Vendée Globe

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  January 19. 2009 at 18:33
  Paying a price for the outbound gains?
  
  What the Atlantic offered Michel Desjoyeaux by way of a straightforward passage on the southwards, outbound passage, will it now take back some on the return leg now.
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  January 19. 2009 at 13:16
  Prematurely Doldrummed
  
  His drop in speed gives it away but so to the forecasters at Meteo France confirm this morning that Michel Desjoyeaux ...
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  January 19. 2009 at 08:33
  Cruel and kind
  
  Even if Michel Desjoyeaux (Foncia) has been slowed a little now on his dash towards les Sables d’Olonne, there is still a huge gap back to his second placed friend from Port-la-Forêt, Roland ...
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  January 18. 2009 at 20:24
  Something in the air off Fernando de Noronha, at 500 miles of lead it could be victory
  
  Michel Desjoyeaux is just 14 miles off the island of Fernando de Noronha ...
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  January 18. 2009 at 20:01
  Resume of the 70th day on the Vendee Globe
  
  Resume of the 70th day on the Vendee Globe
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  January 18. 2009 at 18:38
  Needing something special
  
  It’s been a tough day for Roland Jourdain. While he declared roundly this morning that the season for hunting down Michel Desjoyeaux is ‘open until early February’ the stark reality ...
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  January 18. 2009 at 13:14
  Is the Professor's work done?
  
  Michel Desjoyeaux leads by over 450 miles and confirmed this morning that he feels he has done a good enough job to win this Vendée Globe.
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  January 18. 2009 at 08:38
  421 ample purchase
  
  The figures are indisputable, Michel Desjoyeaux’s advantage grows by the hour. Averaging 16 knots this morning to his nearest rival’s 12.2 knots, the Foncia skipper is marching further ...
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  January 17. 2009 at 21:29
  Speed king
  
  The speed difference between Michel Desjoyeaux and Roland Jourdain is 3.6 knots this evening and so that margin is, as expected, still growing. Now 387 miles, it is likely to be close to 400 miles ...
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  January 17. 2009 at 20:31
  Resume of Day 69
  
  Resume of Day 69
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  January 17. 2009 at 18:53
  The biggest stretch yet and tiredness in the Atlantic
  
  Michel Desjoyeaux is turning the screw as he increases his margin at the front of the Vendee Globe fleet, now having earned the biggest lead yet of this race 373.5 miles.
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  January 17. 2009 at 13:10
  Turbo time
  
  Into the trade winds since yesterday evening Michel Desjoyeaux has been able to apply the Foncia turbo booster and is now leaving Roland Jourdain.
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  January 17. 2009 at 08:30
  Pals in the Pacific
  
  They sailed only 70 metres apart and chatted by VHF, both sharing their experiences and thoughts after 68 days of hard racing and more than 13,500 miles.
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  January 16. 2009 at 20:53
  Into the trades?
  
  Three hundred miles to the S.E.E of Salvador de Bahia, Brasil Michel Desjoyeaux us making nearly three knots faster than Roland Jourdain this evening and is probably emerging ...
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  January 16. 2009 at 19:55
  Day 68
  
  Day 68 a round up

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