#BREAKING Charlie Dalin first to cross line at end of #VendeeGlobe round-the-world race - organisers For #AFPSports 
#UPDATE French skipper Charlie Dalin was the first to cross the finish line in the grueling #VendeeGlobe round-the-world race - and then saw one of his chief rivals suffer a heartbreaking collision with a fishing boat For #AFPSports
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#BREAKING France's Yannick Bestaven wins Vendee Globe round-the-world race: organisers
#UPDATE France's Yannick Bestaven has won the Vendee Globe yacht race after an epic, 28,000-mile solo voyage.
Bestaven was third across the line in 80 days, three hours, 44 minutes and 46 seconds, but won because of his 10hr 15min time bonus for helping rescue a competitor
Bestaven was third across the line in 80 days, three hours, 44 minutes and 46 seconds, but won because of his 10hr 15min time bonus for helping rescue a competitor
France's Yannick Bestaven celebrates with flares after crossing the finish line in Les Sables-d'Olonne, France, to win the 2020/2021 Vendee Globe round-the-world monohull solo sailing race
VIDEO: France's Yannick Bestaven sprays champagne in celebration at winning the Vendee Globe round-the-world solo yacht race in France's Les Sables d'Olonnes after a dramatic finish when one of his rivals hit a fishing trawler in the home stretch
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