Thomas Rouillard is still applying for a place on the podium.

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We are heading more than ever towards a two-man fight for the final victory at Les Sables d'Olonne.

Yannick Bestaven (Maître Coq IV), leading the Vendée Globe for the 19th consecutive day, and Charlie Dalin (Apivia), put a pill to their pursuers and left them more than 300 nautical miles on Monday morning.

Finally, we are talking about a two-man fight, but given the crazy advance of Maître Coq over the Le Havre skipper, we are slowly starting to say that the stakes are already over.

Classification at 9 a.m.

1. Yannick Bestaven (Maître Coq IV), 6,584.3 nautical miles from the finish

2. Charlie Dalin (Apivia), 182.7 nautical miles from the leader

3. Thomas Rettant (LinkedOut), 340 nautical miles from the leader

4. Damien Seguin (Apicil), 379.5 nautical miles from the leader

5. Benjamin Dutreux (OMIA- Water Family), 613.6 nautical miles from the leader

Bestaven flies away again

In less than 24 hours, the Dunkirk skipper put enormous pressure on his pursuer, going from a reasonable gap of 68 to more than 147 nautical miles between Sunday and Monday morning.

There is still a long way to go, but the question of whether Bestaven has not already folded the case arises.

This is what we did in a piece of paper that we invite you to taste with your coffee.

Leader at Cape Horn with 10 hours of bonuses, has Bestaven already won the race?

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Rouillard and Seguin in turn cross Cape Horn

The battle for third place is getting more and more exciting every day and it will not end soon.

After having crossed Cape Horn in their turn during the night from Sunday to Monday, Thomas Rettant (3rd) and Damien Seguin (4th) are in hull to hull with a gap of less than 40 nautical miles between the two boats.

And as for the leading duo, Rettant and Seguin should not be joined anytime soon by their pursuers.

The fifth in this Vendée Globe 2020, Benjamin Dutreux, being dropped more than 250 nautical miles behind…

Destremau finally crosses Cape Leeuwin but thinks of giving up

The courageous Sebastien Destremau (Thank you) is engaged in a completely different race, who has only just passed Cape Leeuwin, 21 days, 19 hours and 52 minutes after Charlie Dalin… It must be said that the skipper of Plancoët is fighting with a faulty autopilot.

At the last news and despite the efforts made to continue the race, he would have resolved to throw in the towel.

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