Route du Rhum - Groupama 3 v Sodebo place your bets

9:01 PM Wed 3 Nov 2010 GMT

'Groupama - La Route du Rhum 2010' Groupama - Franck Cammas &copy

Route du Rhum-La Banque Postale update. To the South of the Azores archipelago, Groupama 3 is benefiting from a favourable breeze to slip along at pace on flat seas. Seven degrees to her NE, on the other side of the same archipelago, Thomas Coville is briskly driving his steed through headwinds and big seas. Suffice to say that the two competitors, who shared the same boat during the Jules Verne Trophy, are certainly not in the same boat now, in any sense of the term! And yet, despite being positioned over 300 miles behind in relation to the finish, Thomas' ...

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