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Damien Seguin (Apicil) departing from Les Sables d'Olonne on Saturday July 4th. - LOIC VENANCE / AFP

  • After the Vendéen Sébastien Simon (Arkéa-Paprec) who broke his starboard foil on Sunday, Damien Seguin (Apicil) and Armel Tripon (L'Occitane), the two Nantes skippers, also had to give up.
  • This Tuesday, Jérémie Beyou (Charal) leads the dance at the head of the race.

Lots of breakage at the start of Vendée-Arctique-Les Sables. The qualifying race for the future Vendée Globe, which started on Saturday in Les Sables d'Olonne, has just started and it already has its share of disappointments.After the Vendéen Sébastien Simon (Arkéa-Paprec) who broke his starboard foil on Sunday, Damien Seguin (Apicil) and Armel Tripon (L'Occitane), the two Nantes skippers, also had to give up.

The first, already qualified for the Vendée Globe, broke its alternator support. After making a U-turn on Sunday evening, the sailor joined Port-La-Forêt late Monday morning and finally decided to abandon the last preparatory race for the Vendée Globe, given the impossibility of quickly repairing this part.

Damien Seguin abandons # VendéeArctique

After warning his technical team yesterday at 6 p.m. that its alternator support had broken, preventing it from fully recharging the batteries, Damien Seguin joined Port-La-Forêt this morning. pic.twitter.com/gluJjRbumh

- damien seguin (@sailingdamien) July 6, 2020

Armel Tripon, who suffered damage on Monday at 1:15 p.m., also decided to throw in the towel. At 2 p.m., Armel Tripon contacted his team to report a problem: two longitudinal beams located to starboard aft of the repaired area following the collision with an OFNI on the weekend of June 21, cracked.

Tripon should be at the start of the Vendée Globe

"We are unable at this stage to assess more precisely the cause of this new incident even if we seriously believe that it is collateral damage linked to this collision in an area that we had planned to reinforce on the return of the Vendée-Arctique-Les Sables d'Olonne race, ”said Team Manager on the site of skipper Michel de Franssu.

🚨 Damage to @LOccitane_FR! The boat is diverted to Brittany. #VendeeArctique # VG2020 @ codesattitude https://t.co/uMDt1MW3xn

- Armel Tripon Skipper (@ArmelTriponSkip) July 6, 2020

Tripon, not qualified for the VG, should he make a cross on the queen test of sailing, whose departure will be given on November 8? “The fact that he started [from Vendée-Arctique-Les Sables d'Olonne] gives him the possibility to request a substitution course, as provided in article 9.3 of Addendum 3 to the Vendée Globe Notice of Race, dated June 2, 2020 ", indicates the site of the Nantes skipper.

This Tuesday, the leading trio (in a pocket handkerchief) of Vendée-Arctique-Les Sables d'Olonne was composed (in order) of Jérémie Beyou (Charal), Charlie Dalin (APIVIA) and Thomas Ruyant (LinkedOut ).

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