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Vendée Globe: Who will win?

Vendée Globe: Who will win?

Asked by: Super Userkruijs in Sports » Other
Settled on 01/28/2013 20:15 Settled by Super Userkruijs
Winning option:François Gabart The warmth of the welcome and the passion for the Vendée Globe was immediately obvious to everyone who was in Les Sables d’Olonne to witness the historic finishes of winner François Gabart and second placed Armel Le Cléac’h, and indeed to a huge global audience who used every different type of media to share the incredible experience.

http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/news/article/11557/an-historic-finish-in-figures.html

Predictions

Jérémie Beyou
Jérémie Beyou
Maître CoQ
0.5% →
Arnaud Boissières
Arnaud Boissières
AKENA Vérandas
1.8% →
Louis Burton
Louis Burton
Bureau Vallée
0.5% →
Samantha Davies
Samantha Davies
Savéol
0.5% →
Bertrand De Broc
Bertrand De Broc
Votre Nom Autour du Monde
1.9% →
Tanguy De Lamotte
Tanguy De Lamotte
Initiatives-coeur
1.8% →
Kito de Pavant
Kito de Pavant
Groupe Bel
0.5% →
Alessandro Di Benedetto
Alessandro Di Benedetto
Team Plastique
2.0% →
Jean-Pierre Dick
Jean-Pierre Dick
Virbac Paprec
10.1% →
François Gabart
François Gabart
Macif
45.9% →
Mike Golding
Mike Golding
Gamesa
2.2% →
Marc Guillemot
Marc Guillemot
Safran
0.5% →
Zbigniew Gutkowski
Zbigniew Gutkowski
ENERGA
0.5% →
Jean Le Cam
Jean Le Cam
SynerCiel
2.2% →
Armel Le Cléac´h
Armel Le Cléac´h
Banque Populaire
16.4% →
Vincent Riou
Vincent Riou
PRB
0.5% →
Javier Sansó
Javier Sansó
Acciona 100% EcoPowered
2.2% →
Bernard Stamm
Bernard Stamm
Cheminées Poujoulat
2.4% →
Alex Thomson
Alex Thomson
Hugo Boss
4.4% →
Dominique Wavre
Dominique Wavre
Mirabaud
3.1% →

Background

The Vendee Globe is now underway with Dominique Wavre, skipper of Mirabaud, and his fellow competitors racing out into the open ocean this afternoon, alone for the first time in three weeks and having seen over a million visitors in Les Sables d’Olonne.

The start began with the traditional boat parade along the Port Olona channel watched by an estimated 150,000 people according to race organisers. Dominique Wavre was all smiles and in great shape, clearly savouring the moment. As he cast off he described it as ‘very powerful’ and the ‘culmination of a long and busy phase of his life’. His parting words were: 'Take care of the land while we take care of the sea!'

http://www.sail-world.com/Australia/Vendee-Globe---Excellent-start-for-Wavre-and-Mirabaud/103683
http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/

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   Super Userkruijs

Race leader François Gabart (MACIF) rounded Cape Horn on Tuesday, January 1st at 6.20PM (UTC) after 52 days, 6 hours and 18 minutes at sea.

http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/news/article/8593/francois-gabart-has-rounded-cape-horn.html

   Super Userkruijs

A former champion skipper has dropped out of the solo around-the-world sailing race because of damage to his yacht from a collision with a stray buoy.

Vincent Riou of France is the seventh of 20 skippers to quit the Vendee Globe race. He had been in third place as of Saturday and was considered a favorite. Riou won in 2004-05.

www.washingtonpost.com/sports/former-champion-quits-vendee-globe-7-of-20-skippers-out-of-solo-around-the-world-yacht-race/2012/11/25/86936efc-3723-11e2-9258-ac7c78d5c680_story.html

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