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Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe
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A tough upwind obstacle course awaits the 38 IMOCA skippers in the opening stages of Route du Rhum
Just like the Vendée Globe, the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe sets sail very late in the European season, when the steady march of north Atlantic depressions turns the first few days of the race into a huge upwind challenge.