Overview
- Tom Laperche crossed the line in Pointe-à-Pitre on Saturday night to win the 13th Route du Rhum in an official time of 6 days, 13 hours, 27 minutes and 40 seconds.
- Race direction awarded Laperche a one-hour-two-minute time bonification for temporarily diverting to assist Armel Le Cléac'h, who capsized and was later rescued in good health by a Panamanian cargo ship.
- Laperche led the Ultim fleet for almost the entire race and finished with a large margin, with Thomas Coville and Louis Burton expected to complete the Ultim podium.
- Shore-based routing and weather management were decisive as Laperche negotiated a tropical depression, variable Caribbean winds, and an absence of steady trade winds to manage speed and equipment risk.
- The Imoca fleet, led by Corentin Horeau, and the Ocean Fiftys, led by Basile Bourgnon, are still approaching Guadeloupe with arrivals expected in the days after the Ultim finish.