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Elusive 2 wins the 41st Rolex Middle Sea Race

by Rolex Middle Sea Race 22 Oct 2020 08:12 PDT 22 October 2020
Elusive 2 wins the 41st Rolex Middle Sea Race © Rolex / Kurt Arrig

At 15:00 CEST on Thursday, 22 October, 2020, the winner of the 41st edition of the Rolex Middle Sea Race was announced as the Maltese First 45 Elusive 2, skippered by Aaron, Christoph and Maya Podesta.

None of the remaining yachts at sea are able to better their corrected time.

Elusive 2 becomes the first boat to win back to back races since Nita IV, which won three times between 1978 and 1980.

Full report to follow.

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