Route du Rhum - Class 40s in tight finish



10:02 PM Thu 18 Nov 2010 GMT
'Thomas Ruyant and Destination Dunkerque Class40 Route du Rhum winner and record breaker - Route du Rhum 2010' ? AFP
Class40 Global Ocean Race entrants update from the Route du Rhum. Thomas Ruyant and Destination Dunkerque took first place in the Class40 division of the Route du Rhum at 11:12:17 GMT on Thursday with Nicolas Troussel and Cr?dit Mutuel de Bretagne chasing him across the line off Pointe-?-Pitre, Guadaloupe, just three and-a-half hours later after 4,000 miles and 18 days of racing. Just seven and-a-half hours after Ruyant crossed the line setting a new Class40 Route du Rhum record, Yvan Noblet and Appart City took third place with Sam Manuard and Vecteur Plus an astonishing four minutes behind Noblet in ...


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by Oliver Dewar





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