Just a year ago, he returned from the Tokyo Olympics, his head bowed (8th with Manon Audinet in Nacra 17) and attended the SailGP event in Saint-Tropez as a spectator.
Radical change of atmosphere, this summer.
“
We popped the champagne.
This result rewards our work for several months and the philosophy of the project
,” confided Quentin Delapierre to us, passing through the premises of
Le Figaro
at the start of the week.
“This result” is none other than a second place won at the Danish Grand Prix in Copenhagen on August 20.
And the Breton skipper of the French team is suddenly advancing with increased ambition for the Saint-Tropez stage organized this weekend.
Aim for victory
For this 5th stage (out of 11) of this SailGP circuit, Quentin Delapierre will aim, as usual, for victory at the helm of the 50-foot (15-meter) trimarans, which are none other than the most rapids of the planet.
During the training regattas, he exceeded the…
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