The twelfth edition of the sailing race was to be launched Sunday from Saint-Malo.
Le Monde with AFP
Spectators and skippers will have to wait a little longer. The organizers of the Route du Rhum announced, Saturday November 5, that the departure of the famous race was postponed to “Tuesday or Wednesday” due to the weather.
“A decision confirmed in particular by the passage of a very violent depression, accompanied by a very strong sea barring the road from the first night and leaving no escape to the sailors to leave the English Channel”, explains the organization In a press release.
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