The race
in brief

One year ago to the day Hungarian skipper Szabolcs Weöres was struggling badly, losing touch with the fleet on his first Vendée Globe. He had been knocked down and torn his mainsail all the way across. A few days later the stopped into the Canaries and repaired it, but by then he was already a long way behind. Ultimately it was a standing rigging issue which halted his dream and the former America’s Cup rigger turned solo racer had to retire into Cape Town.

The IMOCA NEW EUROPE,  skippered by Szabolcs WEÖRES and Bérénice CHARREZ, crossed the finish line at 13:53:06 local time (18:53:06 UTC). 

Race time : 20 days, 4 hours, 23 minutes and 6 seconds

Gap to the winner : 8 days 8 hours 37 minutes and 48 seconds

Distance covered :  5 166.65 nautical miles at a speed of 10.67  knotss

Kiwi double Vendée Globe finisher Conrad Colman and French ultra trail runner and adventurer Mathieu Blanchard (MSIG Europe) crossed the finish line at 03:57:47hrs UTC Saturday (23:57:47hrs local time Friday) to take 17th place in the IMOCA fleet on The TRANSAT CAFÉ L'OR Le Havre Normandie. Their elapsed time for the course from Le Havre is 19 days 14 hours 27 minutes 47 seconds.

The IMOCA MSIG EUROPE,  skippered by Conrad Colman and Mathieu Blanchard, crossed the finish line at 23:57:47 local time (03:57:47 UTC). 

Race time : 19 days, 14 hours, 27 minutes, 47 seconds

Gap to the winner : 7 days, 18 hours, 42 minutes, 29 seconds

Distance covered : 5 358.72 nautical miles at a speed of 11.39 knotss