Jérémie Beyou joined Les Sables d'Olonne this Saturday at the very beginning of the afternoon.
Asked about his state of mind and his morale, the three-time winner of the Solitaire du Figaro confided without language: “At one point, you have to try to move forward.
What is hard is the decision to turn around.
You are forced to give up what you are focused on during four years of preparation.
Obviously on the spot, it's super hard.
It's not easier now, but you focus on something else a bit.
Of course, seeing everyone at the finish puts a lot of emotion.
Because it's not easy to manage, you would like to be everywhere except there.
You are happy that there are people but it is a little sad.
It gives energy but it's not easy to manage.
The race stops, the stop is very brutal.
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And the skipper of the monohull Charal, forced to turn around on Wednesday after having touched (among other things) an ofni to confirm the complexity of this round-the-world trip: “The start of the race was not easy, for me but also for the other.
Strategically, it was complicated.
The first front was violent.
They all made it through, they are great sailors who deserve to be at sea. I would have liked to be with them.
And having my little fight with Alex (Thomson) who sent me a message this morning, like Fabrice (Amedeo) and others.
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Jérémie Beyou then confided in his desire to leave: “You have to try to erase the emotion and be Cartesian.
We give ourselves 24 hours to check the boat and for damage, mainly the rudder and the helm.
In the shock (with the UFO), there was plenty of little collateral damage.
In 24 hours, we will have an inventory and I hope that we will have a date within the time frame that is allotted to leave (before November 18).
And if we are able to repair, yes of course we will start again.
This is obviously the objective if the boat is repairable.
I am convinced on what I see that we will succeed in repairing.
Now the devil is often hiding in the details.
Yes, I want to start again, even if there will be no more racing because the others will be 3000 miles away.
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"It's the contrasts that make the beauty of the Vendée Globe, I'm on the dark side this time"
Jeremiah Beyou
Already obliged to give up sometimes in the Vendée Globe, one of the big favorites of this 2020 edition admitted that he was not very spoiled by the round the world: “Statistically, it is sure that I am not best off, now I did third last time around, and there may be more.
It's a tough race, you know that when you come.
It's not nice to turn around when you go through that kind of setback.
At the moment, you want to be everywhere other than on your boat, but you are there because you have chosen to be there.
And you know before you go crazy scenarios like this that can happen.
I've never been so ready for it to fall on me, I type something and it's over.
You have to manage to live with it.
The race continues, it is beautiful.
It's the contrasts that make the beauty of the Vendée Globe, I'm on the dark side this time.
Jean Le Cam, for example, it's super beautiful what he does.
It is this contrast that feeds the reality of this race apart.
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