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Les Sables-d'Olonne (dpa) - Solo circumnavigator Boris Herrmann took fifth place at his premiere at the Vendée Globe.

The hamburger was still from the French Jean Le Cam on his yacht "Yes We Cam!"

ousted from fourth place on Thursday evening.

The 61-year-old Le Cam crossed the finish line in Les Sables-d'Olonne in eighth place.

But thanks to a time credit of 16:15 hours, he pushed himself in front of Herrmann.

After more than 80 days at sea and more than 28,000 nautical miles, the two were separated by almost 75 minutes in the final ranking.

Herrmann had crossed the finish line in front of the French coastal town as the fifth sailor on his yacht "Seaexplorer - Yacht Club de Monaco" in the morning.

A time credit of six hours had also allowed the 39-year-old to move up to fourth in the preliminary ranking by the evening.

The French Yannick Bestaven, who had arrived at the destination in third place with the «Maître CoQ IV», also secured victory with a credit of 10:15 hours.

Herrmann, Le Cam and Bestaven had received the credits from the race committee for their participation in the successful rescue mission for the shipwrecked Kevin Escoffier on the night of November 30th to December 1st.

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