Vendée Globe Wednesday 15th January Update - Yoann Richomme finishes 2nd
by Mark Jardine 15 Jan 02:38 PST
15 January 2025
Yoann Richomme on Paprec Arkéa finishes 2nd in the Vendée Globe 2024-25 © Jean-Louis Carli / Alea
Sébastien Simon onboard Groupe Dubreuil during the Vendée Globe Race ©Sébastien Simon #VG2024
Sam Goodchild onboard Vulnerable SG during the Vendée Globe sailing race on December 31 ©Sam Goodchild #VG2024
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Yoann Richomme on PAPREC ARKÉA has finished the Vendée Globe this morning in second place, and winner Charlie Dalin was amongst the first to greet him ashore.
We bring you Richomme's first words after finishing, the scenes from yesterday as Dalin liften the Vendée Globe trophy yesterday, and updates from Conrad Colman, who puts into perspective how great an achievement as sub-65 day race is, and Boris Herrmann offers his congratulations as well.
As always we bring you the latest analysis of the Tracker and Leaderboard, as well as PredictWind routing options for Jérémie Beyou in 4th and Romain Attanasio in 14th.
We close with a clip from Oliver Heer who has rounded Cape Horn.
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