La Solitaire 2009 – a Beyou il prologo |
Jérémie Beyou (Bernard Paoli) [notare la scritta sul boma] grabbed the lead of the Suzuki Prologue in Lorient and never looked back to win the race in a little over 3 hours. Closely following in second place, a mere 7 boat lengths behind at the finish, was Fréderic Duthil (BBox Bouygues Telecom) with Nicolas Bérenger (Koné Elevators) less than half a mile back. This trio held the first three positions around every mark of the 16-mile course, sailed in bright sunshine with a gentle 8 – 12 knot south-westerly breeze. The 52-boat fleet made an impressive sight as they sailed the last downwind leg under spinnaker, stretched out over five miles of the bay outside Lorient.
Fabien Delahaye brushed off the competition from his fellow rookies, being the first of them to cross in a very respectable 16th place ahead of Christophe Espagnon (GROUPE LEGRIS INDUSTRIES) in 22nd and Joseph Brault (SAMSUNG Mobile) in 24th.
On the international front, Franco German sailor, Isabelle Joschke (Synergie) crossed in 38th whilst Nigel King (Nigel King Yachting) beat fellow countryman Johnny Malbon (Artemis) to the finish line to take 42nd and 43rd places respectively.
The start of the first leg, 345 miles from Lorient to La Coruna, is set for 13:00 local time on Thursday 30th July.
Top ten on the Suzuki Prologue
1. Jérémie Beyou (Bernard Paoli)
2. Frédéric Duthil (BBox Telecom)
3. Nicolas Bérenger (Koné Elevators)
4. Charles Caudrelier-Bénac (Bostik)
5. Gildas Morvan (Cercle Vert)
6. Jean-Pierre Nicol (Gavottes)
7. Michel Desjoyeaux (Foncia)
8. Erwan Tabarly (Athema)
9. Thomas Rouxel (Défi Mousquetaires)
10. Armel Tripon (Gedimat)
“never surrender” e il jolly Roger, mi-ti-coooooo !!!!
Tamarro come pochi!!!!