FR
EN“There is so much emotion today as it’s the finish of this race and we are a little disappointed. From a sporting point of view we did not really achieve what we wanted to when we set out. The last couple of days we really seemed to run out of energy a bit. We kept pushing, pushing hard to catch up and then we would lose. We started having small breakages and making mistakes which cost us. And it is hard to race like that. But at the same time it was a beautiful finish coming in here with the light and the Roche de Diamant and so on. We have had some highs and lows along the way” said Beccaria
Mixed emotions for Beccaria Fourth was not the result Beccaria and Ruyant wanted
IMOCA
Best of course
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08 November 2025 - 00h08
Two winners from the last edition racing in the same boat, Italian Ambrogio Beccaria and his French co-skipper Thomas Ruyant on Allagrande Mapei, had high hopes of finishing on the podium of the 17th TRANSAT CAFÉ L’OR Le Havre Normandie, but they only just missed that target, taking fourth place into Fort-de-France at 16:54:19hs local time 20:54:19 hrs UTC.
Beccaria, who won Class40 on the last edition, and Ruyant who won the IMOCA class twice, back to back in 2021 and 2023, arrived at the line just under four hours after third placed Sam Goodchild and Loïs Berrehar (Macif Santé Prévoyance).
Theirs was a good humoured but emotional arrival back at the dock in Fort de France for the pair who have raced together most of this 2025 season, including the crewed The Ocean Race Europe and the Course des Caps.
Ruyant was bidding farewell to the IMOCA on which he raced the last Vendée Globe as well as winning the 2022 Route du Rhum and the last Coffee Route race, handing her over to Beccaria who will take the Koch Finot Conq design to the next Vendée Globe.
Beccaria, who won Class40 on the last edition, and Ruyant who won the IMOCA class twice, back to back in 2021 and 2023, arrived at the line just under four hours after third placed Sam Goodchild and Loïs Berrehar (Macif Santé Prévoyance).
Theirs was a good humoured but emotional arrival back at the dock in Fort de France for the pair who have raced together most of this 2025 season, including the crewed The Ocean Race Europe and the Course des Caps.
Ruyant was bidding farewell to the IMOCA on which he raced the last Vendée Globe as well as winning the 2022 Route du Rhum and the last Coffee Route race, handing her over to Beccaria who will take the Koch Finot Conq design to the next Vendée Globe.
