It is not necessarily the finish that he expected but since only victory is beautiful, Armel Le Cléac'h will not shy away from his pleasure.
First in the general classification before the 4th and last stage of the Solitaire du Figaro, the Finistérien (43 years old) took advantage of the cancellation, due to lack of wind, of the last regatta, an 83-mile loop between Saint-Nazaire and Saint- Nazaire, to win the event for the third time in his career.
Already crowned in 2003 and 2010, the winner of the last Vendée Globe enters the closed circle of triple Solitaire winners in the company of Philippe Poupon, Jean Le Cam, Michel Desjoyeaux, Jérémie Beyou and Yann Eliès.
In the end, the skipper of Banque Populaire won with a 10'43 lead over Frédéric Duthil (Sailing Technique - Cabinet Bourhis Generali) and 1:01:07 over Tom Laperche (Bretagne CMB Espoir).
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