Around the island- Hard day for the leaders
Was local knowledge any good for the race that took place today around the island of Groix? We may doubt about it. The first to cross the finish line was Brunel from the Netherlands and the third one was Mummaduck, also from Holland. In between was the TMP-Coych from the Med.
In fact the boat from Hyeres is the only favorite to hold his rank today. Even the local Jimmy Pahun, also known as the Tour de France big mouth, went on the wrong side of the first beat after the start. But he did realized his mistake early enough to be able to finish seventh, just in front of Groovederci. The American skipper Deneen Demourkas was quite optimistic this morning about entering the top three before the end of the one month race around France. And even finishing eight was not so bad today. Courrier Dunkerque, the winner of the last two editions, was 10 and the overall leader, Nouvelle-Caledonie made a poor 17. The boat, skippered by Bertrand "king" Pacé did his worst result since the start but still hold the lead with a good margin. The race was even harder for Oman Sail's Renaissance skippered by Rob Greenhalgh. It might have been a day of glory for the Oman sailor for the 100 feet multihull Majan arrived yesterday in Lorient from the arabic sea. The giant trimaran who will race singlehanded the Route du Rhum next november went on the race course but didn't inspire the Omani crew on the Farr 30. Renaissance is now going down the leaderboard, being seventh, just in front of the first student boat. The good news of the day is for the sport : with just eight points between the second and the fourth, the competition is tighter and tighter. Tomorrow, after one inshore leg, the fleet will leave Lorient in the afternoon for Talmont in Vendée : a 100 milles offshore leg, mostly by night. We may expect some more changes !
Race of the day :
1 BRUNEL (Peter Jan Postma / Bart Verwerft)
2 Toulon Provence Méditerranée - COYCH (Fabien Henry)
3 Mummaduck (Laurent Pagès)
4 Nantes - Saint Nazaire (Jean Queveau)
5 INSA SOPRA TSP TEM (Thomas Rahier / Nicolas Andrieu)
6 Manche Basse Normandie (Benoit Charon)
7 Ile de France (Jimmy Pahun / Vincent Aillaud)
8 Groovederci (Deneen Demourkas)
9 Ville de Genève - Carrefour Prévention (Jérôme Clerc / Bruno Barbarin)
10 Courrier Dunkerque (Daniel Souben)
11 Team SOG - SAFRAN (Julien Villion / Quentin Ponroy)
12 Port de plaisance de Roscoff - CCI de Morlaix (Julien Berthélémé / François Liron)
13 Normale Sup Lagardère (Eric Brezellec)
14 TU Delft (Bert Schandevyl)
15 CSC - HEC - Ecole Navale (Hervé Gautier)
16 Arts et Métiers - Centrale Paris Défi SEP (Clément Hochart)
17 Nouvelle Calédonie (Bertrand Pacé / Vincent Portugal)
18 Ville du Port - Région Réunion (Thomas Terte / Thomas Pasquier / Noé Delpech)
19 ESSEC – Hanploi (Damien Seguin)
20 Brest Grandes Ecoles - ENSIETA - ESCB - ISEN (Tangi Mahé)
21 Purflo Les Thermes Marins - St Malo (François Lebourdais / Pierre Hingant / Quentin Grueau)
22 Bienne Voile - SRS II (Lorenz Muller)
23 Bienne Voile - SRS I (Stefan Seger)
24 Oman Sail's Renaissance (Rob Greenhalgh)
25 Bred (Eric Drouglazet / Christophe Bouvet)
26 Côtes d'Armor (Stéphane Letertre)
27 Région de Bruxelles Capitale Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest (Cyril Michel / Laurent Declercq)
28 SUPELEC (François Isopet / Pierre Joly)
Overall results :
1 Nouvelle Calédonie (Bertrand Pacé / Vincent Portugal) 56 pts
2 Courrier Dunkerque (Daniel Souben) 94 pts
3 Toulon Provence Méditerranée - COYCH (Fabien Henry) 97 pts
4 Ile de France (Jimmy Pahun / Vincent Aillaud) 102 pts
5 Groovederci (Deneen Demourkas) 125 pts
6 Manche Basse Normandie (Benoit Charon) 144 pts
7 Oman Sail's Renaissance (Rob Greenhalgh) 147 pts
8 CSC - HEC - Ecole Navale (Hervé Gautier) 180 pts
9 Ville de Genève - Carrefour Prévention (Jérôme Clerc / Bruno Barbarin) 192 pts
10 Team SOG - SAFRAN (Julien Villion / Quentin Ponroy) 212 pts
11 Purflo Les Thermes Marins - St Malo (François Lebourdais / Pierre Hingant / Quentin Grueau) 217 pts
12 Normale Sup Lagardère (Eric Brezellec) 242 pts
13 Mummaduck (Laurent Pagès) 243 pts
14 Côtes d'Armor (Stéphane Letertre) 269 pts
15 INSA SOPRA TSP TEM (Thomas Rahier / Nicolas Andrieu) 292 pts
16 Ville du Port - Région Réunion (Thomas Terte / Thomas Pasquier / Noé Delpech) 294 pts
17 TU Delft (Bert Schandevyl) 301 pts
18 Brest Grandes Ecoles - ENSIETA - ESCB - ISEN (Tangi Mahé) 301 pts
19 Bienne Voile - SRS II (Lorenz Muller) 317 pts
20 Bred (Eric Drouglazet / Christophe Bouvet) 317 pts
21 Port de plaisance de Roscoff - CCI de Morlaix (Julien Berthélémé / François Liron) 323 pts
22 Nantes - Saint Nazaire (Jean Queveau) 350 pts
23 Bienne Voile - SRS I (Stefan Seger) 369 pts
24 ESSEC – Hanploi (Damien Seguin) 370 pts
25 BRUNEL (Peter Jan Postma / Bart Verwerft) 383 pts
26 Région de Bruxelles Capitale Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest (Cyril Michel / Laurent Declercq) 455 pts
27 Arts et Métiers - Centrale Paris Défi SEP (Clément Hochart) 465 pts
28 SUPELEC (François Isopet / Pierre Joly) 522 pts
