French skipper Jérémie Beyou held out under pressure to take third place on the second edition of the New York Vendée Les Sables d’Olonne solo race across the North Atlantic.
Beyou finishes the Vendee Globe in 13th place
Jérémie Beyou, who was one of the outstanding pre-start favourites to win the Vendée Globe, crossed the finish line in 13th place on Saturday 6 February 2021.
Beyou restarts Vendee Globe
UPDATE Wednesday 18 Nov: Alex Thomson on Hugo Boss is the first competitor to reach the Equator, at 13:19 (UTC). Elapsed time since the start : 9 days 23 hours and 59 minutes
Jeremie Beyou will re-start Vendee race on Tuesday
Jeremie Beyou, has confirmed that he will re-start the Vendee Globe on Tuesday despite the leaders being around 2,500 nm south, and approaching the Doldrums.
Vendee Globe – Solving problems . . .
Disappointed Charal skipper Jérémie Beyou sailed up the Les Sables d’Olonne channel Saturday afternoon to a strong welcome
Vendee Globe – Beyou on Charal forced to return to d’Olonne
Early Wednesday morning, Jérémie Beyou on Charal turned back towards the Vendee Globe start port of Les Sables d’Olonne with a damaged backstary
Vendée Globe will start Sunday at 13:02hrs French time
The ninth edition of the Vendée Globe solo non-stop race around the world will start from Les Sables d’Olonne on the French Atlantic coast on Sunday 8 November
Jérémie Beyou WINS Vendée-Arctique
Jeremie Beyou on Charal won the Vendée-Arctique, arriving in Les Sables d’Olonne at 20:44:08 (Fra) on Wednesday 14 July
Jérémie Beyou takes Vendée-Arctique lead on final leg
Jeremie Beyou on Charal leads the Vendee-Arctique fleet on the final leg to the finish in Les Sables d’Olonne ETA Wednesday morning