A closing meteorological trap, a failed maneuver, a rudder planed by an ofni, a stove broken down when the stomach cries out for famine or a simple stroke of the blues looking at the photo of the youngest, the sailors of the Vendée Globe will have a thousand reasons to crack during their long journey around the world, alone on their monohull.
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This race is a pain every day
", likes to sum up Michel Desjoyeaux, the only double winner of this dangerous oceanic marathon for the body and the nerves.
If almost all the skippers now call on a mental trainer, Jérémie Beyou, he wanted to explore even more the depths of his brain in order to cast off the moorings by being as strong as possible in his head, Sunday in Les Sables- from Olonne.
The brilliant skipper of
Charal,
who is aiming for nothing other than victory for his fourth participation, pushed open the door of the Parisian office of Meriem Salmi, a psychologist specializing in supporting top athletes.
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