At the 5:00 am Wednesday score, Charlie Dalin kept the gap on Thomas Rettant at the head of the Vendée Globe (223 miles).
Behind Louis Burton, 3rd (+560 miles), it's the fight for 4th place between Sébastien Simon (+413 miles), Boris Herrmann (+442 miles), back in the race after turning away to search for Kevin Escoffier, but also Damien Seguin (+445 miles).
With Escoffier on board - he will land it at Kerguelen - savior Jean Le Cam is now 7th (+456 miles).
The "King Jean" was entitled to a phone call from Emmanuel Macron to congratulate him on Tuesday evening.
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