Route du Rhum - Back with hopes of a defence

5:52 PM Sun 24 Oct 2010 GMT

'Roland Jourdain - La Route du Rhum 2010' Route du Rhum

Route du Rhum - Last time, from a very competitive IMOCA Open 60 fleet, it was Roland Jourdain who won the big monohull class. He has a boat which is new to him for this race, a new Veolia Environnement. Roland Jourdain takes his place in the nine boat IMOCA Open 60 line up for the , arriving Friday in Saint Malo from Concarneau as defending champion after winning into Pointe-a-Pitre in 2006. Four years ago he left Guadeloupe high on the sweet smell of success. Here, in the cool Autumn weather of Brittany, Jourdain is back with a new ...

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