Route du Rhum

Route du Rhum
First held	1978
Type	single-handed off-shore race
Classes	Ultime, IMOCA, Multi 50, Class40, Rhum
Start	Saint-Malo
Finish	Pointe-à-Pitre
Champion	IDEC SPORT; Francis Joyon
Most titles	Laurent Bourgnon (2)
Website	http://www.routedurhum.com

Foot impression of Michael Birch, first winner of the Route du Rhum race

The Route du Rhum is a transatlantic single-handed yacht race, which takes place every four years in November. The course is between Saint Malo, Brittany, France and Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe. The first competition, won by Canadian Michael Birch in his boat Olympus Photo by a margin of 98 seconds over second-placed Michel Malinovsky in Kriter V was held in 1978, and was marked in tragedy by the disappearance of Alain Colas during the crossing.

Current record is 7d 14h 21m 47s, set on November 11, 2018, by Francis Joyon.

The 2006 race began on 29 October 2006, with a maximum of 60 boats competing in 4 categories:

ORMA Class: Multihulls measuring from 59' to 60' in length
IMOCA Class: Monohulls measuring from 58' to 60' in length
Class 2 Monohulls and multihulls measuring from 45.1 to 50'
Class 3 Monohulls and multihulls measuring from 40' to 45'
Class 40 Monohulls (40', specific class)

General standings[]

Year	Position	Yachtsman	Yacht	Time
1978 (38 entries)
	1	(CAN)	Olympus Photo	23d 6h 58'35"
	2	(FRA)	Kriter V	23d 7h 01'13"
	3	Philip Weld	Rogue Wave	23d 15h 51'32"
1982 (52 entries)
	1	Marc Pajot	Elf Aquitaine	18d 01h 38'
	2	Bruno Peyron	Jaz	18d 11h 46'
	3	Michael Birch	Vital	18d 13h 44'
1986 (33 entries)
	1	Philippe Poupon	Fleury Michon	14d 15h 57'
	2	Bruno Peyron	Ericsson	16d 17h 03'
	3	Lionel Péan	Hitachi	17d 07h 08'
1990 (31 entries)
	1	Florence Arthaud	Pierre 1er	14d 10h 08'
	2	Philippe Poupon	Fleury Michon	14d 18h 39'
	3	Laurent Bourgnon	RMO	14d 18h 46'
1994 (24 entries)
	1	Laurent Bourgnon	Primagaz	14d 06h 28'
	2	Paul Vatine	Région Haute Normandie	14d 09h 38'
	3	Yves Parlier	Cacolac d'Aquitaine	15d 19h 23'
1998 (35 entries)
	1	Laurent Bourgnon	Primagaz	12d 8h 41'
	2	Alain Gautier	Brocéliande	12d 11h 54'
	3	Franck Cammas	Groupama	12d 19h 41'
2002 (58 entries)
	1	Michel Desjoyeaux	Géant	13d 7h 53'
	2	Marc Guillemot	Biscuits La Trinitaine	13d 19h 36'18"
	3		Banque Populaire	14d 07h 1'
2006 (74 entries)
	1		Gitana 11	7d 17h 19'6"
	2	Pascal Bidégorry	Banque Populaire	8d 4h 25'7"
	3	Thomas Coville	Sodeb'O	8d 13h 39'02"
2010 (87 entries)
	1	Franck Cammas	Groupama 3	9d 3h 14'47"
	2	Francis Joyon	IDEC 2	9d 13h 50'48"
	3	Thomas Coville	Sodebo	10d 3h 13'11"
2014 (88 entries)
	1	Loïck Peyron	Banque Populaire VII	7d 15h 8' 32"
	2	Yann Guichard	Spindrift 2	8d 5h 18' 46"
	3	Sébastien Josse	Edmond de Rotschild	8d 14h 47' 9"
2018 (123 entries)
	1	Francis Joyon	IDEC SPORT	7d 14h 21' 47"
	2	François Gabart	MACIF	7d 14h 28' 55"
	3a	Armel Tripon	Réauté Chocolat (Multi50)	11d 07h 32' 40"
	3b	Thomas Coville	Sodebo Ultim	16d 07h 45' 36"

IMOCA 60[]

Year	Entries	Finishers	Winning Helm	Winning Yacht	Winning Time
2002	17	12	Ellen MacArthur (GBR)	Kingfisher	13d 13h 31' 47"
2006	12	10	Roland Jourdain (FRA)	Sill & Veolia	12d 11h 58' 58"
2010	9	8	Roland Jourdain (FRA)	Véolia Environnement	13d 17h 10' 56"
2014	9	7	François Gabart (FRA)	Macif	12d 04h 38' 55"
2018	20	15	Paul Meilhat (FRA)	SMA	12d 11h 23' 18"

IMOCA 60 - 2002[]

Pos.	Boat Name	Yr. Launch	Name	Finish Time	Elapsed Time
1	Kingfisher	2000	Ellen MacArthur (GBR)	-	13d 13h 31m 47s
2	Ecover (1)	1998	Mike Golding (GBR)	-	13d 22h 49m 35s
3	Arcelor-Dunkerque	1998	Joé Seeten (FRA)	-	16d 00h 51m 51s
4	Sill	1999	Roland Jourdain (FRA)	-	16d 05h 14m 28s
5	L'Héeautontimorouménos	1997	(FRA)	-	17d 13h 17m 28s
6	Garnier	1996	(BEL)	-	18d 00h 20m 04s
7	60 ème Sud	1992	Didier Munduteguy (FRA)	-	20d 05h 21m 58s
8	UUDS	1994	Miranda Merron (GBR)	-	20d 22h 33m 57s
9	Tir Groupé - Montres Yema	1989	(CAN)	-	21d 11h 31m 08s
10	Millimages Gédéon	1992	Patrick Favre (FRA)	-	22d 21h 30m 00s
11		1992	(FRA)	-	23d 13h 04m 43s
12		1990	(FRA)	-	24d 06h 12m 54s
DNF	VMI	1999	(FRA)	-	Abandon
DNF		1998	(FRA)	-	Abandon
DNF	Temenos	1998	Dominique Wavre (SUI)	-	Abandon
DNF	Virbac (0)	1999	(FRA)	-	Abandon
DNF		2002	(FRA)	-	Abandon

IMOCA 60 - 2006[]

Pos.	Boat Name	Yr. Launch	Name	Finish Time	Elapsed Time
1	Sill & Veolia	2004	Roland Jourdain (FRA)	-	12d 11h 58m 58s
2	VM Matériaux	2004	Jean Le Cam (FRA)	-	12d 12h 26m 58s
3	Virbac-Paprec (1)	2003	Jean-Pierre Dick (FRA)	-	12d 20h 27m 58s
4	Brit Air (1)	1999	Armel Le Cléac'h (FRA)	-	13d 03h 57m 17s
5	Temenos II	2006	Dominique Wavre (SUI)	-	13d 09h 20m 03s
6	Artemis	2001	Brian Thompson (GBR)	-	13d 17h 32m 20s
7	Safran (??)	2000	Marc Guillemot (FRA)	-	16d 17h 57m 26s
8	Roxy (2)	1999	Anne Liardet (FRA)	-	17d 00h 52m 44s
9		2002	(FRA)	-	18d 11h 39m 29s
10	Adriana Karembeu Paris	1994	(FRA)	-	22d 07h 26m 43s
ABD	Delta Dore	2006	(FRA)	-	Abandon
ABD	PRB	1999	Vincent Riou (FRA)	-	Abandon

IMOCA 60 - 2010[]

Pos.	Boat Name	Yr. Launch	Name	Finish Time	Elapsed Time
1	Véolia Environnement	2007	Roland Jourdain (FRA)	-	13d 17h 10m 56s
2	Brit Air (2)	2007	Armel Le Cléac'h (FRA)	-	14d 01h 06m 07s
3	Safran (2)	2007	Marc Guillemot (FRA)	-	14d 12h 28m 02s
4	Virbac-Paprec 3	2009	Jean-Pierre Dick (FRA)	-	14d 15h 11m 13s
5	PRB (4)	2010	Vincent Riou (FRA)	-	14d 18h 03m 52s
6	Foncia	2010	Michel Desjoyeaux (FRA)	-	15d 17h 29m 04s
7	Akena Vérandas (3)	2006	Arnaud Boissières (FRA)	-	15d 20h 34m 00s
8	DCNS	2008	Christopher Pratt (FRA)	-	16d 07h 04m 23s
Abd	Groupe Bel	2007	Kito De Pavant (FRA)	-	Abandon

IMOCA 60 - 2014[]

Pos.	Boat Name	Yr. Launch	Name	Finish Time	Elapsed Time
1	Macif	2011	François Gabart (FRA)	14/11/2014 - 18:38:55	12d 04h 38m 55"
2	Maitre Coq (3)	2010	Jérémie Beyou (FRA)	15/11/2014 - 02:11:18	12d 12h 11m 18"
3	Safran (2)	2007	Marc Guillemot (FRA)	15/11/2014 - 15:59:20	13d 01h 59m 20"
4	For Humble Heroes	2007	Armel Tripon (FRA)	16/11/2014 - 04:04:04	13d 14h 04m 04s
5	Bureau Vallée (1)	2006	Louis Burton (FRA)	16/11/2014 - 15:33:44	14d 01h 33m 44s
6	Team Plastque - AFM Telethon	1999	Alessandro Di Benedetto (FRA)	19/11/2014 - 01:04:30	16d 11h 04m 30s
7	Initiatives-Cœur (2)	2006	Tanguy De Lamotte (FRA)	19/11/2014 - 05:28:13	16d 15h 28m 13s
ABD	VOTRE NOM AUTOUR DU MONDE	2007	Bertrand De Broc (FRA)
ABD	PRB (4)	2015	Vincent Riou (FRA)

IMOCA 60 - 2018[]

Pos.	Boat Name	Yr. Launch	Name	Finish Time	Elapsed Time	Note	Ref.
1	SMA	2011	Paul Meilhat (FRA)	.17/11/2018 - .01:23:18	12d 11h 23m 18s	11.83
2	Ucar - Saint Michel	2015	Yann Elies (FRA)	.17/11/2018 - .03:38:30	12d 13h 38m 30s	11.74
3	Hugo Boss (6)	2015	Alex Thomson (GBR)	.16/11/2018 - .13:10:58	Corrected Time 12d 23h 10m 58s	12.33
4	PRB (4)	2010	Vincent Riou (FRA)	.17/11/2018 - .14:21:08	13d 00h 21m 08s	11.34
5	Malizia 2 - Yacht Club De Monaco	2015	Boris Herrmann (GER)	.17/11/2018 - .17:47:30	13d 03h 47m 30s	11.22
6	Groupe Apicil	2008	Damien Seguin (FRA)	.19/11/2018 - .08:55:02	14d 18h 55m 02s	9.98
7	La Fabrique (2)	2007	Alan Roura (SUI)	.19/11/2018 - .16:25:37	15d 02h 25m 37s	9.77
8	Time For Ocean	2007	Stephane Le Diraison (FRA)	.19/11/2018 - .16:30:20	15d 02h 30m 20s	9.77
9	La Mie Caline Artipole	2007	Arnaud Boissieres (FRA)	.21/11/2018 - .02:08:42	16d 12h 08m 42s	8.94
10	Vers Un Monde Sans Sida	2006	(FRA)	.21/11/2018 - .21:34:30	17d 07h 34m 30s	8.52
11	Ariel 2	2007	Ari Huusela (FIN)	.24/11/2018 - .03:31:05	19d 13h 31m 05s	7.54
12	Newrest - Art Et Fenetres	2015	Fabrice Amedeo (FRA)	.25/11/2018 - .10:09:42	20d 20h 09m 42s	7.08
13	Pure - Famille Mary	2007	Romain Attanasio (FRA)	.27/11/2018 - .19:56:30	23d 07h 06m 30s	6.35
14	Groupe Setin	2007	Manuel Cousin (FRA)	.30/11/2018 - .12:38:00	25d 22h 38m 00s	5.69
15	4Myplanet	2007	Alexia Barrier (FRA)	.01/12/2018 - .16:20:54	27d 02h 20m 54s	5.45
ABD	Maitre Coq (PRB3)	2006	Yannick Bestaven (FRA)	Retired unaided to Lisbon with the keel hydraulics issues			^[1]
ABD	Initiatives - Coeur (3)	2010	Sam Davies (GBR)	Retired unaided to Lorient with hull delamination			^[2]
ABD	Bureau Vallee 2	2015	Louis Burton (FRA)	Retired to Saint-Malo ingress of water via the foil housing			^[1]
ABD	Charal	2018	Jeremie Beyou (FRA)	Retired towed back by team to Lorient with steering failure			^[1]
ABD	Monin	2007	Isabelle Joschke (FRA)	Retired - Mast Breakage			^[3]

50' Multihull standings[]

Year	Pos.	Sailor	Yacht	Time
2002
	1	Franck-Yves Escoffier	Crêpes Whaou	16d 23h 9'42"
	2	Anne Caseneuve	YachtingCasino.com	17d 22h 37'7"
	3	Hervé Cleris	Vaincre la mucoviscidose	18d 18h 55'52"
2006
	1	Franck-Yves Escoffier	Crêpes Whaou	11d 17h 28'11"
	2	Éric Bruneel	Trilogic	13d 14h 58'35"
	3	Victorien Erussard	Laiterie de Saint-Malo	16d 18h 29'54"
2010
	1	Lionel Lemonchois	Prince de Bretagne	15d 04h 50'48"
	2	Lalou Roucayrol	Région Aquitaine - Port Médoc	15d 12h 30'14"
	3	Loïc Fequet	Maître Jacques	15d 14h 28'26"
2014
	1	Erwan Le Roux	Fenêtre A Cardinal	11d 05h 13'55"
	2	Lalou Roucayrol	Arkema-Région Aquitaine	11d 21h 29'10"
	3	Gilles Lamiré	Rennes Métropole-Saint Malo Agglomération	12d 10h 44'37"
2018
	1	Armel Tripon	Réauté Chocolat	11d 07h 32'40"
	2	Erwan Le Roux	Fenetrea-Mix Buffet	12d 01h 09'12"
	3	Thibaut Vauchel Camus	Solidaires en Peloton Arsep	12d 09h 18'44"

40' Monohull standings[]

Year	Pos.	Sailor	Yacht	Time
2006
	1	Phil Sharp	PSR	18d 10h 21'01"
	2	Gildas Morvan	Oyster Funds	19d 08h 52'00"
	3	Ian Munslow	Boland Mills	21d 09h 45'31"
2010
	1	Thomas Ruyant	Destination Dunkerque	17d 23h 10'17"
	2	Nicolas Troussel	Crédit Mutuel de Bretagne	18d 02h 40'15"
	3	Yvan Noblet	Appart City	18d 06h 38'17"
2014
	1	Alex Pella	Tales II	16d 17h 47'08"
	2	Thibaut Vauchel-Camus	Solidaires en Peloton	17d 04h 33'03"
	3	Kito de Pavant	OTIO - Bastide Médical	17d 05h 07'03"
2018
	1	Yoann Richomme	Veedol-AIC	16d 03h 22'44"
	2	Aymeric Chappellier	Aina Enfance & Avenir	16d 11h 16'15"
	3	Phil Sharp	Imerys Clean Energy	16d 13h 01'50"

Rhum Category 2010-2014[]

Year	Pos.	Sailor	Yacht	Time
2010
	1	Andrea Mura	Vento di Sardegna	19d 09h 40'30"
	2	Luc Coquelin	Pour le Rire Médecin	20d 13d 15' 36"
	3	Julien Mabit	monopticien.com	22d 07h 42'56"
2014
	1	Anne Caseneuve	ANEO	17d 07h 06'03"
	2	Andrea Mura	Vento di Sardegna	20d 02h 19' 36"
	3	Robin Knox-Johnston	GreyPower	20d 07h 52'22"

Rhum Multi[]

Year	Pos.	Sailor	Yacht	Time
2018
	1	Pierre Antoine	Olmix	15d 21h 15'5"
	2	Jean-François Lilti	Ecole Diagonale pour Citoyens du Monde	18d 07h 47'45"
	3	Etienne Hochedé	PIR2	19d 00h 18'06"

Rhum Mono[]

Year	Pos.	Sailor	Yacht	Time
2018
	1	Sidney Gavignet	Café Joyeux	16d 10h 18'5"
	2	Sebastien Destremau	Alcatrazit-FaceOcean	17d 07h 25'44"
	3	Luc Coquelin	Rotary-La Mer Pour Tous	22d 08h 24'12"

References[]

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External links[]

(in French), Official Homepage of the Route du Rhum
(in English), Photos of boats

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