Clinging to 2nd place behind
Edmond de Rothschild
since the first passage of the Doldrums, Armel Le Cléac'h and Kevin Escoffier must finally be content with 3rd place at Fort-de-France where they arrived at 12:06 am (7:06 pm local time) this Wednesday. The
Banque Populaire XI
duo
,
which was overtaken by
SVR Lazartigue
(François Gabart-Tom Laperche) in the north of Barbados, took 16 days 10 hours 39 minutes and 20 seconds to complete their race. The gap to the first,
Edmond de Rothschild
, is 8 hours 50 minutes and 4 seconds ...
“
There is a lot of pleasure, to have succeeded in bringing this boat back to Martinique, that was the primary objective, also to have had a good regatta with Kevin
, relishes Armel Le Cléac'h
.
There was a little frustration on this day, to be passed by François and Tom for second place.
But in the end, there is a lot of positive.
We are super happy with the boat.
We see where it is necessary to put the level to go for the victory.
Our friends at Maxi Edmond de Rothschild were untouchable.
We still have a lot of things to learn on this boat, to make it progress.
"
