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Loïck Peyron

Gitana Eighty

Born on 1st December 1959 in Nantes (Pays de la Loire, France)
Lives in Le Pouliguen (Pays de la Loire, France)
IMOCA Skipper since 2007

www.gitana-team.com


  Loïck Peyron is undoubtedly the most emblematic skipper of the “French School” when it comes to offshore racing, but his humbling track record does not suffice to define this peerless character. Gifted with an amazing 6th sense at sea, the La Baule-based skipper is also a fantastic communicator and a great technician, having been one of the most important driving forces behind the evolution of modern multihulls.


And if today the man is at the helm of the IMOCA 60 Gitana Eighty, whose name pays tribute to the late Baron Edmond de Rothschild, who would have been 80 in 2007, Loïck is mostly known for his CV which earned him the nickname of “Mr multihull”. Five titles of ORMA world champion, four victories on the Round Europe Race – but most importantly two wins on the Europe 1 Star (ancestor of The Artemis Transat), which place him directly alongside Eric Tabarly himself, the two men being the only ones to have triumphed twice on this original transat.


Skipper and Team Manager of Gitana, Loïck has also clocked up an impressive amount of monohull miles, crossing the Atlantic singlehanded for the first time at the age of 18 during the Mini Transat, and completing a the first ever Vendée Globe, during which he performed a daring rescue of Philippe Poupon. At ease whatever the type of boat, he is an intuitive sailor, whose ability to sail in harmony with his machine and the elements has always impressed his rivals. His last feat is a most recent one, since he brilliantly won last winter’s Transat BtoB, raced between Brazil and Brittany.


Results

- 2008: Record SNSM: 1st onboard Gitana Eighty, The Artemis Transat: 1st onboard Gitana Eighty, Spi Ouest France: 1st onboard Open 7.50 Gitana Team, 1st Grand Prix de Douarnenez onboard Gitana Eighty, 1st Record SNSM onboard Gitana Eighty
- 2007: Transat Ecover BtoB: 1st onboard Gitana Eighty
- 2005: Transat Jacques Vabre: 1st onboard Virbac-Paprec as Jean-Pierre Dick's co-skipper
- 2003: Transat Jacques Vabre: 2nd onboard Belgacom with Jean-Luc Nélias
- 2001: Transat Jacques Vabre: 3rd onboard Fujifilm, The Race: 2nd onboard Innovations Explorer
- 1999: Transat Jacques Vabre: 1st onboard Fujicolor II, Course de l'Europe: 1st onboard Fujicolor II
- 1998: Route du Rhum: 5th onboard Fujicolor II, Course de Phares: 1st onboard Fujicolor II
- 1997: Transat Jacques Vabre: 3rd onboard Fujicolor II, Course de l'Europe: 1st onboard Fujicolor II
- 1996: Transat Québec-Saint-Malo: 1st onboard Fujicolor II, Ostar: 1st onboard Fujicolor II
- 1995: Course de l'Europe: 1er onboard Fujicolor II
- 1994: Twostar: 2ème onboard Fujicolor II
- 1993: Transat Jacques Vabre: 3rd monohull onboard Fujicolor III, Course de l'Europe: 1st onboard Fujicolor II
- 1992: Ostar: 1st onboard Fujicolor II
- 1991: Vendée Globe: 2nd onboard Lada Poch III
- 1989: Lorient Saint Bathélemy Lorient: 1st onboard Lada Poch III
- 1988: Transat Québec-Saint-Malo: 2nd onboard Lada Poch II, Ostar: 3rd onboard Lada Poch II
- 1987: La Baule-Dakar: 1st onboard Lada Poch II, GP de Boulogne (Formule 40): 4th onboard Lada Poch
- 1986: Route du Rhum: 5th onboard Lada Poch I, Solitaire du Figaro: 4th onboard Lada Poch
- 1985: Course de l'Europe: 1st onboard Lada Poch I (Class III)
- 1984: Transat Québec-Saint-Malo: 5th with Mike Birch onboard Formule TAG
- 1983: La Baule-Dakar: 4th onboard Lada Poch I, Lorient — Les Bermudes — Lorient: 5th onboard Transat TAG Québec
- 1982: Route du Rhum: 17th onboard La Baule-Teletota, La Rochelle-La Nouvelle-Orleans: 9th with Bruno Peyron onboard Jaz
- 1981: La Baule-Dakar: 21st onboard Acoustique HRC
- 1979: Mini Transat: 26th onboard Sogeport-Alcor

 

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