Another new leader

In what might be a defining move in the Transat AG2R, Armel le Cleac'h and Nicolas Troussel take pole

Positions at 01:58GMT

Pos	Boat	Skipper	Lat	Long	Spd	Crs	Spd	Crs	Spd	Dist	DTF	DTL
					Inst		4 hr		24 hr
1	Brit Air	LE CLEAC’H Armel/TROUSSEL Nicolas	17 15.18' N	54 50.58' W	7.3	287	7.4	292.0	8.1	193.4	463.6	0.0
2	Groupe Bel	DE PAVANT  Kito/D’ALI Pietro	18 31.74' N	54 40.86' W	7.9	289	7.8	289.0	7.5	180.2	470.9	7.2
3	Banque Populaire	GREGOIRE Jeanne/VENIARD Gérald	17 47.94' N	54 30.24' W	6.8	261	7.0	252.0	7.5	180.5	480.6	17.0
4	VEOLIA	JOURDAIN Roland/NELIAS Jean-Luc	17 31.08' N	54 26.04' W	8.1	287	6.8	262.0	7.7	183.9	485.5	21.9
5	ATAO Audio System	VITTET Dominic/LEMONCHOIS Lionel	18 33.96' N	54 24.84' W	8.0	292	7.9	291.0	7.7	184.9	486.1	22.5
6	Aquarelle.com	BESTAVEN Yannick/GUERIN Ronan	18 03.00' N	54 14.94' W	8.1	278	8.0	281.0	7.6	183.1	494.8	31.1
7	E. Leclerc / Bouygues Telecom	DOUGUET Corentin/CHABAGNY Thierry	18 30.18' N	54 00.00' W	7.9	284	7.6	285.0	7.3	174.5	509.5	45.8
8	Delta Dore	BEYOU Jérémie/RIOU Vincent	17 30.30' N	53 45.78' W	8.6	283	7.9	283.0	8.1	194.5	523.8	60.2
9	Brossard	DUTHIL Frédéric/MANUARD Samuel	18 09.30' N	53 42.96' W	8.0	285	7.0	280.0	7.1	171.3	525.2	61.5
10	Cercle Vert	MORVAN Gildas/TABARLY Erwan	18 45.06' N	53 36.96' W	7.9	296	7.0	290.0	7.7	184.0	532.2	68.6
11	Bostik	CAUDRELIER Charles/BERENGER Nicolas	18 17.76' N	53 30.90' W	7.1	284	6.6	285.0	7.4	176.8	536.7	73.1
12	Roxy	DAVIES Sam/BARRIER Alexia	18 52.98' N	53 32.28' W	7.5	272	6.6	287.0	7.2	172.8	537.1	73.5
13	Des Pieds et des Mains	SEGUIN Damien/LEMAITRE Denis	18 42.06' N	53 13.08' W	6.6	278	6.3	282.0	7.3	175.8	554.5	90.9
14	AXA Atout Coeur pour Aides	NIGON Erik/JOUANY Marc-Pacôme	18 27.36' N	53 12.36' W	7.0	280	6.1	283.0	7.3	174.8	554.5	90.9
15	Siemens	THIERCELIN Marc/KRAUSS Oliver	17 00.78' N	53 11.82' W	8.5	279	7.6	282.0	7.2	173.3	559.0	95.4
16	Suzuki Automobiles	DEFERT Eric/RIOU Gwen	17 19.14' N	52 52.98' W	8.3	283	7.5	290.0	7.2	173.9	562.7	99.1
17	Lubexcel	PELLET Jean-François/CASO Jean-Christophe	18 29.16' N	52 37.86' W	7.3	279	6.8	276.0	7.2	171.9	587.3	123.6
18	Les Mousquetaires	DE BROC Bertrand/PETIT Benoît	18 12.06' N	52 37.56' W	8.0	285	7.9	284.0	7.5	180.5	587.3	123.7
19	Groupe CELEOS	TREUSSART Ronan/ROUXEL Thomas	18 08.40' N	52 28.74' W	7.8	287	7.6	285.0	7.0	167.5	595.8	132.2
20	Entreprendre Au Pays de Lorient	LIVORY Yannig/FOUCHE Jean-François	17 47.04' N	52 24.12' W	10.4	288	8.1	280.0	7.6	183.4	600.6	136.9
21	GUY HOQUET Immobilier	BOUVET Christophe/GOUEZIGOUX Laurent	18 46.86' N	52 10.32' W	7.6	277	7.3	275.0	7.0	168.3	614.1	150.5
22	Gédimat	TRIPON Armel/DROUGLAZET Eric	18 41.64' N	52 03.12' W	8.2	288	7.5	274.0	7.4	177.6	620.6	157.0
23	Objectif Océans	PAVAGEAU Pierre-Emmanuel/BERTHO Nicolas	19 26.94' N	50 10.14' W	6.9	278	6.9	277.0	6.6	157.9	726.9	263.3
24	Port Olona	LE BAUT Jimmy/MONSEMPES Adrien	18 01.08' N	49 34.26' W	6.8	275	6.7	290.0	7.2	173.2	761.7	298.0
NL	Donneurs de Vie -  All Mer	MASLARD Stanislas/WARDLEY Liz
ABD	Esprit 93	CHOMBART de LAUWE Marine/BRANGER Julien
ABD	Armor Lux / Salaün Holidays	ESCOFFIER Servane/LEBAS Christophe
ABD	Virbac-Paprec	DICK Jean-Pierre/JOURDREN Bruno

As predicted yesterday 2004 Transat AG2R winners Armel le Cleac'h and Nicolas Troussel on board Brit Air in making their gybe north from the southerly side of the race track have now overtaken yesterday's race leader Kito de Pavant and Pietro d'Ali on Groupe Bel to move into first place on the water with less than 500 miles to go to the finish.

There still remains 76 miles north-south separation on the water between the two boats, but as brit Air moves north, so she moves into similar conditions to the boats above her and as a result yesterday's one knot speed differential has dropped off.

The forecast for the next two days is for the wind to remain largely in the west, but a shift to the southeast as the Azores high encroaches on the Caribbean could finally pay for the boats to the north - but will it all be too late by then?