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Solitaire Afflelou Le Figaro • 2nd leg
Sixth leg win for Professor Desjoyeaux in Brest
Michel Desjoyeaux (Foncia) crossed the finish line of the second leg of La Solitaire Afflelou Le Figaro at 05h1h1905s this morning to win the 344-mile race between Crosshaven and Brest Brest #brest sailing at an average 8.41 knots. Michel crossed the finish line just 50 seconds ahead of Frederic Duthil (Distinxion), who holds on to the (...) -
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Fred Duthil wins leg 1 in Crosshaven
Fréderic Duthil sailing on Distinxion crossed the finish line in the Bay of Cork at 10h09m55s local time today to win the first leg of La Solitaire Afflelou Le Figaro. Duthil took 2 days, 19 hours and 49 minutes to complete the 415-mile course from Caen to Crosshaven sailing, at an average 6,12 knots. Last year’s winner, Nicolas Troussel (...) -
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Overview and final ranking of the race
The 37th edition of the Solitaire will keep in minds as an non habitual race. One will remember the arriving of the second leg in St Gilles Croix de Vie and the long time advance created by Nicolas Troussel, Thierry Chabagny. One will also remember Gérald Veniard’s fantastic race with three leg wins and a third place on the final podium. (...) -
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Sam Davies : "A podium position for a leg is achievable"
On Friday, 5th August 30-year-old British skipper, Sam Davies, will be in the French port of Perros-Guirec for the prologue of the main event of her solo Figaro season - the Solitaire du Figaro. -
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The “Jackal” wins second leg of La Solitaire Afflelou Le Figaro
Armel Le Cléac’h on Foncia TBS crosses the finish line in pole position at the end of the second stage of La Solitaire Afflelou Le Figaro race. Le Cléac’h crossed the finish line in Saint Gilles Croix-de-Vie at 21h3030 French time to win the longest leg of the race. Jérémie Beyou on Delta Dore followed across the line less than a (...) -
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Rookie Fred Duthil leads Figaro one design fleet in the Solent
Just before 11 am this morning 30th of July, the 52 skippers taking part in La Solitaire Afflelou Le Figaro race, set off on the second stage. Leg one saw the 52 skippers cross the English Channel from Caen to Portsmouth over a 156 mile course. The second leg, which is 463 miles, from Portsmouth to Saint Gilles Croix-de-Vie is longest of the (...) -
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Line honours at the end of the first leg for Yann Eliès
It has been a short but tough leg for the skippers competing in the 35th edition of La Solitaire Afflelou Le Figaro race. At the mercy of light and changeable winds, currents and tides, the skippers have had to fight nail and tooth throughout the 156-mile course. -
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Stunning line-up of single handed sailors for La Solitaire Afflelou Le Figaro 2004
A formidable group of sailors is taking part this year, from all walks of life and ranging in experience and age. -
SeaSailSurfer of the month
Armel Cléac’h, SeaSailSurfer of August 2003
Armel Cléac’h carried out the exploit of the month by winning the 34th Solitaire Afflelou Le Figaro. He made a success of the holdup that all hoped at the beginning from Les Sables d’Olonne by gaining the Bilbao - La Rochelle leg then winning final classification in front of Alain Gautier... by 13 seconds (...) -
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Line honours for Péan - Le Cléac’h overall winner !
« Amazing », exclaimed Armel Le Cléac’h (Créaline) who takes all the honours for a fistful of precious seconds - 13 seconds to be exact - in the wake of Lionel Péan (Nouvel Observateur), great winner of the fourth and final leg covering some 500 miles from Dingle to Saint-Nazaire. At the end of a breathtaking extraordinary race full of (...)
Course en solitaire - Figaro-Bénéteau - Annuelle