition, despite a damaged foil, the sailor held on and succeeded in his bet, finishing his Vendée Globe, behind Charlie Dalin and Yoann Richomme. Even shattering the record for the number of nautical miles traveled in 24 hours (615.33 nautical miles).

He returns to Les Sables d'Olonne, the town where he grew up, to sail up a channel that he knows by heart.

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