Paris (AFP)
Vendée Globe leader Charlie Dalin (Apivia) quadrupled his lead over runner-up Louis Burton in seven hours, the latter being 40.5 miles behind (74.9 km) in the standings on Saturday noon against 10.9 nm at 5 a.m. .
Less than 1,500 nm from the return to Les Sables d'Olonne, the skipper of Bureau Vallée seems to have finished taking advantage of the advantage that his decidedly more western trajectory had given him for several days than that of his competitors.
Behind him, the third Boris Herrmann (Seaexplorer-Yacht Club de Monaco) has taken ten miles at Dalin and is sailing at 78.1 nm from the lead.
The German, who will benefit from six hours of bonuses at the finish for having participated in the rescue of Kevin Escoffier at the beginning of December, could become the first foreign winner of the race around the world.
Fourth at 106.8 nm, Thomas Rettant (LinkedOut) has also taken a good ten miles at Dalin since the 5:00 am classification.
Yannick Bestaven, leader for nearly a month, remains fifth at 163 nm and, like Herrmann, will benefit from a bonus on arrival, of 10 hours and 15 minutes.
Ranking Saturday at 12:00 (11:00 GMT):
1. Charlie Dalin (FRA / Apivia) 1,446.7 miles from the finish
2. Louis Burton (FRA / Bureau Vallée 2) 40.5 miles behind the leader
3. Boris Herrmann (GER / Seaexplorer-Yacht Club de Monaco) 78.1
4. Thomas Rouillard (FRA / LinkedOut) 106.8
5. Yannick Bestaven (FRA / Maître Coq IV) 163.0
6. Damien Seguin (FRA / Apicil Group) 174.1
7. Giancarlo Pedote (ITA / Prysmian Group) 232.3
8. Jean Le Cam (FRA / Yes we Cam!) 444.5
9. Benjamin Dutreux (FRA / OMIA-Water Family) 547.2
10. Maxime Sorel (FRA / V And B Mayenne) 728.3
11. Armel Tripon (FRA / L'Occitane en Provence) 916.9
12. Clarisse Cremer (FRA / Banque Populaire X) 1,427.2
13. Romain Attanasio (FRA / Pure-Best Western) 1.931.7
14. Jérémie Beyou (FRA / Charal) 2,576.3
15. Arnaud Boissières (FRA / La Mie Câline-Artisans Artipôle) 3,232.7
16. Alan Roura (SUI / La Fabrique) 3,298.9
17. Pip Hare (GBR / Medallia) 3,334.0
18. Stéphane Le Diraison (FRA / Time For Oceans) 3,381.0
19. Kojiro Shiraishi (JPN / DMG Mori Global One) 3,397.7
20. Didac Costa (ESP / One Planet One Ocean) 3,497.7
21. Manuel Cousin (FRA / Sétin Group) 4,227.8
22. Miranda Merron (GBR / Campagne de France) 4,371.4
23. Clément Giraud (FRA / Compagnie du lit-Jiliti) 4,400.3
24. Alexia Barrier (FRA / TSE-4myplanet) 6,137.0
25. Ari Huusela (FIN / Stark) 6,250.6
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Alex Thomson (GBR / Hugo Boss) Retirement
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Kevin Escoffier (FRA / PRB) Withdrawal
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Samantha Davies (GBR / Initiatives-Cœur) Abandonment
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Isabelle Joschke (GER / MACSF) Withdrawal
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Sébastien Simon (FRA / Arkéa-Paprec) Withdrawal
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Nicolas Troussel (FRA / Corum L'Epargne) Withdrawal
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Sébastien Destremau (FRA / Merci) Abandonment
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Fabrice Amedeo (FRA / Newrest-Art and Windows) Abandonment
Editor's note: this classification does not take into account the time compensation granted to certain competitors for having participated in the rescue of a wrecked competitor.
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