Decisive win for Laurent and Jacq

Clear victors at conclusion of first leg of the Figaro class' two handed Transat AG2R

The winners from left to right: second place Ronan Cointo and Ronan Guerin, third placed J-C Caso and Daniel Vallancien and the winners Herve Laurent and Rodolph Jacq

The first Beneteau 30ft one designs are now into Madeira at the conclusion of the first leg of the Figaro class' two handed Transat AG2R.

Former Vendee Globe sailor Herve Laurent and co-skipper Rodolphe Jacq on board Colbert Orco put in a stunning performance in this high competitive class to win the leg by a 10 hours 34 minute margin, a feat they achieved by an interesting tactical option where after rounding Cape Finistere they hugged the coast of Portugal before heading out into the Atlantic.

The second leg to St Barts starts on Thursday morning (72 hours after the arrival of the first boat).

1	COLBERT ORCO	Hervé LAURENT Rodolphe JACQ	22/04/02 06:23:53	0
2	ESCAL' ATLANTIC SAINT - NAZAIRE	Ronan GUERIN Ronan COINTO	22/04/2002 17:04:07	0j 10:34:14
3	AFFICHES PARISIENNES	Jean-Christophe CASO Daniel VALLANCIEN	22/04/2002 17:59:20	0j 11:29:20
4	MARSEILLE ENTREPRISES	Jean-Paul MOUREN Alexandre TOULORGE	22/02/2002 19:59:19	0j et 13:29:26
5	GAME BOY ADVANCE	Bruno JOURDREN Jérémie BEYOU	22/04/2002 22:07:20	0j 15:37:27
6	JEAN FLOC'H	Eric DROUGLAZET Vincent RIOU	23/04/2002 01:02:45	0j 18:32:52
7	PETIT NAVIRE LE BON GOUT DU LARGE	Thierry CHABAGNY Corentin DOUGUET	23/04/2002 01:24:40	0j 18:54:47
8	DEPARTEMENT DE L'AISNE	Jeanne GREGOIRE Arnaud BOISSIERES	23/04/2002 02:37:20	0j 20:07:27
9	ST BARTH ASSURANCES	Markku HÄRMÄLÄ Richard LEDEE	23/04/2002 04:51:18	0j 22:21:25
10	HAPPYCALOPSE	Philippe CARDIS Alexandre SCHNEITER	23/04/2002 04:53:53	0j 22:24:00
11	THALES - ARMOR LUX	Erwan TABARLY Philippe VICARIOT	23/04/2002 05:25:00	0j 22:55:07
12	CERCLE VERT	Gildas MORVAN Charles CAUDRELIER -BENAC	23/04/2002 8:42:20	1j 02:12:27
13	SAIL FAST - MARFRET - Evénements Nautiques	Denis LEMAITRE Yann GREGOIRE	23/04/2002 8:42:57	1j 02:13:04