Transat AG2R: 22 duos at the start of the 15th edition

The 15th edition of the Transat AG2R, contested for the first time on Figaro Bénéteau 3, will pit 22 duos between Concarneau and Saint-Barthélémy (3,890 miles to go). Among the 44 sailors on the starting line on April 19, four women including the young bizuth Lou Berthomieu (18), and four former winners (Armel Le Cléac'h, Fabien Delahaye, Gildas Morvan, Thierry Chabagny). For the first time, a daily program (26 minutes) produced in the Figaro TV studios will be broadcast live every day at 1 p.m. on Infosport +, Le Figaro.fr and the Facebook page of the Transat AG2R.

The 22 duos participating in the Transat AG2R 2020:
-Eric Péron-Miguel Danet (L'Égoïste)
-Armel Le Cléac'h-Erwan Le Roux (Banque Populaire)
-Gildas Mahé-Thierry Chabagny (Breizh Cola)
-Loïs Berrehar-Tom Laperche (Brittany CMB Performance)
-Estelle Greck-Laurent Givry (Cap Horn)
-Tom Dolan-François Jambou (Concarneau Entreprendre)
-Jérôme Samuel-Nicolas Salet (Erisma-Sodes group-Tara Ocean Foundation)
-Martin Le Pape-Yann Eliès (Stargardt Foundation)
-Anthony Marchand-Alexis Loison (Royer-Secours Populaire Group)
-Xavier Macaire-Morgan Lagravière (SNEF Group)
-Pierre Le Boucher-Fred Duthil (Guyot Environment)
-Benjamin Schwartz-Fabien Delahaye (Hellowork)
-Yannig Livory-Erwan Livory (Interaction)
-Lou Berthomieu-Alan Roberts (The Benjamine of the Ocean)
-Benoît Hochart-Matthieu Roynette (The Chain of Hope –Skiset)
-Sam Goodchild-Corentin Douguet (Leyton)
-Amélie Grassi-Ambrogio Beccaria (Mutuelle Bleue for the Institut Curie)
-Gildas Morvan-Gaston Morvan (NC)
-Tanquy le Turquais-Julien Villion (Queguiner-Kayak)
-Pierre Quiroga-Erwan Le Draoulec (Skipper Macif)
-Paul Cloarec-Renaud Mary (Sonergia)
-Nils Palmieri-Justine Mettraux (Teamwork)

Village opens in Concarneau on April 10

Transat AG2R awards:
1992: Jacques Caraès and Michel Desjoyeaux in 24 days 08 hours 40 minutes
1994: Jean Le Cam and Roland Jourdain in 20 d 20 h 34 min
1996: Alain Gautier and Jimmy Pahun in 24 d 11 h 54 min
1998: Bruno Jourdren and Marc Guessard in 22 d 14 h 24 min
2000: Karine Fauconnier and Lionel Lemonchois in 27 d 09 h 50 min
2002: Hervé Laurent and Rodolphe Jacq in 22 d 13 h 06 min
2004: Armel Le Cléac'h and Nicolas Troussel in 20 d 08 h 49 min
2006: Kito de Pavant and Pietro d'Ali in 19 d 22 h 24 min
2008: Laurent Pellecuer and Jean-Paul Mouren in 22 d 19 h 14 min
2010: Armel Le Cléac'h and Fabien Delahaye in 22 d 16 h 59 min 11 s
2012: Gildas Morvan and Charlie Dalin in 22 d 08 h 55 min 00 s
2014: Gwénolé Gahinet and Paul Meilhat in 22 d 06 h 17 min 59 s
2016: Thierry Chabagny and Erwan Tabarly in 22 d 01 h 06 min 53 s
2018: Adrien Hardy and Thomas Ruyant in 18 d 11 h 48 min 22 s

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