Tour de France à la voile

Tour de France à la voile is an annual yachting race around the coast of France. Inaugurated in 1978, it links the English Channel to the French Riviera and is held in July.

Famous skippers have taken part in the race, including Loïck Peyron and the four time America's Cup winner Russell Coutts. The race is, however, not reserved for professionals, and it also attracts amateurs and students thanks to three distinct rankings.

The race visits around ten harbours along the French coast. It includes one or two day coastal stages - that vary from year to year - as well as intensive regattas at the various ports. The boats are transported by road (trucks) midway through the race from stages held in the Atlantic Ocean to those in the Mediterranean Sea.

Classes used

Each team sails the same type of boat, so that it is a one design competition. Different boats have been used since the creation of the race, as has the balance of the offshore and inshore racing elements. Classes used have been:

Years	Boat type
1978	Écume de mer
1979–1981	First 30
1982–1983	Rush 31
1984–1991	Selection 37
1992–1998	JOD 35
1999–2010	Mumm 30/Farr 30
2011–2014	M34
2015–	Diam 24

List of previous winners

Year	Boat Type	Boat Name	Skipper
1978	Écume de mer	Marseille	François Paillou
1979	First 30	Dunkerque	Joé Setten
1980		Dunkerque	Damien Savatier
1981		Dunkerque	Damien Savatier
1982	Rush 31	Marseille	Jean-Paul Mouren
1983		Lanvéoc-Navale	Benoît Caignaert
1984	Selection 37	Europe	Philippe Hanin et Dominique d’Andrimont
1985		Côtes du Nord	Yannick Dupetit
1986		Le Havre	Benoît Caignaert
1987		Sète-Languedoc-Roussillon	Pierre Mas et Bertrand Pacé
1988		Sète-Languedoc-Roussillon	Pierre Mas et Bertrand Pacé
1989		Ronic Saône-et-Loire	Richard Sautieux
1990		Wasquehal	Hans Bousholte et Philippe Delhumeau
1991		La Ciotat	Laurent Delage
1992	JOD 35	Sodifac-Roubaix	Jimmy Pahun et Jean-Pierre Dick
1993		Saint-Quentin-en Yvelines	Thierry Péponnet
1994		Saint-Pierre et Miquelon	Alain Fédensieu
1995		Baume & Mercier – Force EDC-Paris	Bernard Mallaret et Vincent Portugal
1996		Edouard Leclerc – Région SCASO	Vincent Fertin
1997		CSC - Sun Microsystems	Bertrand Pacé et Philippe Guigné
1998		Nantes & Saint-Nazaire - Bouygues Telecom	Luc Pillot
1999	Farr 30	Kateie	Luc Dewulf
2000		Barlo Plastics	Adrian Stead
2001		Virbac - St Raphaël - Générali	Jean-Pierre Dick
2002		Nantes St Nazaire	Pierre-Loïc Bethet
2003		CapSport	Xavier Lecœur et Bernard Mallaret
2004		Bouygues Telecom	Pierre Loïc Berthet
2005		Toulon Provence Méditerranée COYCHyères	Fabien Henry
2006		Région Île de France	Jean-Pierre Nicol
2007		Toulon Provence Méditerranée COYCHyères	Fabien Henry
2008		Courrier Dunkerque	Daniel Souben
2009		Courrier Dunkerque	Daniel Souben
2010		Nouvelle-Calédonie	Bertrand Pacé et Vincent Portugal
2011	M34	Sud de France/Languedoc-Roussillon	Bertrand Pacé et Vincent Portugal
2012		Toulon Provence Méditerranée COYCHyères	Fabien Henry
2013		Groupama 34	Franck Cammas
2014		Courrier Dunkerque 3	Daniel Souben Erwan Le Roux
2015	Diam 24	Spindrift	Thierry Douillard Xavier Revil François Morvan Matthieu Vandame
2016		Lorina Limonade - Golfe du Morbihan	Matthieu Salomon Bruno Mouriac Kevin Pepoonnet Quentin Ponroy Quentin Delapierre
2017		Fondation FDJ - Des pieds et des mains	Benjamin Amiot Damien Iehl Francois Morvan Damien Seguin
2018		Lorina Limonade - Golfe du Morbihan	Bruno Mourniac Tim Mourniac Quentin Delapierre Corentin Horeau
2019		Team Beijaflore	Laurent Berjon Arnaud Jarlegan Pierre Mas Julien Villion Valentin Bellet Valentin Sipan Guillaume Pirouelle
2020		Cancelled due to COVID-19
2021		Cancelled due to COVID-19

External links

• Official website