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Vendée Globe Thursday 30th January Update - Boris Herrmann finishes 12th, Sam Davies next

by Mark Jardine 30 Jan 08:31 GMT 28 January 2025

Boris Herrmann on Malizia-Seaexplorer has finished 12th in the Vendée Globe after a tricky race, including a torn mainsail in the final hours, while Sam Davies has just a few miles until the finish line in Les Sables d'Olonne.

We hear from Giancarlo Pedote, and then Andi Robertson catches up with Alan Roura, Jingkun Xu and Fabrice Amedeo.

We then look at the Tracker, Leaderboard and PredictWind routing options for Antoine Cornic in 29th as he prepares to enter the North Atlantic.

We conclude with an update Oliver Heer.

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