Leader Armel le Cleac’h just passed the most extremely point of the the second ice security gate and dived south finding the winds of his rivals.
Behind him his close rivals are already further south and sailing two knots faster in slightly stronger breeze. Tiredness is evident among the frontrunners as the chill of the Southern Ocean bites and the possibility of encountering ice increases.
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