Tahiti into the lead

Tour Voile reaches Paimpol

The winner of the latest offshore leg, Toulon Provence Méditerranée – COYCHyères, arrived in Paimpol just under 12 hours after departing Cherbourg. The race was very tight and has left Tahiti et ses Iles in first place overall, just one and a half points in front of Ile de France.

Erwan Israël, navigator on Toulon Provence Méditerranée – COYCHyères described the leg: "We had a very good start after which we were been able to sail bear off while crossing the Raz Blanchard. We had an interesting match with Nouvelle Calédonie and Tahiti et ses Iles. Being first allowed us to concentrate on our speed. We’ve always been faster than the others on sail changes and that makes a difference. This is the second offshore leg we have won. Now we have to concentrate on every single race and we hope to see some results by the time we reach Marseille".

Only one minute and 27 seconds behind Toulon Provence Méditerranée – COYCHyères, Nouvelle Calédonie fought until the end. Navigator Dominic Vittet described the situation: "We tried to attack in the channel of Paimpol, but it work too well. All the favourites were ahead in this leg, a pity; we would have liked to take their place in the overall ranking! Even for such a long offshore leg, the start proved decisive as the race is more or less a straight line". His boat finished 55 seconds in front of Tahiti et ses Iles.

The Tahitians were still satisfied: “it was very tight, we did a great job” and the result can be seen in the overall ranking, “we got the Tetra Pak red spinnaker!” The two step difference was enough to remove Ile de France (Victor Lanier, Nicolas Pauchet) from the top of the podium. In the Amateur ranking, Ville du Port – Région la Réunion ((Marc Guessard, Gabriel Jean-Albert) takes the lead, in front of Bred (Sylvain Chtounder) and Saint-Malo Purflo Team SNBSM (Pierre Hingant, François Lebourdais). In the School ranking, Caisse d’Epargne – HEC – Ecole Navale (Hervé Gautier) keep the first place, four places in front of Les Saisies – INSA (Sylvain Leboeuf) and eleven places in front of Brest – Grandes Ecoles ENSIETA ESC (Loïc Le Garrec).

Glad to have sailed with a gentle wind in the sun, the crews will take their partners on board tomorrow for a coefficient zero - race in front of Paimpol – Côtes d’Armor. They will sail a 120 nautical miles long offshore leg towards Ecole Navale – Port Poulmic.

Overall results:

Pos	Boat	Skipper	Points
1	TAHITI ET SES ILES - FRA 10	Teva PLICHART	316.25
2	ILE DE FRANCE - FRA 51	Victor LANIER - Nicolas PAUCHET	314.75
3	TOULON PROVENCE MEDITERRANEE - COYCHyères - FRA 83	Fabien HENRY	305
4	COTES D'ARMOR - FRA 22	Michaël AVELINE	280.25
5	ELCIMAÏ - VILLE DE MARSEILLE - FRA 13	Dimitri DERUELLE	273.75
6	COURRIER DUNKERQUE - FRA 18349	Daniel SOUBEN	260.5
7	CAISSE D'EPARGNE - HEC - ECOLE NAVALE - FRA 18334	Hervé GAUTIER	259.75
8	NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - FRA 988	Vincent Portugal	258.5
9	MANCHE-BASSE NORMANDIE - FRA 50	Benoît CHARON - Nicolas JOSSIER	251
10	VILLE DU PORT - REGION REUNION - FRA 974	Gabriel JEAN-ALBERT - Marc GUESSARD	239.25
11	LES SAISIES - INSA - FRA 4	Sylvain LEBOEUF	234.5
12	BRED FRA1	Sylvain CHTOUNDER	228
13	SAINT MALO PURFLO TEAM SNBSM - FRA 18030	François LEBOURDAIS - Pierre HINGANT	224.75
14	VAL -THORENS - FRA 18305	Lucas MILLIERET	221.25
15	ING ESPOIR ESCP - EAP FRA 348	Dimitri CAUDRALIER	221
16	PERPIGNAN MEDITERRANEE FRA 66	Paul McKENZIE	220.25
17	ESPOIRS AQUITAINS - FRA 18332	J-Philippe ALLILAIRE - Nicolas RADOT	197.25
18	BREST GRANDES ECOLES ENSIETA ESC FRA 18337	Loïc Le Garrec	190
19	VILLE DE GENEVE - CARREFOUR PREVENTION - SUI 303	Loïc FUHRER	182
20	BIENNE-VOILE - SUI 2500	Thomas STUDER	174.75
21	DEFI SCLEROSE EN PLAQUES - TOSHIBA FRA 18331	Stéphane VENEL	173.75
22	EIGSI - CHARENTE MARITIME - FRA 17	Frédéric GAUTHIER	165.5
23	NANTES SAINT-NAZAIRE - FRA 18328	Erwan AUBURTIN - Julien MASSON	164
24	NAVTECH.CA CAN 18327	Thomas BARBEAU	140.5
25	VanUden I TUDelft I VanOord - NED 6555	Suzanne LEIDERS - Michiel VAN DER5 MEULEN	139.75
26	T. SERVICE INTERIM - REGION DE BRUXELLES - CAPITALE - BEL 2	Laurent DECLERCQ - Cyril MICHEL	139
27	DIEPPE SEINE MARITIME - FRA 76	Sophie RIOT	130.25
28	TEAM CENTRALE NANTES EPA- SOPRA - FRA 18325	François LOURDAIS	120.5
29	ETAMINE CENTRALE PARIS - FRA 18030	Pierre PENNEC	117.25
30	ECHO MER / SUP DE CO VOILE - FRA 18326	Jean-Marc ALLAIRE	76.5