Vendée Globe

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  January 26. 2009 at 08:36
  The right angle for home
  
  It was the one uncertainty that remained in this final stretch: how long would Michel Desjoyeaux (Foncia) get held up in the ridge of high pressure extending from the Azores ...
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  January 25. 2009 at 20:31
  Slowdown
  
  Slowdown. It is for Michel Desjoyeaux, for Brian Thompson and Dee Caffari this evening as they light winds.
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  January 25. 2009 at 18:50
  A rookie's right of passage?
  
  The Doldrums have been very kind to Armel Le Cléac’h.  Is it because at the age of 31 he is the youngest competitors left in the race?  ...
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  January 25. 2009 at 13:25
  No pressure round the Azores high?
  
  Roland Jourdain still gains by virtue of the fact he is in the trade winds while Michel Desjoyeaux is slowed by the influence of the Azores High Pressure system which he is passing to the west of. ...
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  January 25. 2009 at 08:15
  Another Pleasant Vendee Sunday?
  
  Almost everyone in the Vendée Globe is enjoying pleasing conditions allowing speeds between nine and thirteen knots in decent seas and in warmer temperatures.
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  January 24. 2009 at 20:36
  The Bahrain Samba
  
  There is no obvious slow down in the speed of Bahrain Team Pindar this evening, contrary to what skipper Brian Thompson said he was expecting today.
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  January 24. 2009 at 18:45
  Desjoyeaux and Jourdain take the Buffalo Girls routing
  
  Michel Desjoyeaux (Foncia) confirmed this morning that has was saling in a 20-knot easterly and that the sea is remaining very rough, but that he will be hoisting the gennaker as the winds ease off ...
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  January 24. 2009 at 13:33
  A small comeback
  
  Michel Desjoyeaux leads by 516 miles and there is a small comeback by Roland Jourdain but it all about the angles, again.
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  January 24. 2009 at 13:00
  The Race Village for the finish
  
  The Vendée Globe caravan will be back on the road on Monday 26th January, as it will be leaving its Parisian HQ in the Montparnasse Tower to head back to les Sables d’Olonne, which will ...
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  January 24. 2009 at 08:47
  Thompson and White climbing
  
  The gain is small and it is theoretical. It is the fact that he is now nearly as quick as leader Michel Desjoyeaux this morning which finally be giving some satisfaction to Roland Jourdain.
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  January 23. 2009 at 22:15
  Day 75: A race within the race
  
  Sylvain Mondon of Météo France analyses the situation that lies ahead for Michel Desjoyeaux (Foncia). Can anything stop him now?  Meanwhile further back, an ambitious Armel Le Cléac’h ...
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  January 23. 2009 at 21:24
  Still fastest
  
  Michel Desjoyeaux (Foncia) has just  2500 miles to sail to reach Les Sables d’Olonne.  With a lead of more than 500 miles over Roland Jourdain (Veolia Environnement), it is becoming ...
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  January 23. 2009 at 18:22
  Brothers in arms prefer close combat
  
  Frustrated but never appearing anything other than good humoured and objective, Roland Jourdain has managed to maintain much more solid average speeds today, consistently between 10 and 11 knots on ...
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  January 23. 2009 at 13:32
  Frustrating times for Bilou
  
  Breaking through the 500 miles mark this morning, Michel Desjoyeaux now leads by 535 miles, at the current differential that means Foncia could finish going between one and a half days and two days ...
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  January 23. 2009 at 08:29
  Meteo Boulot Dodo
  
  For Michel Desjoyeaux now, with a lead of over 500 miles, life on board Foncia is still about maintaining the regular relentless routine.

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