LEG 1
ROUEN - GIJÓN

Here is the route of the 1st stage of La Solitaire du Figaro Paprec. It was developed by the race organizer OC SPORT PEN DUICK and the race management.

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After spending a week in Rouen, which will host La Solitaire du Figaro Paprec for the first time in the history of the race, the competitors will ferry down the Seine to Le Havre on Friday August 23. The latter will wait there until the liberating cannon fire, which will be given in the Bay of Seine on August 25.

The solo sailors will then quickly get to the heart of the matter, with a coastal course and the start of the stage which will require constant vigilance. “The first stage will very quickly focus on the offshore with a somewhat complicated start to the route. The exit from the Bay of Seine and the passage through the Pointe de La Hague will inevitably be a little technical because of the management of the currents and the passage of the Raz de Barfleur. You will also have to deal with the fairly heavy traffic in the Channel. The time will then come for the first tactical choices to seek out the Wolf Rock lighthouse. After the mark located in the west of English Cornwall, they will continue on a very offshore section with a long stretch of around 400 miles to go to Gijón, which will host the race for the 14th time. Competitors will cross the Bay of Biscay where they could encounter a small depression or have a ridge of high pressure to cross.

The arrival in Gijón, where the competitors are expected on August 29, could be quite calm due to the presence of the Cantabrian Mountains. »