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Route du Rhum - Third place

Sailing

6:45 PM Mon 15 Nov 2010 GMT

'Finish Safran, Skipper Marc Guillemot - La Route du Rhum 2010' Jean Marie Liot &copy

Route du Rhum - Marc Guillemot took third place in this ninth edition of the Route du Rhum-La Banque Postale thanks to a daring option in the final stretch around the island of Guadeloupe. The skipper of Safran was very pleased about the outcome after two weeks of particularly demanding sailing. Marc Guillemot has taken third place on the podium of IMOCA monohulls. This was a result that was far from being a done deal 24 hours ago, as there were three contenders for this place. But thanks to his option off to the west taken a couple of days ...

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