Winners decided

Down to the wire in the amateur and student divisions as Tour Voile winds up in Marseille after a month of racing

After one month of racing around the French and Spanish coastlines so Fabien Henry and his crew on Toulon Provence Méditerranée – COYCHyères have won the 2007 Tour de France a la Voile. Tahiti et ses Iles (Teva Plichart) came second overall ahead of last year’s winner, Ile de France (Victor Lanier, Nicolas Pauchet). Val-Thorens (Lucas Millieret) finished first in the amateur class and Les Saisies – INSA (Sylvain Leboeuf) was winner in the student division.

The Tour de France a la Voile concluded this morning in Marseille, the 30 crews welcomed home with greetings from a large assembled crowd back at the Old Port. Although the winner of 2005, Toulon Provence Méditerranée – COYCHyères knew yesterday that they would win the race, the first places in the Amateur and Student class were only decided in the final race, with everything hanging on the fina leg from the Frioul to the Château d'If.

Val-Thorens (Lucas Millieret) quickly managed to get ahead of the other competitors. The amateur crew remained cautious and kept an eye on their closest adversary Bred (Sylvain Chtounder). However Bred was penalised for touching a buoy and was later dropped to 21st instead of seventh. Therefore Ville du Port – Région Réunion (Marc Guessard, Gabriel Jean-Albert) won ahead of Tahiti et ses Iles and Val-Thorens.

It remained close for the remaining places on the podium with the new Tahiti team of Teva Plichart second in the overall results ahead of last year's winner, Ile de France. They were just 0.25 points apart yesterday ( Ile de France on 1012.5 points), but the Tahitians won a tough duel in the last leg arriving two places ahead to secure victory. As far as the locals were concerned, Elcimaï – Ville de Marseille (Dimitri Deruelle) failed to get onto the podium this year even though they were second for three years in a row previously.

In the amateur class, Val-Thorens remained in the first place ahead of Bred and Saint-Malo Purflo Team SNBSM (Pierre Hingant, François Lebourdais). Caisse d’Epargne – HEC – Ecole Navale (Hervé Gautier) regain first place, so Les Saisies – INSA is now this year’s winner of the student classes. Brest-Grandes Ecoles ENSIETA ESC (Loïc Le Garrec) ranked third.

From the first to the last, the thirty competitors of the Tour de France Sailing Race 2007 navigated over 900 nautical miles along the French coast during 30 days. A big bravo to them for completing this extraordinary adventure!



Overall results:

Pos	Boat	Skipper	Total points
1	TOULON PROVENCE MEDITERRANEE COYCHYERES	Fabien HENRY	1089.5
2	TAHITI ET SES ILES	Teva PLICHART	1049.25
3	ILE DE France	Victor LANIER - Nicolas PAUCHET	1046.5
4	ELCIMAI VILLE DE MARSEILLE	Dimitri DERUELLE	1024.75
5	COTES D'ARMOR	Michaël AVELINE	929.75
6	COURRIER DUNKERQUE	Daniel SOUBEN	917.25
7	NOUVELLE CALEDONIE	Vincent Portugal	910.75
8	MANCHE-BASSE NORMANDIE	Benoît CHARON - Nicolas JOSSIER	895.5
9	VAL-THORENS	Lucas MILLIERET	868
10	BRED	Sylvain CHTOUNDER	844.75
11	LES SAISIES INSA	Sylvain LEBOEUF	832.75
12	CAISSE D'EPARGNE HEC ECOLE NAVALE	Hervé GAUTIER	810.75
13	SAINT-MALO PURFLO TEAM SNBSM	François LEBOURDAIS - Pierre HINGANT	809.5
14	PERPIGNAN MEDITERRANEE	Paul McKENZIE	807.5
15	VILLE DU PORT REGION REUNION	Gabriel JEAN-ALBERT - Marc GUESSARD	805.5
16	NANTES SAINT-NAZAIRE	Erwan AUBURTIN - Julien MASSON	756.5
17	VILLE DE GENEVE CARREFOUR PREVENTION	Loïc FUHRER	720.75
18	ING ESPOIR ESCP EAP	Dimitri CAUDRELIER/Vincent AILLAUD	686.75
19	BREST GRANDES ECOLES ENSIETA ESC	Loïc LE GARREC	670.5
20	EIGSI CHARENTE MARITIME	Baptiste BALZEAU	635.25
21	ESPOIRS AQUITAINS	J-Philippe ALLILAIRE - Nicolas RADOT	629.5
22	DEFI SCLEROSE EN PLAQUES TOSHIBA	Stéphane VENEL	626.5
23	BIENNE VOILE	Walter KOCH	541.75
24	VANUDEN TUDELFT VANOORD	Suzanne LEIDERS - Michiel VAN DER5 MEULEN	527.5
25	T.SERVICE INTERIM REGION DE BRUXELLES CAPITALE	Laurent DECLERCQ - Cyril MICHEL	527.25
26	NAVTECH.CA	Thomas BARBEAU	514
27	ETAMINE CENTRALE PARIS	Pierre PENNEC	510.75
28	TEAM CENTRALE NANTES EPA SOPRA	François LOURDAIS	509.5
29	DIEPPE SEINE MARITIME	Manuelle ADAN	485.75
30	ECHO MER SUP DE CO LA ROCHELLE	Jean-Marc ALLAIRE	451.25

Results - amateur and student divisions

Pos	Boat	Skipper	Total points
	Amateurs
1	VAL-THORENS	Lucas MILLIERET	868
2	BRED	Sylvain CHTOUNDER	844.75
3	SAINT-MALO PURFLO TEAM SNBSM	François LEBOURDAIS - Pierre HINGANT	809.5
4	VILLE DU PORT REGION REUNION	Gabriel JEAN-ALBERT - Marc GUESSARD	805.5
5	NANTES SAINT-NAZAIRE	Erwan AUBURTIN - Julien MASSON	756.5
6	ING ESPOIR ESCP EAP	Dimitri CAUDRELIER/Vincent AILLAUD	686.75
7	ESPOIRS AQUITAINS	J-Philippe ALLILAIRE - Nicolas RADOT	629.5
8	BIENNE VOILE	Walter KOCH	541.75
9	T.SERVICE INTERIM REGION DE BRUXELLES CAPITALE	Laurent DECLERCQ - Cyril MICHEL	527.25
10	NAVTECH.CA	Thomas BARBEAU	514
11	DIEPPE SEINE MARITIME	Manuelle ADAN	485.75
	Students
1	LES SAISIES INSA	Sylvain LEBOEUF	832.75
2	CAISSE D'EPARGNE HEC ECOLE NAVALE	Hervé GAUTIER	810.75
3	BREST GRANDES ECOLES ENSIETA ESC	Loïc LE GARREC	670.5
4	EIGSI CHARENTE MARITIME	Baptiste BALZEAU	635.25
5	DEFI SCLEROSE EN PLAQUES TOSHIBA	Stéphane VENEL	626.5
6	VANUDEN TUDELFT VANOORD	Suzanne LEIDERS - Michiel VAN DER5 MEULEN	527.5
7	ETAMINE CENTRALE PARIS	Pierre PENNEC	510.75
8	TEAM CENTRALE NANTES EPA SOPRA	François LOURDAIS	509.5
9	ECHO MER SUP DE CO LA ROCHELLE	Jean-Marc ALLAIRE	451.25