Charlie Dalin, after the night from Thursday to Friday, is still leading the Vendée Globe in the rankings as of Friday at 7 a.m.
His leading position, however, is increasingly threatened by Thomas Ruyant, who is only 13.14 miles away. Just behind, Yoann Richomme (Paprec Arkéa) stole third place, 29.34 miles from the leader, from Sébastien Simon (Groupe Dubreuil).
The four leading men widened the gap during the night on the fifth, Nicolas Lunven (Holcim – PRB) now relegated to almost 160 miles from the first.
At 7 a.m., Justine Mettraux (TeamWork) was still the first Swiss representative (12th) of this solo world tour. “The day will be a little calmer on Friday, I have started to prepare my equipment to carry out the little bits and pieces that I have to do,” said the Geneva resident on Thursday evening.
At dawn on Friday, the other Genevan, Alan Roura (Hublot), was 24th and Olivier Heer (Tut Gut) 34th.
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