IMOCA Open 60 - Vendée Globe 2024 - Les Sables d'Olonne FRA - Day 69

After Sébastien Simon FRA finished 3rd yesterday, there is now a week's break in Les Sables d'Olonne: Sam Goodchild GBR and Jérémy Béyou FRA in 4th and 5th place were still 1830 miles away from the finish this morning, with Paul Meilhat FRA 75 miles behind. Today there is a flat transition zone to cross, the other chasers are also likely to move up; Nicolas Lunven FRA follows 145 miles behind and Justine Mettraux SUI is in 8th place 246 miles behind 4th place. After losing a foil, Boris Herrmann GER can no longer quite keep up and has dropped further back in 10th place. Alan Roura SUI is still waiting for wind in the middle of the South Atlantic, he is now 21st. Oliver Heer SUI is still 29th. The race tracker and the reports are now available.