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It was obvious for anyone following this race that for Sébastien Destremau, the solo round the world voyage was anything but easy

Sébastien Destremau (TechnoFirst–faceOcean) crossed the Vendée Globe finish line off Les Sables d'Olonne in eighteenth place at 00hrs 40min et 18 sec UTC on saturday 11th March 2017 after 124 days, 12 hours, 38 minutes and 18 seconds of racing since the start on 6th November

Sébastien Destremau to cross the line this evening and to enter the harbour tomorrow afternoon, but he is not expected to finish before 1800hrs UTC

Pieter Heerema brought his No Way Back across the finish line of the Vendée Globe at 2126hrs UTC this evening (Thursday 2nd March) to finish in seventeenth place

The first Dutchman to compete in the Vendée Globe is about to succeed in the challenge of completing the non-stop solo round the world race aboard a new generation IMOCA

In the 1400hrs UTC ranking this afternoon, the Dutch skipper, Pieter Heerema only had 280 miles left to sail before crossing the finish line off Les Sables d'Olonne

After finishing 16th in the Vendee Globe Conrad Colman was greeted by a hero's welcome into Les Sables d'Olone

New Zealander Conrad Colman wrote a new chapter in the storied history of the Vendée Globe

French skipper Romain Attanasio, sailing Famille Mary-Etamine du Lys, took 15th place in the Vendée Globe non stop solo race around the world this morning

Spanish solo ocean racer Didac Costa crossed the finish line of the Vendée Globe non stop solo round the world race at 07:52hrs UTC this Thursday morning

In the 24 hours to 14:00hrs this Wednesday afternoon Colman had made just 61.4 nautical miles, a crawling average of 2.4kts as he fights northwards in the SW of the Bay of Biscay

American skipper Rich Wilson crossed the finish line of the Vendée Globe solo round the world race off Les Sables d'Olonne on the west coast of France

Conrad Colman is fighting an incredible battle to finish the Vendée Globe after the mast of his Foresight Natural Energy crashed down on the night of Friday 10th February

The 23 year old Swiss sailor, Alan Roura, crossed the finish line of the Vendée Globe this Monday morning at 08:12hrs UTC to take 12th place

Swiss skipper Alan Roura is expected to cross the finish line off Les Sables d'Olonne Monday morning between 0800hrs and midday UTC in 12th position

Fabrice Amedeo 11th place in the Vendée Globe has crossed the finish line off Les Sables d'Olonne at 09 hrs 03 m UTC this morning Saturday 18th February

After a slow final night at sea in very light airs, Arnaud Boissières crossed the Vendée Globe finish line at 0826hrs UTC this Friday morning to take 10th place

Vigilance is required all the way to the finish line of the Vendée Globe, Solo skippers often talk of the last miles being the most difficult and the most stressful

Conrad Colman has been making modest but positive progress since he managed to set sail under his jury rig very early this Wednesday morning

The solo skipper of La Mie Câline will equal the record of Armel Le Cléac'h as the only two skippers to have finished three back to back Vendée Globe races

Huge crowds braved the Monday evening rain and wind to show their appreciation for Eric Bellion's Vendée Globe

Bellion took 99 days 4 hrs 56 mins for his actual 28,048 miles route, averaging 11.78 kts. He is the first ‘rookie' solo skipper, someone who had never before started the Vendée Globe.

The Vendée Globe, dealt a brutal blow to New Zealand solo skipper Conrad Colman when his Foresight Natural Energy was dismasted last night

At 2300 French time this Friday the 10th February, Conrad Colman called his team to inform them that Imoca Foresight Natural Energy dismasted

Eric Bellion, who stands to finish as the first rookie in this eighth edition of the Vendée Globe faces one fierce final Friday, as he fights with the big

Hungarian solo skipper Nandor Fa brought his Spirit of Hungary across the finish line of the Vendée Globe this morning to earn an excellent eighth place overall

The final night of Nandor Fa's Vendée Globe will be one to savour for the Hungarian skipper as he closes out his eighth place

For the seven Vendée Globe skippers racing now in the Northern Hemisphere, the draw of home, of being across the finish line back on solid, dry land, grows stronger with every mile sailed

Nandor Fa has been enduring some of the toughest conditions of his Vendée Globe just 1300 miles and some four days before the finish line

The Hungarian solo skipper Nandor Fa sails into the final weekend of his Vendée Globe with his mood lifted after what he admits have been some of the darkest days