At the 5:00 am Wednesday score, Charlie Dalin was still leading the Vendée Globe fleet.
At the latitude of Cape Verde, the skipper of Apivia was spinning at nearly 19 knots over the last four hours in the trade winds and was 110 miles ahead of Louis Burton, located 200 miles west of the Normand.
Bureau Vallée 2 was also advancing quickly (19.3 knots).
Boris Herrmann (SeaExplorer-Yacht Club de Monaco, +143) also extended his stride (18 knots) to take 4th place behind Thomas Rettant (LinkedOut, +126).
Damien Seguin is 5th (Groupe Apicil, +180) ahead of Yannick Bestaven (Maître CoQ, +181).
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