Transat Cafe L'Or Finish Video
by Mark Jardine 7 Nov 06:57 PST
7 November 2025
Tom Laperche and Franck Cammas on SVR Lazartigue win the Ultim division of the Transat Café L'OR 2025 © Jean-Marie Liot / Alea
It was on Wednesday 5th November at 22:13:58 local time, which was 03:13:58 on Thursday in Central European Time, that Tom Laperche and Franck Cammas crossed the ULTIM finish line in Fort-de-France, Martinique to become the first team to finish the 17th edition of the TRANSAT CAFÉ L'OR.
On a moody Caribbean night, they won the ULTIM division in a time of 10 days, 13 hours, 3 minutes, and 58 seconds. After finishing twice in succession, in 2021 and 2023, this is Laperche's first big Tranatlantic race Ultim win, while the legendary Cammas has now won the race five times.
In one of the closest battles in the recent history of the race, the team of Baptiste Hulin and Thomas Rouxel on Viabilis Oceans grabbed victory in the OCEAN FIFTY division on Thursday afternoon, crossing the finish line off Fort-de-France, Martinique at 15:54 hours local time Martinique. Completing the race in 12 days 5 hours 24 minutes 30 seconds. In total they raced 5,709 nautical miles at an average speed of 19.46 knots.
With 350 miles to the finish the team were more than 20 miles behind the leaders Pierre Quiroga and Gaston Morvan on Wewise, but they managed to claw their way past them in the closing stages.
Jérémie Beyou and Morgan Lagravière on Charal 2 took victory in the IMOCA class when they crossed the finish line in Martinque on Friday morning. Their elapsed time for the course was 11 days 19 hours 45 minutes and 18 seconds.
It is Beyou's first major ocean race win since 2020 whilst co-skipper Lagravière has won the IMOCA race for a record third successive edition.