The skipper of the Vendée Globe, Benjamin Dutreux, is sailing under the colors of Guyot Environnement, partner of Stade Brestois. But that is not the only reason why he will try to watch the Finistère club’s Champions League match this Tuesday, while he is in the middle of the Atlantic. Le Sablais admires the beautiful story that Eric Roy’s players are writing. We contacted him.
Undefeated in four days of the Champions League, Little Thumb from Brest can invite himself to a party he was not expected to attend this Tuesday evening, in the event of victory against the Catalan ogre. Opposed to Barça to whom it travels (9 p.m.), Stade Brestois begins to dream of a new feat which would qualify it. “It’s a very exciting challenge, you’d almost have to pinch yourself to realize it,” said Eric Roy the day before, at a press conference, lucid about his team’s chances. “We saw what they were able to achieve against Bayern and Real for example, and it’s better not to look too much otherwise we would have stayed in Brest”, he smiled to the press before taking on a club immense. Like the campaign that the Finistère club is currently carrying out.
“I love good stories”
The Brestois will be able to count on the support of 3,000 supporters this evening who will travel to the Olympic stadium. There will also be many of them in front of their television hoping for a new coup from Stade Brestois. In the middle of the South Atlantic, Sables-d’Olonnes skipper Benjamin Dutreux will proudly display the club’s colors in the Vendée Globe. Which he had already done on the pontoon before departure, putting on the club tunic for the occasion. And for good reason, the Sablais sailor shares a common sponsor with Stade Brestois, Guyot Environnement. Michel Guyot, the father of Erwan Guyot, president of Guyot Environnement, was also the president of Stade Brestois from 2007 to 2013.
“For me, it’s completely natural to follow them too because they’re a bit like Little Thumb who is doing quite well in the Champions League. It’s great to be able to support them,” confides Benjamin Dutreux to RMC Sport. “Here, it’s not Brest, it’s Vendée, but I’m not going to be proud to support Brest. What I see is not Little Thumbs but rather proud men. I love great stories like that, this story of Petit Poucet, even if we are from Vendée, we are completely behind Brest. I will support them completely, I will try to put on the match if the conditions allow it.
If he avoids abusing Starlink technology on board his sailboat, preferring to experience his race “100%”, Benjamin Dutreux says he is delighted, however, to be able to sprain it for the occasion, right in the middle of the race. ocean, he who hasn’t watched a match in a long time. “It’s pretty crazy. It’s crazy luck to be able to do this in the open sea. It even seems completely crazy.” His little prediction? “I’m aiming more for a match with a little suspense, I’m betting on a 2-1. The Brestois, they’re going to wet the jersey, but I’ve already wet the jersey for them. It’s not easy , but listen, I firmly believe in it Tonnerre de Brest.”
