Jean-Baptiste Sarrazin 7:14 p.m., November 08, 2022
Nothing is going as planned for this 12th edition of the Route du Rhum.
After postponing the event for three days due to weather conditions, the organizers would now face a major problem: the loss of the trophy according to information from our colleagues from "Ouest-France".
But who could have won the legendary Route du Rhum trophy?
According to the Ouest-France
newspaper
, the organizers are looking for the cup.
The latter is supposed to be given to the winner in Pointe-à-Pitre in Guadeloupe, the place of arrival of the race.
It is in a reception room of the Palais du Grand Large, in Saint-Malo, that the trophy would have been seen the last time.
A room where the staff of the organization and the press are welcomed daily.
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A man seen with the trophy
Still according to the daily
Ouest-France
, a man was seen with a box containing the trophy.
He would have taken the most natural exit in the world, in the middle of the afternoon.
Visible to security officers, the latter would not have been worried, the officers thinking that the situation was normal.
The organization is currently viewing all of the videos located inside and near the Grand Palace to try to determine the route taken by the individual.
Tuesday evening, the organizers of the event did not however confirm this information with Europe 1.
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The departure maintained
The cup had to leave Saint-Malo to travel by plane, in order to be given to the winner in Pointe-à-Pitre.
She was then to be back in France and presented at the tribute ceremony to the winners in December, in Paris.
Already postponed due to weather conditions, the start remains for the moment maintained for Wednesday afternoon.
138 sailboats must set off on a journey of more than 6,000 km to Pointe-à-Pitre, in Guadeloupe.