Yoann Richomme reflects on his first Vendee Globe

“It was fantastic, it was wonderful. This is a great moment and I was happy to have waited a little bit (before the finish), so that yesterday was Charlie's day and today is mine.

“I am not interested in collecting trophies - they always end up on a dusty shelf or in a container so that's not what motivates me. I'm still asking myself what does motivate and I haven't identified it.

“I want to continue to progress, to go forward and to have fun in what I'm doing. This is what pushes me to continue and the passion of course, the passion of fine tuning the boats. It's not just the regatta that pleases me, it's everything that's around the team. Building the team, creating the concept of the boat, building the boat. And also trying to push to give my best to get the best results – that's the case today and maybe another time I can do even better.”