La Solitaire du Figaro first leg win to French skipper

9:04 AM Sat 31 Jul 2010 GMT

'Armel Le Cl?ac'h - La Solitaire du Figaro' Courcoux-Marmara/Le Figaro

French skipper Armel Le Cl?ac'h on Brit Air has won the first leg of Solitaire du Figaro. Yann Eli?s (Generali Europ Assistance) and Eric Peron (Skipper Masif 2009) crossed the finish line in second and third place respectively. The 45 skippers participating in the first leg of La Solitaire du Figaro from Le Havre to Gij?n are now all moored on the pontoons getting some well-deserved rest after more than three days at sea. First rookie to finish was Yann Richomme (DLBC) in seventh place overall. At precisely 01:42:32 a.m. on Saturday Armel Le Cl?ac'h on Brit Air crossed the ...

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by Sabina Mollart-Rogerson