Solitaire du Figaro - Final miles, will it be glory or sorrow?

2:58 PM Wed 18 Aug 2010 GMT

'Winning couple Le Cleac'h and Gabart flying downwind' Courcoux-Marmara/Le Figaro

La Solitaire du Figaro finale is proving to be more exciting than ever. This is not a race for the faint-hearted that is for sure! If Armel le Cleac'h and Fran?ois Gabart are pretty certain of their victory and second place overall, behind them, the battle for the third place is wide open. The approach to raz Blanchard will be crucial. Thousands of people are gathering in the Race Village in Cherbourg to welcome the skippers. There is a real race inside the race that is going on over the final miles to Cherbourg. Four skippers have been battling furiously ...

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by Carla Anselmi