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Tour de France à la Voile 2010 - The two last races of the Tour de France à la Voile which ended today in La Seyne sur Mer did bring some changes to the overall ranking, but not to the top three. After yesterday’s cancellation nothing but a miracle could have prevent Bertrand Pace, skipper of Nouvelle Caledonie from winning a seventh title.

Nouvelle Caledonie makes a beautiful winner. Bertrand Pacé even adds some maestria to his domination, winning the very last inshore race of the Tour.

The former match race world champion had his grasp on the first place before the fleet left the English Channel. And since the fleet sails in the med in never let his major opponent sailing alone.

Well, Courrier Dunkerque skipped by Daniel Souben, succeed at least to escape the tight control today and won the first race of the day.

So the winners of the day both won a race to end one month race around France. Needless to say they were a little bit over the top. The boat ranking third is TPM Coych from the city of Hyeres which is very close to the arrival of the tour.

Even though the Fabien Henry crew were really brilliant in the Med, they didn’t succeed to overlap their handicap with the two leaders.

Now, today was a good day for the two English speaking teams of the race. First for the American boat Groovederci who sailed two steady races and secure it’s fourth place. 'It was really fun today, we love...

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