SAILING The 48-year-old skipper has just won in Guadeloupe, this Wednesday morning, the biggest victory of his career in less than seven days. He is ahead of François Gabart for his first participation in the Route du rhum
Charles Caudrelier celebrates his coronation aboard the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild, when he arrives in Pointe-à-Pitre this Wednesday morning. — LOIC VENANCE/AFP
- The twelfth Route du rhum had its epilogue this Wednesday morning, with the success of Charles Caudrelier, for his first participation in this prestigious event.
- The 48-year-old skipper has just set a new race record time, reaching Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe) in 6 days, 19 hours and 47 minutes.
- “I’ve been dreaming about it for that I am a kid of this race. It was frustrating to have never been able to do it so far, “said the hero of the day, this Wednesday morning, who was able to resist the return of François Gabart in the tour of Guadeloupe
For his first participation in; the Route du rhum, and even for his first transatlantic race on an Ultim, Charles Caudrelier created; the feeling all the way. The 48-year-old skipper indeed became, this Wednesday morning, the winner of the prestigious event. Leaving Brittany a week earlier, he reached Pointe-à-Pitre in 6 days, 19 hours and 47 minutes, which is a new race record. While on Tuesday evening, he was nearly 70 miles ahead of François Gabart, once again second, as in 2018 behind, this gap has clearly narrowed. during the tactical tour of Guadeloupe.
François Gabart was thus only about thirty miles behind on Wednesday morning when Charles Caudrelier crossed the finish line at the start of the race. aboard the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild. Almost at the head of the race throughout the week, except for a passage in the Açores, the winner of the Figaro in everyone to the end by his mastery on this twelfth Route du rhum. He inscribed his name alongside legends such as Florence Arthaud, Michel Desjoyeaux, Franck Cammas (whose team he was in 2010-2011 during the victory in the Volvo Ocean Race) and Loï ;ck Peyron.
The key role; by Franck Cammas in this hit
“Surprisingly, I’t even get tired,” at the microphone of the Route du rhum site, a few minutes after his triumphant arrival. I was so pissed off. I’ve dreamed of it since I was a kid in this race. It’s been frustrating that I’ve never been able to do it this far.” Very moved by talking about his deceased mother, who “dreamed” to see him win this event one day, Charles Caudrelier looked back on the turning point in his career. “Three years ago people believed in me. This new boat from Guillaume Verdier, I found it. crazy. It’s Formula 1 team work. I’s the driver, but people work all year round. It’s been an almost perfect race and I had no issues with the boat.” To best tame Edmond de Rothschild, he was able to count on the full support of his friend Franck Cammas, a determining factor in this success.
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Et Charles Caudrelier/ embrasa la nuit à Pointe-À-Pitre… Quel spectacle ! pic.twitter.com/OLwTjHRsMd
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Winner of the Route du rhum 2010 thanks to the valuable advice of his router at the time Charles Caudrelier, Franck Cammas has indeed accepted to reverse the roles for this adventure. “It’s a fair return, said the interested party. Live the race land, it’s not the same thing and I wasn’t sure what that router job entailed. We sleep very little and we have to manage to sleep. be very synthetic when communicating with the boat. But we experienced this victory as if we were in the game. edge with Charles.” After embracing his children on the port of Pointe-à-Pitre, Charles Caudrelier insists: “I have been working alongside Franck for three years. He left me generously, and without him I wouldn’t have had such a capable boat.” Successful, the skipper still unknown to the general public until now. He was damn there, too, for a week.