IMOCA Open 60 - Vendée Globe 2024 - Les Sables d'Olonne FRA - Day 59

On the finish stretch! ----- Charlie Dalin FRA still has 2,400 miles - around 7 days - to go to the finish, which he or his last rival, Yoann Richomme FRA, 167 miles behind, will reach in a new record time. The last obstacle is the flat zone of the Azores High. Sébastien Simon FRA is well on his way to 3rd place, 718 miles behind, while the battle for 4th place rages on the South Atlantic! This morning Jérémy Beyou FRA, sailing in the west, is in the lead, only 3 miles behind is Sam Goodchild GBR, and another 9 miles behind follows Boris Herrmann GER in 6th place. Justine Mettraux SUI has dropped back to 10th place, 150 miles behind Beyou FRA this morning, but is the fastest on the course with good wind forecasts: she will have made up some ground by the time the race tracker is next updated at 11 am. Alan Roura SUI, still 17th, is also catching up: he is only 80 miles behind the group led by Romain Attanasio FRA (14th). Oliver Heer SUI in 30th place has finally picked up speed again and will reach Cape Horn in 7 days. ----- The race tracker and the reports.