Route du Rhum - A good second for Armel Le Cleac'h

6:41 PM Sun 14 Nov 2010 GMT

'Armel Le Cl?ac’h - La Route du Rhum 2010' ? AFP

Route du Rhum - He has been the form sailor of the season Armel Le Cl?ac'h, winning both AG2R and dominating the Figaro du Solitaire which he won for the second time, conclusively. That Le Cl?ac'h finished second overall in the highly competitive, evenly matched IMOCA Open 60 fleet which contested this ninth edition of the Route du Rhum-La Banque Postale today speaks volumes for the clinical execution of Roland Jourdain's second consecutive victory. Le Cl?ac'h, known as the Jackal for his predatory powers, hovered, shimmied, pushed but in the end had to follow Jourdain, but the skipper from Gousesnac'h, ...

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