"A tie would seem logical to me" ... Rouillard wonders about the bonuses

Thomas Rouillard, LinkedOut skipper.

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The battle is raging at the head of the Vendée Globe, where seven skippers can decently claim the final victory.

Among them is Thomas Rettant on LinkedOut.

The current 2nd and former leader of the race is one of those who can still cross the finish line in the lead at Les Sables d'Olonne without having the certainty of winning, just like Charlie Dalin, Louis Burton or Damien Seguin.

Because behind, Jean Le Cam, Yannick Bestaven and Boris Herrmann still benefit from bonuses relating to the rescue of Jean Le Cam.

Obsolete coupons?

But do these bonuses still have a meaning in an edition where the weather has taken great pleasure in putting a spade in the wheels of the leaders?

This is one of the questions posed by Thomas Rettant who, taking the Vendée Globe 2009 as an example (where Vincent Riou had been reclassified 3rd tied with Marc Guillemot after having broken while saving Jean Le Cam towards Cape Horn) would prefer non-bonuses share the same place if necessary on the finish line.

"I know that the race management is discussing it," explains the skipper at

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It would seem quite logical to me for there to be a tie.

That the sailor recovers the same classification as another if necessary, but that he does not take the place of another on arrival.

In view of the race we had, with a lot of weather reunions, that would make sense.

This Vendée Globe has perhaps not finished surprising us.

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