Les Sables-d'Olonne (France) (AFP)
The skipper Jean Le Cam (Yes We Cam!), Oldest of the Vendée Globe, was in the lead on Monday morning after a first night spent at sea, while the + steering wheels + turned away from the road to get the wind, allowing them to spin very quickly.
The Cam (61 years old), who is participating for the fifth time in the round the world race alone and without stopover, is followed by Maxime Sorel (V And B Mayenne), who is 1.2 nautical miles behind him (2, 2 km), followed by Damien Seguin (Groupe Apicil), the first disabled sailor to do the Vendée Globe (2.9 nm from Le Cam / 5.3 km).
Among the fleet of latest generation boats capable of flying, the first in the ranking is the Welshman Alex Thomson (Hugo Boss), 11th (24.4 nm from Le Cam / 45 km).
The classification at 09:00 (French time):
1. Jean Le Cam (FRA / Yes we Cam!) 24,111.1 miles from the finish
2. Maxime Sorel (FRA / V And B Mayenne) 1.2 nm from the first
3. Damien Seguin (FRA / Apicil Group) at 2.9
4. Stéphane Le Diraison (FRA / Time For Oceans) at 12.7
5. Romain Attanasio (FRA / Pure-Best Western) at 16
6. Benjamin Dutreux (FRA / OMIA-Water Family) at 18.1
7. Giancarlo Pedote (ITA / Prysmian Group) at 18.2
8. Clarisse Cremer (FRA / Banque Populaire X) at 21.3
9. Yannick Bestaven (FRA / Maître Coq IV) at 21.4
10. Kojiro Shiraishi (JPN / DMG Mori Global One) at 22.4
11. Alex Thomson (GBR / Hugo Boss) at 24.4
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