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The 2010 Race
24-06-2010
La Solitaire du Figaro 2010 will cover 1,717 nautical miles combining stopovers both new and old. The return to Gijón and Kinsale after many years of absence means that the race reconnects with a past that left a good number of skippers with some fantastic experiences. Sandwiching the two legs outside of France, we see a combination of novelty and tradition alternating, as Le Havre will welcome La Solitaire du Figaro for the first time as a start town for the 41st edition. Whereas Brest and Cherbourg-Octeville further strengthen the ties with the great classic race of La solitaire by welcoming the fleet again.
The town of Le Havre welcomes La Solitaire du Figaro for the very first time. Accustomed to starts of important races, the harbour on the Northern Normandy shore will no doubt create a wonderful event for the classic summer race. During one week, the citizens of Le Havre will honour the single-handed skippers all around the race village with a packed entertainment programme.
On July 27th, the first leg of La Solitaire 2010 will take the Figaro Bénéteau 2 to Gijón in Spain: A marathon leg of 515 nautical miles seeing the boats sail on the English Channel and the Atlantic - with the Bay of Biscay acting to be contended with too. It has already been six years since the race had a stopover in the Spanish harbour, one that has welcomed the race 10 times since 1991. The fleet will rest for a few days in Asturias before setting off for the next 418 miles on August 3rd.
Halfway through the course, the Brittany Region and the town of Brest will welcome the intermediate leg of this edition of La Solitaire. It will be the 10th time that the town of Brest welcomes a leg of the race. The last time was in 2007, with Michel Desjoyeaux’s victory on the pontoons of the Moulin Blanc harbour. There follows a stopover in Brest, to make the most of the new infrastructures of the Moulin Blanc harbour, before setting out to sea once again on August 9th for a sprint leg of 349 miles heading to Ireland.
Kinsale will host the third leg of the 2010 edition, the 19th time to do so in the 41-year history of the race! Kinsale remains in fact the town to have welcomed the most number of legs of the race although it had not hosted a stopover since 1997. Therefore, the skippers will be very eager to discover or rediscover this charming harbour, which has so strongly marked the history of the competition.
Finally, to close the 41st edition of La Solitaire du Figaro, the fleet will return to the English Channel to cross the finish line in Cherbourg-Octeville at the end of a 435-mile leg. Well known to the skippers for having been a stopover port many times, it is in fact the 7th time, 3 of which it was finish town, that La Solitaire stops in the Normandy harbour. On August 22nd, all citizens, skippers, partners and volunteers will meet at sea for the now traditional farewell nautical parade.
On July 27th, the first leg of La Solitaire 2010 will take the Figaro Bénéteau 2 to Gijón in Spain: A marathon leg of 515 nautical miles seeing the boats sail on the English Channel and the Atlantic - with the Bay of Biscay acting to be contended with too. It has already been six years since the race had a stopover in the Spanish harbour, one that has welcomed the race 10 times since 1991. The fleet will rest for a few days in Asturias before setting off for the next 418 miles on August 3rd.
Halfway through the course, the Brittany Region and the town of Brest will welcome the intermediate leg of this edition of La Solitaire. It will be the 10th time that the town of Brest welcomes a leg of the race. The last time was in 2007, with Michel Desjoyeaux’s victory on the pontoons of the Moulin Blanc harbour. There follows a stopover in Brest, to make the most of the new infrastructures of the Moulin Blanc harbour, before setting out to sea once again on August 9th for a sprint leg of 349 miles heading to Ireland.
Kinsale will host the third leg of the 2010 edition, the 19th time to do so in the 41-year history of the race! Kinsale remains in fact the town to have welcomed the most number of legs of the race although it had not hosted a stopover since 1997. Therefore, the skippers will be very eager to discover or rediscover this charming harbour, which has so strongly marked the history of the competition.
Finally, to close the 41st edition of La Solitaire du Figaro, the fleet will return to the English Channel to cross the finish line in Cherbourg-Octeville at the end of a 435-mile leg. Well known to the skippers for having been a stopover port many times, it is in fact the 7th time, 3 of which it was finish town, that La Solitaire stops in the Normandy harbour. On August 22nd, all citizens, skippers, partners and volunteers will meet at sea for the now traditional farewell nautical parade.
