Overview
- Tom Laperche won the 13th Route du Rhum and broke the overall race record by crossing the line in 6 days, 13 hours, 27 minutes and 40 seconds on Sunday, November 8.
- Thomas Coville finished second in the Ultim class despite losing both foils and other heavy damage, and Louis Burton completed the podium in third.
- Class40 skipper Benoît Sineau activated his EPIRB near the Azores on November 7 and was located and rescued hours later by Jules Bonnier after race organisers and MRCCs alerted nearby vessels.
- The edition saw unusually high attrition with multiple capsizes, collisions, serious injuries and several retirements that forced coordinated responses from commercial ships, other competitors and maritime rescue centres.
- Mechanical failures of foils, rudders and other critical components repeatedly decided results this year and highlighted the sport’s high technical costs and the strain on safety systems during solo high‑speed ocean racing.