Route du Rhum - A chance for Lemonchois to shine again

11:40 AM Sat 30 Oct 2010 GMT

'Lionel Lemonchois - La Route du Rhum 2010' ? AFP

Route du Rhum - He won the ORMA class in 2006 when he sit a blistering race record, Lionel Lemonchois races this time in the Multi50 Class as skipper of Prince de Bretagne. Winner outright in the ORMA Class, setting the current record of 7 days 17 hours 19 minutes 6 seconds for the 3542 miles course, Lionel Lemonchois cannot hope to defend his title this year, but is skipper of choice for the Multi 50 Prince de Bretagne. Lemonchois was a well known and successful skipper prior to the last Route du Rhum La Banque Postale, but not a ...

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