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

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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

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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
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