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Louis Burton Seizes Vendee Globe Race lead with 900 Miles To Finish
24th January 2021
Louis Burton seized the race lead from Charlie Dalin in the late morning today.
Less than 1000 nautical miles to the finish of the ninth edition of the Vendée Globe in Les Sables d’Olonne and it is still too close to call, not least as the Saint Malo maverick Louis Burton seized the race lead from Charlie Dalin in the late morning today.
Burton, 35, who finished seventh on the last edition of the Vendée Globe was computed to have a lead of just over five nautical miles from the Apvia skipper Dalin. As the leaders split gybes today, Yannick Bestaven (Maître CoQ IV) in fifth was first to opt for a northerly route, seeking to sail up to hook into the stronger winds of a low-pressure system. He will sail more miles but could come in to Les Sables d’Olonne faster from the north.