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Marion Travers
Published on
Jan 14, 2025 at 1:41 p.m.
; updated Jan 14, 2025 at 2:08 p.m.
Charlie Dalin registered this Tuesday January 14, 2025 his name on the Vendée Globe winners list.
He crossed in winner the finish line, off the coast of Les Sables-d’Olonne, in the early morning, at exactly 8:24 a.m.
In passing, he achieved a great performance since he broke the record so far held by Armel Le Cléac’h in 74 days, 3 hours and 35 minutes.
A new record which therefore stands at 64 days 19 hours 22 minutes and 49 seconds !
Due to low tide, the skipper of the Imoca Macif could not return to port immediately after crossing the line.
It is therefore at the beginning of the afternoon, from 1:50 p.m., that he will truly be able to celebrate your victory with the public expected in large numbers at the edge of the mythical channel of Sables-d’Olonne.
Live live with The Sand Journal the arrival of Charlie Dalin in Les Sables-d’Olonne: his journey up the channel, his first words at the Vendée Globe pontoon, the presentation of his prize…
Follow Charlie Dalin’s coronation live
2:00 p.m.: Fireworks are fired from the dike
A tricolor fireworks display is fired in broad daylight from the sea wall. A moment not unforgettable but original. Charlie Dalin enjoys the spectator on his sailboat.
1:45 p.m.: Charlie Dalin approaches the channel
The skipper approaches slowly but surely towards the channel, where an incredible crowd awaits him, under a blue sky! The moment promises to be magnificent for Charlie Dalin. The skipper has not disembarked since this morning, he has chosen to stay on his Imoca.
1:30 p.m.: Mathieu slept in his car to experience the arrival
“I arrived yesterday at midnight. I slept in my car. It’s for a good cause, for the arrival of the Vendée Globe and Charlie Dalin’s great victory. But now we’re celebrating, it warms everyone’s hearts. We have beautiful sunshine for the rise of the channel,” says Mathieu, who arrives straight from Poitiers, into our journalist’s microphone.
1:15 p.m.: Les Sables prepares to welcome the hero of the day
Winner of the Vendée Globe, the skipper will enter the channel around 1:30 p.m. The atmosphere rises on the Quai de la Chaume to welcome him.
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