Bol d'Or - Lac Léman - SN Genève - Line honors for the TF35-Cat 'Ylliam Comptoir' de Bertrand Demole SUI

Initial light winds characterized the 82nd Bol d'Or on Lake Geneva yesterday. -----After a tough first half of the course, the M20 catamaran 'Emineo' with Olivier de Cocatrix SNR rounded the mark off Bouveret first ahead of the D35 catamaran 'Emile One' with Christian Wahl SNG and his junior team (Victor Casas, Nelson Mettraux, Romain Defferard, Guillaume Rol, Sébastien Aubord). As best of the foiling TF35 cats, 'RealTeam' of Jérome Clerc followed in 4th place, but when the breeze filled in on the way back, the foilers took off and moved to the front with speeds around 25kn. In a close decision, 'Ylliam Comptoir' of Bertrand Demole FRA won after 12 h 49 min ahead of 'Zen too' with Fred Le Peutrec FRA and 'Aretexplora' with Loïck Peyron FRA. The Hungarian Libera 'Raffica' was the first monohull to reach the finish line in Geneva. ----- So far this morning UTC, around 40 teams of the 400+ underway have finished the race. ----- The race tracker. The live broadcast is still on air. ----- The arrival list and classifications have not yet been available on the event website yet, but up-to-date news can be found on the Event Facebook page.