Didac Costa on his Imoca One Planet One Ocean, upon his arrival in Les Sables d'Olonne on February 13, 2021. -
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This is the second time that he has successfully tamed a race dubbed the Everest of the Seas.
The Spaniard Didac Costa, on One Planet One Ocean, arrived at Les Sables d'Olonne on Saturday evening and took 20th place in the Vendée Globe.
At 40, Costa, a professional firefighter in Barcelona, therefore completed the race for the second time in a row on a 2000 generation boat, the former Kingfisher of Ellen Mac Arthur who had finished second behind Michel Desjoyeaux in 2000-2001.
Above all, he improved his 2016 time by 11 days and 13 hours.
This time it will have needed 97 days 6 hours 27 minutes and 3 seconds.
There are five skippers still in the race.
Behind Didac Costa, Frenchman Clément Giraud (Compagnie du lit-Jiliti) was on Saturday night 785 miles (1,453 km) from the Vendée port, ahead of Briton Miranda Merron (Campagne de France) by 350 miles.
Then we find the French Manuel Cousin (Groupe Sétin, at 1,499 miles) and Alexia Barrier (TSE-4myplanet, at 2,895 miles), and finally, at 2,994 miles, the Finnish Ari Huusela on Stark.
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