The denouement will take place on Wednesday, probably at the end of the day.
And according to estimates, Charlie Dalin, the skipper of Apivia, will cross the finish line first, ahead of Louis Burton (Bureau Vallée) and Boris Herrmann (Sea Explorer), including the 6 hour bonus he disposes could upset the ranking.
This completely crazy and still uncertain final fascinates on land.
At sea, Jérémie Beyou refuses to be interested in it.
“I can't avoid the fact that people tell me about it, but on my own, I don't watch what's going on.
And when I run into it, I cut the rankings, says Charal's skipper.
That makes me sick.
There were conditions such that it was open in front, it feeds very big regrets.
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"Mentally, I have never experienced something so difficult"
Aboard "Charal", a latest generation boat, Jérémie Beyou was the big favorite on this solo round-the-world race but had to turn around to return to Les Sables d'Olonne following a series of damage.
Before leaving nine days late.
“I left in the heat of the moment, without thinking too much, telling myself that I had to finish what I had started.
The conditions then in the North Atlantic allowed me to hope to quickly hang up the rear of the fleet.
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Only, once again, things did not go as planned.
The weather situation deteriorated and Jérémie Beyou struggled.
“Mentally, I've never experienced something so difficult,” he points out.
The competitor, who left to finally win his Vendée Globe, has turned into a loner, plunged into the anonymity of the sailors at the back of the peloton.
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“During the descent of the Atlantic, I wondered what I was doing there, all alone far behind, in bad weather.
Every two days, I wanted to quit.
I turned that into a personal challenge.
I had to mourn my goal, overcome my anxieties and learn everything again.
He began to manage a race day by day, to appreciate a good maneuver or a good option.
Beyou also set the best time of all the competitors in the South Seas.
He will be leaving in four years
“Before, for me, sport was winning, I understood what sport was for the beauty of the gesture, explains the one who crossed the equator on Sunday.
I also took the time to communicate with the boats around me as I moved up the fleet.
I am discovering the difficulties of these sailors who move less quickly and who stay longer in complicated conditions.
These skippers who are behind are the least talked about and yet it is remarkable what they do.
They take care of each other, they learn to discover each other.
I have always wondered why sailors who had no chance of winning would start a race.
Now I know.
They do it for adventure, for sharing.
It's so hard to go around the world alone, that it should not be overused.
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Jérémie Beyou will probably be leaving in four years.
“I've always said I won't stop this damn race without winning it.
Sportingly I remain on my hunger, I know my place is in front, so yes, I will have to go back.
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