VG2020 : Alex Thomson gives up
— 28 November 2020Unable to repair the starboard rudder, damaged on Friday evening, Alex Thomson (HUGO BOSS) decided to give up completing the 9th Vendée Globe.
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Vendée Globe D+9 : Alex Thomson king of the blackpot
— 14 November 2016Black-hulled Hugo Boss has gained and leads the Vendée Globe out of the ‘Pot au Noir’, the Doldrums by over eighty miles. The British skipper has made 40 miles on the chasing group since this morning.
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Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe 2018 : Thomson “I do not deserve to win the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe”
— 16 November 2018The British yachtsman Alex Thomson stood on board his damaged yacht, Hugo Boss, moored to the quayside in Guadeloupe this morning and told the assembled media that he did not deserve to win the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe.
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Thomson claims second in historic Vendée Globe race
— 20 January 2017British yachtsman Alex Thomson today took the runner-up spot in the Vendée Globe to become the solo round-the-world race’s second-fastest sailor ever.
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VG2020 : lesson in courage and resilience
— 5 December 2020Samantha Davies (Initiatives-Cœur) formalized her retirement this Saturday morning. She reached the port of Cape Town, like Alex Thomson (HUGO BOSS) the day before and Sébastien Simon (ARKÉA-PAPREC) in the middle of the afternoon.
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VG2020 : little worries and big hassles
— 22 November 2020Thunderclap on the Vendée Globe fleet: Alex Thomson faces major structural problems on his HUGO BOSS. The Briton, yesterday in 2nd position, 40 miles in the transom of Thomas Ruyant, decelerated considerably, letting his opponents slip away to repair a longitudinal beam at the front of the boat, and is already 200 miles behind.
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Vendée Globe : Alex Thomson (Hugo Boss) third place
— 30 January 2013Alex Thomson crossed the Vendée Globe finish line at 07 hours 25 minutes 43 seconds (GMT) after 80 days 19 hours 23 minutes 43 seconds at sea. He finishes 2 days 18 hours and 7 minutes behind François Gabart.
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Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe 2018 : Sunshine and shorts time as Thomson looks to capitalize
— 9 November 2018After five days of tough racing in the 2018 Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe solo transatlantic race from Saint Malo to Pointe-à-Pitre in the French Caribbean, Britain’s Alex Thomson is in good spirits and looking to put the hammer down on Hugo Boss.
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Vendée Globe : Thomson eyes final assault; Dick fourth in the north
— 12 January 2017British skipper Alex Thomson today said his last chance of winning the 2016-17 Vendée Globe lies with a ridge of high pressure close to the finish line.
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VG2020 : Buffet stops and terminus
— 4 December 2020Alex Thomson arrived in Cape Town in the morning. Sébastien Simon is expected to moor there between Saturday and Sunday. For the two men, the South African port is the last stop in this 9th Vendée Globe. They are only 29 sailors in the race.
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