Route du Rhum - La Banque Postale: Groupe Bel abandons

7:13 PM Sat 6 Nov 2010 GMT

'Groupe Bel' Marcel Mochet / AFP

Route du Rhum-La Banque Postale update from the fleet. Within 1000 miles of Pointe-a-Pitre, Franck Cammas still has overall control of the Ultime class and the race, making more than 20 knots this morning on the giant green trimaran. But ahead almost half of that last mileage looks to be plagued by some extremely light winds, a huge zone effectively barring the direct rout to the finish. Whilst Cammas lead by 283 miles this morning, it is Francis Joyon (Idec) who is now up to second place after an electric 24 hours. The solo round the world record skipper pushed ...

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by Route du Rhum/Sail-World