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Show news Can anyone catch Corentin Horeau?
After five days at sea in the tough 13th Route du Rhum
Posted today at 12:49 pm
Francesca Clapcich in Route du Rhum - Day 5
Bowsprit failure as 11th Hour Racing was holding third position in rough conditions
Posted today at 12:00 pm
Route du Rhum Video Update
Ultim Banque Populaire XI skipper rescue, complex weather systems cause chaos
Posted today at 10:37 am
Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe Day 6
Italian skipper Ambrogio Beccari forced to retire from the race after a heavy fall
Posted today at 8:32 am
Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe day 5
Catch 'Coco' if you can?
Posted on 5 Nov
Francesca Clapcich in Route du Rhum - Day 4
The next big challenge is a deep depression now forming north of the Azores
Posted on 5 Nov
Thomas Ruyant has been watching the tracker
Ex-winner of Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe interviewed
Posted on 4 Nov
Francesca Clapcich in Route du Rhum - Day 3
This morning Francesca was 180 nautical miles behind the IMOCA leader
Posted on 4 Nov
Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe Day 4
Morning update: Everyone Has Their Limit
Posted on 4 Nov
Route du Rhum, J/70 North Americans, Stars
David Schmidt's thoughts on the latest events in sailing
Posted on 3 Nov
Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe day 3
Tom Laperche is setting a pace which Armel Le Cléac'h struggled to match today
Posted on 3 Nov
Francesca Clapcich in Route du Rhum - Day 2
Holding seventh place in the IMOCA fleet
Posted on 3 Nov
Route du Rhum: Gitana 18 damaged
The team is reporting that the Ultim 105ft foiling trimaran, Gitana 18 has suffered foil damage.
Posted on 3 Nov
Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe day 2
Francis Joyon has capsized, and Quentin Le Nabour has been dismasted
Posted on 2 Nov
Francesca Clapcich in Route du Rhum - Day 1
11th Hour Racing skipper sounded a little disappointed to have lost position slightly
Posted on 2 Nov
Spectacular Start to the Route du Rhum
Our video of the action plus the Monday morning fleet update
Posted on 2 Nov
Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe start
Favourites in front after sunny downwind departure from Saint Malo
Posted on 1 Nov
Team Malizia's Boris Herrmann is Off
A clean start in the 13th Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe
Posted on 1 Nov
Francesca Clapcich sets off on Route du Rhum
The Italian-American skipper is one of 22 sailors in the IMOCA fleet
Posted on 1 Nov
All treats no tricks for Route du Rhum start
Today has been mainly about the dock out of the 22 boat IMOCA fleet
Posted on 31 Oct
Francesca Clapcich ready for the Route du Rhum
Her first solo Atlantic crossing onboard 11th Hour Racing
Posted on 31 Oct
Herrmann set for first Solo Race aboard Malizia 4
The German skipper returns to the legendary Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe
Posted on 31 Oct
Sam Goodchild determined to perform well
In the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe
Posted on 31 Oct
The IMOCAs are on for record-breaking speeds
In the early stages of the Route du Rhum
Posted on 31 Oct
Sam Goodchild and Boris Herrmann interviewed
Ahead of the Route du Rhum Destination Guadeloupe
Posted on 31 Oct
Record Italian fleet in Saint-Malo
For Route du Rhum Destination Guadeloupe 2026 start
Posted on 31 Oct
Ambrogio Beccaria and Corentin Horeau
Two very different characters in the same boat for the Route du Rhum
Posted on 30 Oct
Route du Rhum Video Preview
115 solo skippers, a huge race village, 2 favourites
Posted on 29 Oct
Francesca Clapcich ready for the Route du Rhum
It will be the Italian-American sailor's first solo transatlantic race
Posted on 29 Oct
Ultims in the Route du Rhum: Land of the giants
The defending champion Charles Caudrelier has a revolutionary, brand new machine
Posted on 28 Oct
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Sam Goodchild (MACIF Santé Prévoyance) - Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe
© Martin Viezzer / disobey. / Macif
Ambrogio Beccaria (Allagrande MAPEI) - Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe
© Lorenzo Sironi / Allagrande Mapei
Nicolas d'Etais (Café Joyeux) - Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe
© Martin Keruzoré / Café Joyeux
Francesca Clapcich (11th Hour Racing) - Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe
© Francesca Clapcich / 11th Hour Racing
Corentin Horeau (MACSF) - Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe
© Gauthier Lebec / MACSF
Davy Beaudart (Bureau Vallée) - Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe
© Davy Beaudart / Bureau Vallée
Sébastien Simon (Groupe Dubreuil-Air Caraïbes) - Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe
© Loic Venance / AFP / Route du Rhum
Francesca Clapcich in Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe - Day 5
© Francesca Clapcich / 11th Hour Racing
Francesca Clapcich in Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe - Day 5
© Francesca Clapcich / 11th Hour Racing
Francesca Clapcich in Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe - Day 5
© Francesca Clapcich / 11th Hour Racing
Francesca Clapcich in Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe - Day 5
© Francesca Clapcich / 11th Hour Racing
A rainbow for Francesca Clapcich in the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe
© Francesca Clapcich / 11th Hour Racing
Ambrogio Beccaria's Allagrande Mapei
© Lorenzo Sironi
Sam Goodchild (IMOCA / MACIF)
© RonanGladu-Disobey-Macif
Boris Herrmann (Imoca MALIZIA 4)
© Boris Herrmann
Francesca Clapcich in Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe - Day 4
© Francesca Clapcich / 11th Hour Racing
Francesca Clapcich in Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe - Day 4
© Francesca Clapcich / 11th Hour Racing
Thomas Ruyant
© Pierre Bouras / TRR
Francesca Clapcich in Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe - Day 3
© Francesca Clapcich / 11th Hour Racing
Elodie Bonafous aboard Association Petits Princes - Quéguiner - Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe
© Manuel Cousin
French sailor Corentin Horeau aboard his `MACSF` IMOCA Class as he prepares to pass through the Naye lock of Saint-Malo's harbour ahead of the 13th Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe
© Sebastien Salom-Gomis / AFP
`MACSF` IMOCA French skipper Corentin Horeau and `Initiatives Cœur` IMOCA French skipper Violette Dorange sail off Saint-Malo, western France, during the start of the 13th Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe
© Vincent OLIVAUD / Route du Rhum / FACTSTORY
Keeping watch underwater in the Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe
© Manuel Cousin
Francesca Clapcich in the Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe
© Meredith Rodgers / 11th Hour Racing
Violette Dorange in the Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe
© Loïc Venance / AFP / Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe
Francesca Clapcich in Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe - Day 1
© Julien Champolion / polaRYSE / 11th Hour Racing
Francesca Clapcich in Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe - Day 1
© Julien Champolion / polaRYSE / 11th Hour Racing
Francesca Clapcich in Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe - Day 1
© Julien Champolion / polaRYSE / 11th Hour Racing
Francesca Clapcich in Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe - Day 1
© Eloi Stichelbaut  / polaRYSE
Francesca Clapcich in Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe - Day 1
© Eloi Stichelbaut  / polaRYSE