Yannick Bestaven again dug the gap with his two pursuers, Charlie Dalin and Thomas Rettant. – Sebastien SALOM-GOMIS / AFP
The French skipper Yannick Bestaven (Maître Coq IV) kept a little more than 123 miles in advance (approximately 190 km) on his runner-up Charlie Dalin (Apivia), Saturday at midday, while the two navigators are about to cross Cape Horn.
While Cape Horn is showing its dismal silhouette on the horizon of the two leaders, the wind is only getting stronger in Drake Strait and the sea swells to the point of breaking. ▶ ️ https://t.co/iAMxfj8Pg5 # VG 2020 pic.twitter.com/O14 Y0BAYg8 – Vendée Globe (@VendeeGlobe)
January 2, 2020 The leader plans to pass off this third and final course of the Vendée Globe towards 12 h or 15 h 00 GMT, while its main competitor, Dalin, thinks of crossing it at the end of the night. Behind, Thomas Rettant (LinkedOut) and Damien Seguin (Groupe Apicil) have gleaned around ten miles since the score of 00 h 04 GMT, but are still respectively at 310 miles (636 km) and 460 miles (852 km) from Bestaven.
Ranking Saturday at 04 h :
1. Yannick Bestaven (FRA / Maître Coq IV) at 7. 20, 4 miles from the finish
2. Charlie Dalin (FRA / Apivia) at 162, 8 miles from the first
3. Thomas Rouillard (FRA / LinkedOut) 460, 0
4. Damien Seguin (FRA / Apicil Group) 508, 0
5. Benjamin Dutreux (FRA / OMIA-Water Family) 636, 4