IMOCA Open 60 - Vendée Globe 2024 - Les Sables d'Olonne FRA - Day 101

After 99 days and 16 hours, Jingkun Xu CHN crossed the Vendée Globe finish line yesterday in 30th place. He is the first Chinese to complete the race and only the second disabled sailor to terminate this longest and most demanding sporting event, He was also celebrated in Les Sables d'Olonne with great fanfare. - The report. ----- Now, the final trio remains in the race: In the middle of the Atlantic at the height of the Canary Islands, Manuel Cousin FRA is currently crossing the flat transition zone between the trade winds and the westerly wind belt 180 miles ahead of Fabrice Amedeo FRA and 300 miles in front of Denis Van Weynbergh BEL. They will be underway for at least another week. ----- The race tracker and the reports.