The Route du Rhum race started at 14.00 2 November 2014. Thirty minutes into the race a rain squall with heavy rain obliterated the fleet. Many boats were heavily reefed at the start of the race in anticipation of the squally weather.

5 hours 11 minutes into the race we see how the fleet are grouped. The Tri MUSANDAM in the Ultimate class had a hairy moment early in the start of the race leading the pack when two out of her three hulls were out of the water and she was almost on the point of no return.

ULTIMATE CLASS

  • 1st SODEBO Thomas Coville 18.5 knots
  • 2nd MAXI SOLO BANQUE POPULAIRE VII Loick Peyron 20.7 knots
  • 3rd PRINCE DE BRETAGNE Lionel Lemochois 15.8 knots
  • 4th EDMOND DE ROTHSCHILD Sebastion Josse 13.8 knots
  • 5th MUSANDAM - OMAN SAIL Sidney Gavignet 18.3 knots
  • 6th PAPREC RECYCLAGE Yann Elies 16 knots
  • 7th SPINDRIFT 2 Yann Guichard 16 knots
  • 8th IDEC SPORT Francis Joyon 12.1 knots

IMOCA

  • 1st MACIF Francois Gabart 13.4 knots
  • 2nd PRB Vincent Beyou 12.8 knots
  • 3rd MAITRE COQ Jeremie Riou 13.4 knots
  • 4th SAFRAN Marc Guillemot 14.3 knots
  • 5th VOTRE NOM AUTOUR DU MONDE Bretrand De Broc 11.9 knots
  • 6th INITIATIVES COEUR Tanguy De Lamotte 12.6 knots
  • 7th BUREAU VALLEE Louis Burton 11.8 knots
  • 8th FOR HUMBLE HEROES Armel Tripon 12.7 knots
  • 9th TEAM PLASTIQUE - AFM TELETHON Alessandro Di Benedetto 13.5 knots

MULTI 50

  • 1st ACTUAL Yves Le Blevec 15.3 knots
  • 2nd FENETREA - CARDINAL Erwan Le Roux 15 knots
  • 3rd ARKEMA REGION AQUITAINE lalou Roucayrol10.4 knots
  • 4th MAITRE JACQUES Loic Fequet 9 knots
  • 5th VERS UN MONDE SANS SIDA Erik Nigon 14 knots
  • 6th RENNES METROPOLE - ST MALO AGGLOMERATIC 15.4 knots
  • 7th OLMIX Pierre Antoine 12.9 knots
  • 8th ROYAN Alain Delhumeau 15.9 knots
  • 9th NOOTKA POUR ARCHITECTS DE L'URGENCE Gilles Buekenhout 11.8 knots
  • 10th PIRA CCI FECAMP BOLBEC Etienne Hochede 14.4 knots
  • 11th DELIRIUM Herve De Carlan 9.7 knots

CLASS 40

  • 1st NC (PELLA) Alex Pella 12 knots
  • 2nd GDF SUEZ Sebastien Rogues 10.1 knots
  • 3rd OTIO - Bastide Medical Kito De Pavant 10 knots
  • 4th GUADALOUPE GRAND LARGE 1001 PILES BATTERIES Nicolas Thomas 10.1 knots
  • 5th GROUPEMENT FLO Brieuc Maisonneuve 11.1 knots
  • 6th LE CONSERVATEUR Yannick Bestaven 10.5 knots
  • 7th SOLIDAIRES EN PELOTON Thibaut Vauchel-Camas 11.5 knots
  • 8th VISIT BRUSSELS Michael Kleinjans 10.9 knots
  • 9th CREDIT MUTUEL DE BRETAGNE Nicolas Troussell 10.6 knots
  • 10th TEAMWORK40 Bertrand Delesne 10.5 knots
  • 11th FANTASTICA Giancarlo Pedote 10.5 knots
  • 12th ADVANCED ENERGIES CARAC Louis Duc 10.6
  • 13th EDRF - DES PIEDS ET DES MAINS Damien Seguin 10.1 knots
  • 14th CAP WEST Marc lepesqueex 10.7 knots
  • 15th WALLFO.COM Thierry Bouchard 10.1 knots
  • 16th CAMPAGNE 2 FRANCE Halvard Mabire 11 knots
  • 17th SWISH Phillippa Hutton Square 10 knots
  • 18th ADVANCED ENERGIES CARAC Louis Duc 9.6 knots
  • 19th GROUPEMENT FLO Brieuc Maisonneuve 10.6 knots
  • 20th EXOCET Alan Ruora 11.5 knots
  • 21st Ixblue - Brs Stephane Le Diraison 9.7 knots
  • 22nd NC (PETRES) Juliette Petres 8.4 knots
  • 23rd L'EXPRESS - TREPIA Pierre-yves Lautrou 9.4 knots
  • 24th TERANGA Emmanuel Hamez 9.8 knots
  • 25th LE SLIP FRANCAIS Vincent Lantin 8.9 knots
  • 26th MATOUBA Pierre Brasseur 8.9 knots
  • 27th PICOTY - LAC DE VASSIVIERE Jean-christophe Caso 10.6 knots
  • 28th Vandb / MS SALING TEAM Maxime Sorel 11.7 knots
  • 29th TERANGA Emmanuel Hamez 9.8 knots
  • 30th BRUNEAU Paul Higard 9.5 knots
  • 31st VIOLES 44 Rodolphe Sepho 7.4 knots
  • 32nd MARIE-GALANTE Dominique Rivard
  • 33rd REGION HAUTE NORMANDIE Jean-Edouard Criquioche 9.7 knots
  • 34th AEROCAMPUS DE RHUM AU GLOBE Arnoud Boissieres 9.1 knots
  • 35th SNCF GEODIS - NEWREST Fabrice Amedeo 7.6 knots
  • 36th KOGANE Patrice Bougard 9.3 knots
  • 37th TEAM SABROSA SR40 Mrk II 10.1 knots

RHUM

  • 1st ANEO Anne Casseneuve 12.2 knots
  • 2nd ORTIS Patrick Morvan 12.9 knots
  • 3rd VENTO Di SARDEGNA Andrea Mura 11.4 knots
  • 4th CAP AU CAP LOCATION Wilfred Clerton 11.2 knots
  • 5th KOMILFO Julien Mabit 11.8 knots
  • 6th LINEDIT'H Bob Escoffier 9.8 knots
  • 7th GUADELOUPE DYNAMIQUE Luc Coquelin 9.4 knots
  • 8th ACAPELLA Charlie Capelle 4.6 knots
  • 9th GROUPE BERTO Jean-paul Froc 9.1 knots
  • 10th KRIT'R V Benjamin Hardouin 7.7 knots
  • 11th ENSEMBLE POUR ENTREPRENDRE 9.3 knots
  • 12th TRADYSION GWADLOUP Willy Bissainte 9.5 knots
  • 13th GREY POWER Robin Knox-Johnston 13.2 knots
  • 14th RHUM SOLITAIRE RHUM SOLIDAIRE Christophe Souchaud 6.6 knots
  • 15th DEFI MARTINIQUE Daniel Ecalard 6.6 knots
  • 16th LETS GO Nils Boyer 8.7 knots
  • 17th DESTINATION CALAIS Pierre-yves Chatelin 8.9 knots
  • 18th NESTE OIL Ari Huusela 7.6 knots
  • 19th DEFI CAT Eric Jail 9.1 knots
  • 20th PARIS ASIA Ricardo Diniz 7 knots