Loïc Escoffier (Lodigroup) who crossed the finish line second has been declared winner of the Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe in the Rhum Multi division.

He crossed the line at Pointe-à-Pitre line at 19:52:23hrs UTC, some 43 mins 23 seconds after his nearest adversary Roland Jourdain (We Explore).

But Jourdain has been given a statutory time penalty of 90 minutes as he had a broken lead seal on his boat and so drops to second place.