Victory in the trimaran round-the-world trip reaches out to him.
But it is nevertheless with a lump in his stomach that Charles Caudrelier swallows, mile after mile, in the middle of the North Atlantic, the distance still separating him from Brest.
Having left “the gray” on January 7, the sailor can no longer be caught up by his four little comrades still in the running but far behind him.
Thomas Coville (
Sodebo Ultim
3
), second on Sunday afternoon, was more than 2,200 miles away while Armel Le Cléac'h (
Maxi Banque Populaire
XI
), on the podium, continued to repair his double damage in Rio de Janeiro .
Normally, the matter is over.
But Caudrelier can still break something and ruin everything on his 32-meter sea giant which left the Cape Verde archipelago behind.
This fear of hitting a container, a log or more likely a cetacean is now turning into an obsession.
“
I only have one fear, that it will stop ,
”
confided the winner of the 2022 Route du rhum…
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