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Tour de France à la Voile - Ready for action

by Sail-World.com on 29 Jun 2012
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The 26th Tour de France à la Voile will commence from Dunkerque, France on June 29 2012.

The race then visits Dieppe, St Cast Le Guildo, Roscoff, Talmont St Hilaire, Rosès, Gruissan and concludes in La Seyne sur Mer on July 26.

The 15 teams have all arrived in Dunkerque ready for the start.

Two days before the prologue, the sailors and shore crew were making last minute adjustments ahead of the training session.

This is the M34’s second Tour de France à la Voile. The Tour welcomes both professionals and amateurs all with different approaches and rankings but with one ambition - to make an impression and sail well without regret.

Tu Delft’s Dutch creww for this edition is a 100% student team. It’s the first Tour de France for the young skipper Pieter Van Notten.

'We are pleased with our results this year and our training. We bounded as a group and we have good technical skills.' He laughs 'We’re just lacking speed!'

Daniel Souben, the experienced skipper of the local boat Courrier Dunkerque 3 smiled. His black and white M34 is the last one to go back into the water in the Commerce basin. 'Everything is getting organised,' commented Souben, quietly, his hands in his pockets.

The pressure is more tangible for the young crew of Region De Bruxelles – Capitale/Brussels Hoofstedelijk Gewest. Together with Bertrand Pacé, they now understand what they are in for… And the pressure is building.

The skippers will meet tonight for a first briefing.

Teams of the Tour de France à la Voile
Côtes d'Armor Bretagne (FRA 14), skippered by Josselin Le Moine
BIENNE VOILE - SRS (SUI 22), skippered by Lorenz Mueller / François Kunz
TU DELFT (NED 1), skippered by Pieter Van Notten
Ville de Genève – Carrefour Prévention (SUI 19), skippered by Jérôme Clerc / Elodie Mettraux
BAE SYSTEMS (OMA 4), skippered by Cédric Pouligny
MARTINIQUE - MEDIABAT (FRA 20), skippered by Mathieu Mourès
TOULON PROVENCE MEDITERRANEE –COYCH (FRA 07), skippered by Fabien Henry / Tugdual Becquemie
COURRIER DUNKERQUE 3 (FRA 08), skippered by Daniel Souben
FASCINATING SEAS INTERNATIONAL (RUS 023), skippered by Léonid Klepikov
ILE DE France (FRA 1, skippered by Vincent Aillaud / Jimmy Pahun
BRETAGNE - CREDIT MUTUEL ELITE (FRA 18), skippered by Nicolas Troussel
ISKAREEN (GER 11), skippered by Christiane Dittmers / Sönke Bruhns
REGION DE BRUXELLES - CAPITALE / BRUSSELS HOOFDSTEDELIJK GEWEST (BEL 2), skippered by Bertrand Pacé
BRED / La NORMANDIE (FRA 15), skippered by Arthur Herreman / Baptiste Choquenet
NANTES SAINT NAZAIRE - E.LECLERC (FRA 6), skippered by Corentin Douguet

Schedule of the Tour de France à la Voile

Dunkerque: from June 29 to July 3
Dieppe: from July 5 to 8
St Cast Le Guildo: from July 10 to 11
Roscoff: from July 12 to 13
Talmont St Hilaire: from July 14 to 16
Rosès: from July 18 to 21
Gruissan: from July 22 to 23
La Seyne sur Mer: from July 24 to 26

Longest leg: Roscoff – Talmont St Hilaire: 230 miles (370 km)

Tour de France à la Voile website
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