
The 29-year-old sailor wins aboard SVR Lazartigue in 6 days, 13 hours 27 minutes and 40 seconds
Tom Laperche won the Route du Rhum aboard SVR Lazartigue, setting a new record for the event in 6 days, 13 hours 27 minutes and 40 seconds, beating Charles Caudrelier's time by more than 6 hours.
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Tom Laperche, aged 29, won the Route du Rhum aboard SVR Lazartigue, joining the list alongside Michel Desjoyeaux, Loïc Peyron, Franck Cammas, Charles Caudrelier and Florence Arthaud. He set a new record for the event in 6 days, 13 hours 27 minutes and 40 seconds, beating Charles Caudrelier's reference time of 6 hours, 19 minutes and 45 seconds.
He is the thirteenth star in the Route du Rhum list. Sitting at the table of the greatest, alongside Michel Desjoyeaux, Loïc Peyron, Franck Cammas, Charles Caudrelier, Florence Arthaud and a few others. During the night from Saturday to Sunday, Tom Laperche won the Route du Rhum, queen of transatlantic races, with a masterful hand, at the helm of his majestic giant of the seas SVR Lazartigue. The icing on this beautiful cake is that the sailor set a new record for the event in 6 days, 13 hours 27 minutes and 40 seconds. He erased from the shelves Charles Caudrelier's reference time four years ago for 6 hours, 19 minutes and 45 seconds. Phenomenal.
A high-speed ascent
When he raised his arms to the sky in the tropical night at 3:32 a.m. (Paris time) before falling into the arms of his team on board, the 29-year-old sailor perhaps remembered the path taken at high speed to get there. “The Route du rhum, I have that deep inside me, I have dreamed of it since I was little,” he confided…
Tom Laperche won the Route du Rhum in Pointe-à-Pitre on Saturday evening aboard the SVR Lazartigue, in his first participation, by establishing a new record of 6 days 13 hours and 27 minutes, beating Charles Caudrelier's time by around 6 hours in 2022.

Tom Laperche, winner at the age of 29 of the 13th edition of the Route du Rhum, was given a hero's welcome on Saturday evening at the foot of the ACTe Memorial in Pointe-à-Pitre. A party with concerts and entertainment celebrated the skipper, while the organization had banned following boats at sea at night, making the arrival more sober.

Tom Laperche wins the 13th edition of the Route du Rhum solo in 6 days, 13 hours 27 minutes 40 seconds, establishing a new record for crossing the Atlantic. The 29-year-old Breton, winner from start to finish, erases Charles Caudrelier from the shelves for more than 6 hours.
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