Fuente info VG
Day 11, 190 MILES TO THE EQUATOR
Out of the Doldrums, Still Peyron
Standings at 0500GMT, Day 11.
1- Loïck Peyron (Gitana Eighty) 21068.9 miles to the finish
2- Seb Josse (BT) at + 16.1 miles to leader
3- Vincent Riou (PRB) at +26.9 miles to leader
4Jean-Pierre Dick (Paprec-Virbac 2) at + 27.4 miles to leader
5- Armel Le Cléac’h (Brit Air) at + 40.3 miles
Selected international:
7- Mike Golding, GBR, (ECOVER 3) at +71.7
11- Dominique Wavre, SUI, (Temenos 2) at + 177.1
12- Brian Thompson, GBR, (Bahrain Team Pindar) at + 187
13- Sam Davies, GBR,(ROXY) at + 192.2 miles
16- Dee Caffari, GBR, (AVIVA) at + 268.1 miles
18- Steve White, GBR, (Toe in the Water) at + 315.6
19- Johnny Malbon, GBR, (Artemis) at + 347.9 miles
20- Unai Basurko, ESP, (Pakea Bizkaia) at + 383.2 miles
21- Rich Wilson, USA, (Great America III) at + 495.7 miles
Loïck Peyron leads the fleet out of the Doldrums into more settled, building winds. Gitana Eighty. Ever consistent Seb Josse (BT) 16 miles behind in second place as Vincent Riou (PRB) moves slightly east and lies third, the best that the 2004 Vendée Globe winner been since the earliest days of this race. Mike Golding, GBR, (Ecover 3) drops to ninth, losing out to Roland Jourdain (Veolia Environnement) and Jérémie Beyou (Delta Dore). Desjoyeaux (Foncia) takes two places overnight to lie 16th.
Moving in to increasing ESE’ly winds Loick Peyron is into his eighth day at the front of the Vendée Globe fleet on Gitana Eighty and looks set to set the pace into the Southern Hemisphere tonight. With about 190 miles to the Equator this morning, Peyron’s lead is at 16 miles over his most consistent shadow Seb Josse (BT). Vincent Riou (PRB) has progressively eased east of Jean Pierre Dick (Paprec-Virbac 2) to occupy third, but there is still just 32 miles between second and sixth places. The two lead boats are now making slightly west of south, Riou and Dick still taking a small measure of east. The western route has got Roland Jourdain (Veolia Environnement) established back with the top group again in seventh, regaining 100 miles to lie 64 miles behind Peyron. Mike Golding has had a less profitable night and lies ninth this morning less than one mile behind Delta Dore. Dominique Wavre, SUI, (Temenos II) still holds the upper hand over Brian Thompson, GBR, (Bahrain Team Pindar) as they work towards the Doldrums. Wavre has eked out another 5 miles on Thompson’s powerful Juan K design overnight, and leads by ten miles, while Sam Davies, GBR, (ROXY) is still hanging on five miles behind Thompson. Michel Desjoyeaux (Foncia) has gained two places overnight, moving ahead of Steve White, GBR, (Toe in the Water) and Arnaud Boissieres (Akenas Verandas) and the 2000 winner is now 16th.
