Four years after Yannick Bestaven’s victory, the 10th edition of the Vendée Globe started on Sunday November 10, 2024 from Les Sables d’Olonne. After an intense battle between Charlie Dalin and Yoann Richomme for several weeks, the first named seems to have the upper hand and is heading towards the finish line with a lead that is becoming more comfortable. According to predictions, Charlie Dalin should cross the finish line on the 14th in the evening or the 15th. Yoann Richomme should follow a few hours later so the rest of the regatta will arrive gradually. As a reminder, the Vendée Globe record is held by Armel Le Cléac’h, who completed the race in 74 days 3 hours 35 minutes and 46 seconds in 2017. A record which was established due to the “mild” conditions, notably to the Cape of the Equator. Here is the real-time map of the Vendée Globe to follow the race live.
The Vendée Globe route
In total, 45,000 kilometers are on the program with 24,300 nautical miles of theoretical distance passing through three capes: Bonne Espérance, Leeuwin and Horn, all, non-stop and without assistance.
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The participants
40 skippers have been registered for the start of this sailing trip around the world, here is the complete list.
- AMEDEO factories (Nexans – Wewise) – France
- Romain ATTANASIO (Fortinet – Best Western) – France
- Eric BELLION (Stand As One) – France
- Yannick BESTAVEN (Master CoQ V) – France
- Jérémie BEYOU (Charal) – France
- Arnaud BOISSIÈRES (La Mie Caline) – France
- Louis BURTON (Vallée Office) – France
- Conrad COLMAN (MS Amlin) – New Zealand/United States
- Antoine CORNIC (Human Immobilier) – France
- Manuel COUSIN (Help) – France
- Clarisse CRÉMER (L’Occitane en Provence) – France
- Charlie Dalin (Macif Santé Prévoyance) – France
- Samantha DAVIES (Heart Initiatives) – United Kingdom
- Violette ORANGE (DeVenir) – France
- Louis DUC (Fives Group – Lantana Environnement) – France
- Benjamin DUTREUX (Guyot Environnement – Water Family) – France
- Benjamin FERRÉ (Monnoyeur – Duo For a Job) – France
- Sam GOODCHILD (Vulnerable) – United Kingdom
- Pip HARE (Medallia) – United Kingdom
- Oliver LORD (Oliver Heer Ocean Racing) – Suisse
- Boris HERRMANN (Malizia – Seaexplorer) – Germany
- Isabelle JOSCHKE (MACSF) – France / Germany
- Jean LE CAM (It all starts in Finistère – Armor-Lux) – France
- Tanguy LE TURQUAIS (Lazarus) – France
- Nicolas LUNVEN (Holcim – PRB) – France
- Sébastien MARSSET (Foussier) – France
- Paul MEILHAT (Biotherm) – France
- Justine METTRAUX (Teamwork – Team SNEF) – Suisse
- Giancarlo PEDOTE (Prysmian) – Italie
- Yoann RICHOMME (Paprec Arkéa) – France
- Alan ROURA (Hublot) – Switzerland
- Thomas RUYANT (Vulnerable) – France
- Damien SEGUIN (Apicil Group) – France
- Kojiro SHIRAISHI (DMG Mori Global One) – Japan
- Sébastien SIMON (Dubreuil Group) – France
- Maxime SOREL (V and B – Monbana – Mayenne) – France
- Guirec SOUDEE (Freelance.com) – France
- Denis VAN WEYNBERGH (D’Ieteren Group) – Belgium
- Szabolcs WEORES (New Europe) – Hungary
- Jingkun XU (Singchain Team Haikou) – Chine
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