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Vendée Globe memories (VIDEO)

Let's take a walk down the Vendée Globe memory lane, with this video of the incredible repairs Alex Thomson had to carry out on the rudder tie bar of HUGO BOSS, which had been damaged by the hydrogenerator less than ten days after the start of the race.

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L'incroyable réparation d'Alex Thomson par VendeeGlobeTV

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