It's already two weeks since this Vendée Globe began, and for the moment, the atmospheric conditions are preventing the leaders from really pulling their punches. But all that could change before the Cape of Good Hope
Dalin takes a little breath in the lead
Charlie Dalin (Macif Santé Prévoyance) slightly widened his lead at the head of the Vendée Globe on Sunday morning and the group of ten sailors he leads, including many favorites, tends to expand, before approaching the depression which must lead to South Africa.
After covering 523 miles in 24 hours, Dalin, who should be able to take the time to shave, is around forty miles ahead of Thomas Ruyant (Vulnerable), and 61 miles ahead of Sam Goodchild (Vulnerable) and Yoann Richomme (Paprec Arkéa), literally neck and neck.
“From the moment we find ourselves wedged in its north, we should make a nice diagonal to reach the South Seas,” rejoiced Bestaven, the defending champion well wedged in the peloton, on the subject of the depression in come. “The existing gaps with Charlie will continue to increase,” urges the 51-year-old sailor, who also hopes to take advantage of the windfall to clear his closest competitors.
The 11 a.m. score on Sunday
1. Charlie Dalin (Macif Santé Prévoyance), 20,099.40 nm from the finish
2. Thomas Ruyant (Vulnerable), 36.90 nm from the first
3. Yoann Richomme (Paprec Arkéa), at 61.34 nm
4. Sam Goodchild (Vulnerable), at 61.60 nm
5. Sébastien Simon (Dubreuil Group), at 82.22 nm
6. Jérémie Beyou (Charal), at 102.88 nm
7. Nicolas Lunven (Holcim – PRB), at 104.11 nm
8. Yannick Bestaven (Maître Coq V), at 107.44 nm
9. Paul Meilhat (Biotherm), at 136.90 nm
10. Samantha Davies (Heart Initiatives), at 167.21 nm
Everyone wants a good depression
Since crossing the equator, the main favorites of the race have been waiting like everyone else for the saving gust of wind that will really make this 2024-2025 edition take off. And for that, nothing better than a nice depression, like the one that is coming off the coast of Rio de Janeiro this weekend. This group of ten at the head of the fleet, sailing exclusively aboard boats equipped with foils, is therefore making its little calculations to try to grasp at least the tail of the said depression between Brazil and the small archipelago of Trindade and Martin Vaz to then head full throttle towards the Cape of Good Hope.
If they manage to make the most of it, the leaders could return to the times of Armel Le Cléac'h in 2016-2017, who completed his world tour in the record time of 74 days.
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News from Marina Foils
The boat of 20 minutes on Virtual Regatta continues its way of the cross in the Atlantic, even if the last 24 hours have allowed a slight improvement, with Ecuador finally in the crosshairs for the end of the Weekend. 75,000 places gained overnight, take that from Max Verstappen. Marina Foils is firmly in the top 350,000, just 900 miles from the leader, the equivalent of a trip from Earth to Saturn. A trifle.
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