La Solitaire du Figaro - Armel the Jackal keeps alert

6:58 AM Fri 30 Jul 2010 GMT

'Jeanne Gr?goire ? bord du Figaro B?n?teau Banque Populaire - La Solitaire du Figaro' Courcoux-Marmara/Le Figaro

Armel Le Cl?ac'h (Brit Air) holds 0.6 lead over Yann Eli?s (Gererali Europ Assistance) and 1.3 miles over Thomas Rouxel (Cr?dit Mutuel de Bretagne) and Eric Peron (Skipper Macif 2009). Karinne Fauconnier (Eric Bompard Cachemir) continues in fifth place narrowing losing a few yards at 1.7 miles from the leader. The fleet continue to progress south and fan, building up to 19 miles in lateral distance, out into the Bay of Biscay with a wide open playing field and large ridge of high pressure settling in, to negotiate to the finish, just over 200 miles away. The leaders spearhead an ...

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by La Solitaire du Figaro