After 10 days 38 minutes and 43 seconds of racing at a theoretical average speed of 18.03 knots, Franck Cammas and Steve Ravussin on Groupama 2 crossed the finish line in the Transat Jacques Vabre at 13h40'43" (CET) or in other words 9h40'43" (local time) today, Wednesday, 14th November. This was Franck Cammas's third win in his five Transat Jacques Vabre races. The record was smashed by 1 day 22 hours 31 minutes and 58 seconds (former record from 2003: 11 days 23 hours 10 minutes and 41 seconds).
After 10 days 9 hours 49 minutes and 6 seconds of racing at a theoretical average speed of 17,36 knots, Lionel Lemonchois and Yann Guichard on Gitana 11 crossed the finish line in the Transat Jacques Vabre at 21h51'06" (CET) or in other words 18h51'06" (local time) today, thursday, 15th November. Gitana 11 is finishing the race 9 hours and 10 minutes after the winner, Groupama 2.
After 10 days 16 hours 57 minutes and 57 seconds of racing at a theoretical average speed of 16,89 knots, Pascal Bidegorry and Yvan Ravussin on Banque Populaire crossed the finish line in the Transat Jacques Vabre at 04h59'57" (CET) or in other words 1h59'57" (local time) today, thursday, 15th November. Banque Populaire is finishing the race 16 hours and 19 minutes after the winner, Groupama 2 with serious damage in the main hull.
