Category
Europe, Rennes, Wrapping
Tertiary Intractions
Bretagne, France, Guadeloupe, Japan, Lorient, Luxembourg, Malvern, Paris, Rennes, Stockholm, Tokyo, Wrapping
Primary intrication¹
- The Route du Rhum a solo transatlantic race created in 1978
- Route du Rhum started in Saint-Malo on Sunday November 2, 2014 at 2 p.m. and joined Pointe-à-Pitre in Guadeloupe
- As in 2010, the fleet is divided into five categories: Ultime, Multi50, IMOCA, Class40 and Rhum
- The distance covered is 3,542 miles (approximately 6,560 km).
- Organizer headquarters are located¹ in Lorient
Secondary
- Loïck Peyron won the race, in record time 7 days 15 hours 8 minutes 32 seconds, aboard his maxi trimaran Banque populaire VII
- In the Multi50 category, Erwan Le Roux won while François Gabart, for his last IMOCA race, set a new category record
- Alex Pella won in the Class40 category while Anne Caseneuve won the Rum category
- Rennes installed and sponsored a team from Bretagne
- Hugo Boss, Hitachi, Géant, Arcelor and Ericsson intended to Route du Rhum
Tertiary
- Géant is brand owned¹ by Euris in Paris
- Banque populaire headquarters are located in Paris
- Hitachi headquarters are located¹ in Tokyo, Japan
- ArcelorMittal headquarters are located in Luxembourg
- Ericsson headquarters located in Stockholm are owned partly by Malvern