INTERVIEW – The defending champion will set off on Sunday for his third and final solo round-the-world trip with reasonable ambition. He explains it.
A first participation in 2008 which stopped at the start of the race after a dismasting, then a second in 2020, which ended with a masterful victory and Yannick Bestaven (Master Rooster), 52 years old, sets off for a third Vendée Globe this Sunday. Without putting excessive pressure on himself… He confides in Figaro without pretense.
LE FIGARO. – You leave with what level of desire and excitement ?
Yannick BESTAVEN. – I want to say with great desire, but also with strange feelings, I think it's the same for all skippers, both excited to go and do this event which is our own Everest, and then with also a little anxiety, because you know what awaits you and it's not going to be easy. The Vendée Globe has never been easy for anyone.
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You cast off with certainty ?
No, none. I don't see who can start with certainty, because it's a race where there are a lot of twists and turns. This makes me…
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