Vincent Riou wins 2005 Vendée Globe in record time

87 days 10 hours 47 min 55 sec

• He broke the previous record by over 5 days
• started 7 November 2004 at 12.02 GMT from Les Sables d’Olonne, France
• finished 2 February 2005 at 22hr 49m 55s
• total race time: 87 days 10 hours 47 min 55 sec
• total distance: 23,680 miles
• average speed: 11,28 knots ; 22 km per hour
• race start and finish at Les Sables d'Olonne, France
• 20 boats started the 2004 / 2005 Vendée Globe; 13 finished

FINAL RESULT, 2004 / 2005 Vendée Globe

5th Vendée Globe

• 1 VINCENT RIOU, Open 60 foot monohull "PRB"
  87 days 10 hours 47 min 55 sec
• 2 Jean Le Cam, Open 60 footer "Bonduelle"
  87 days 17 hours 20 min 8 sec
• 3 Mike Golding, 60 foot monohull "Ecover"; lost her keel
  88 days 15 hours 15 min 13 sec
• 4 Dominique Wavre, "Temenos"
• 5 Sébastien Josse, "VMI"
• 6 Jean-Pierre Dick, "Virbac-Paprec"
• 7 Conrad Humphreys, "Hellomoto"
• 8 Joé Seeten, "Arcelor Dunkerque"
• 9 Bruce Schwab, "Ocean Planet"
• 10 Benoît Parnaudeau, "Max Havelaar / Best Western"
• 11 Anne Liardet, "ROXY"
• 12 Raphaël Dinelli, "AKENA Vérandas"
• 13 Karen Leibovici, "Benefic"

RETIREMENTS:

• Nick Moloney* (Skandia) - keel
• Patrice Carpentier (VM Matériaux) - boom
• Marc Thiercelin (ProForm)
• Roland Jourdain (Sill et Veolia) - keel
• Norbert Sedlacek (Brother) - keel
• Alex Thompson (Hugo Boss)
• Hervé Laurent (UUDS) - rudder
• *the first Australian sailor to race in Vendée Globe

WINNERS Vendée Globe

• 2004 / 2005 : VINCENT RIOU, PRB
  87 days 10 hours 47 min 55 sec
• 2000 / 2001 : Michel Desjoyeaux, PRB
  93 days 3 hours 57 min 32 sec
• OTHER WINNERS:
  Lmazou, Gautier, Augin