IMOCA Open 60, Class 40, Ultime, Ocean50 - Transat Jacques Vabre - Day 23 - 2nd place für Valentin Gautier/Simon Koster SUI

The decision in the Class 40 was made yesterday: Valentin Gautier/Simon Koster SUI reached the finish of the Transat Jacques Vabre on Martinique with their 'Banque du Léman' only 1 hour and 4 minutes behind the winners Antoine Carpentier FRA/Pablo Santurde ESP. After a race to catch up across the Atlantic, the two were able to top their 4th place from 2019 - their report. Meanwhile, in the tightly bunched Class 40 fleet, 17 of the 43 teams remaining in the race finished, including 10th-placed 1996 Olympic pole vault winner Jean Galfione FRA (with Eric Péron FRA) and Olympic ski medallist Ivica Kostelic CRO (with Antoine Calliste FRA) in 17th. The race tracker and the reports.