After 87 days, 2 hours, 24 minutes and 25 seconds of racing, Clarisse Crémer crossed the finish line this Wednesday in Les Sables-d'Olonne around 4:30 p.m.
The “Banque Populaire” skipper, who was making her first round the world trip, is ranked 12th in the general classification of the 9th edition of the Vendée Globe.
First woman of this edition, she finished 6 days, 22 hours and 39 minutes behind the winner, Yannick Bestaven.
The one who discovered offshore racing five years ago and the Imoca two years ago, has succeeded in her bet, that of going to the end of the Everest of the seas.
This is a very good result for the sailor who, together with her team, had set the ambitious goal of finishing somewhere "between 8th and 15th place".
That's it !
@ClaSurLAtlantiq is back in the channel aboard @VoileBanquePop 🔥 # VG2020 pic.twitter.com/ZPyOyDxlQk
- Vendée Globe (@VendeeGlobe) February 3, 2021
At 31, she became the fastest woman in the Vendée Globe, surpassing Ellen MacArthur's record (94 days, 4 hours and 25 minutes in 2001) and doing better than Samantha Davies (95 days, 4 hours and 39 minutes in 2009).
“I cried with joy at least once a day, confided Clarisse Crémer during her column in our columns on Monday.
Even in the days of psychological distress that I was able to live, there was inevitably a ray of sunshine which allowed me to marvel at the incredible beauty of the elements.
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After a feverish start and a few moments of doubt, the youngest of this world tour picked up the pace.
She led an intelligent race, by turns cautious and committed.
Its first pursuers, Jérémie Beyou (“Charal”), delayed by nine days at the start, and Romain Attanasio (“Pure-Best Western Hotels”) are more than 800 miles in its wake.