Another shake-up

As Tour Voile fleet head round Ouessant to Douarnenez

Since the start of the Tour de France à la Voile in Dunkerque 12 days ago, the Mumm 30 fleet always finished closely grouped. But today on the offshore leg between Paimpol and Douarnenez, almost two hours are separating the winner Bouygues Telecom from the last boat. Despite a 10th place, Toulon Provence Mediterranee Coychyères is still leading the overall results.

Pierre-Loïc Berthet and his Bouygues Telecom crew crossed the finish line in Douarnenez (western Brittany), at 14.31 GMT today, 16 minutes ahead of second placed CSC ESSEC. It had taken the winners 18 hours and 38 minutes to sail the 127 mile course around the western tip of Brittany, at an average speed of 6,8 knots. Despite an ENE breeze and a big part of the race sailed under spinnaker, the Mumm 30s had to face strong currents and light wind patches.

With these weather conditions, it was important for all the 30 teams to play every wind shifts correctly, as well as be quite lucky. “At the poll near l’Aber Wrac’h (north Finistère), we were second," said veteran singlehanded Figaro sailor Gildas Morvan, tactician on board Alpes-Maritimes Mandelieu Theoule for this leg. Then we fell in a windless patch and CSC ESSEC overtook us”.

“We thought Alpes Maritime had some seaweed around their keel," recounted Hervé Gautier, skipper on board CSC ESSEC. "We managed to stay second until the finish. We are very happy with our speed”.

Overall results:

Pos	Boat	Skipper	Tot
1	TOULON PROVENCE MEDITERRANEE COYCHyères	Fabien HENRY	533
2	BOUYGUES TELECOM	Pierre Loïc BERTHET	509
3	DIEPPE SEINE-MARITIME	Romain GIBON	465
4	VILLE DE GENEVE CARREFOUR PREVENTION	Julien DI BIASE	447
5	DEFI PARTAGE – MARSEILLE	Thierry BOUCHARD / Dimitri DERUELLE	439
6	ALPES-MARITIMES MANDELIEU THEOULE	Sylvain CHTOUNDER	434
7	COURRIER DUNKERQUE	Gery TRENTESAUX	428
8	CSC - ESSEC	Hervé GAUTIER	404
9	ESPOIR ILE DE FRANCE	Jean-pierre NICOL / Victor LANIER	394
10	REGION ILE DE FRANCE	Jimmy PAHUN / Nicolas PAUCHET	388
11	ALFA LAVAL	Yoann RICHOMME	348
12	ESPOIRS AQUITAINS	J.P.ALLILIAIRE/X.CANTEGREL/P.DENTRAYGUES/J.FALXA	344
13	PORT DE COMMERCE LA ROCHELLE	Alexandre MERCIER	339
13	VILLE DU PORT BRED LA REUNION	Marc GUESSARD / Gabriel JEAN-ALBERT	339
15	NANTES SAINT-NAZAIRE	Sebastien PETITHUGUENIN / Gaëtan AUNETTE	329
16	BELVEDERE – EDC – EBSCO	Tanguy FOURNIER LE RAY	325
17	COTES D'ARMOR	Michaël AVELINE	315
18	BIENNE – VOILE	R. HARTMANN / N. BERGER / C. KNOLL	311
19	PERPIGNAN MEDITERRANEE	Paul McKENZIE	295
20	EMINENCE – MARSEILLE	Kiny PARADE	285
21	DEFI SCLEROSE EN PLAQUES	Stéphane VENEL	277
22	DEFI GRANDES ECOLES TOTAL INSA	Anne Claire LE BERRE	250
23	BREST GRANDES ECOLES ENSIETA ENST-BRETAGNE	Gwenaël Riou	243
24	STAD GENT / VILLE DE GAND	Philippe BERGMANS / Bernard WILMET	239
25	AMEC SPIE	Eric BASSET	238
26	DEFI AMI – AVAYA - X - ENSAM	Olivier HONTANX	229
27	T SERVICE INTERIM REGION DE BRUXELLES-CAPITALE	Laurent DECLERCQ / Jean-Marc FOBERT	218
28	EIGSI – CHARENTE MARITIME	Antoine ALBARET	206
29	VAN UDEN TUDELFT	Gert VAN DER HEIJDEN / Berend-Jan EDENS	205
30	HEC GAMELIN MECENAT CHIRURGIE CARDIAQUE	Ryan PARKIN	164