At the score of 12:00 on Friday, Charlie Dalin was still leading the Vendée Globe fleet on the Azores route.
But the lead of the skipper of Apivia over Louis Burton is only 18.7 miles as the Malouin gets closer to the direct route to Les Sables d'Olonne where the first are expected next Wednesday.
Boris Herrmann (SeaExporer-Yacht Club de Monaco) is 3rd (+65) ahead of Thomas Roût (LinkedOut, +107), Damien Seguin (Apicil Group, +121) and Yannick Bestaven (Maître CoQ, +148).
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