In the third of a series of preview articles in the lead-up to the Vendée Globe start on November 8, Ed Gorman talks to three-time Vendée Globe veteran Loïck Peyron about the race ahead.
•••| 1st |   | 236 pts | ||
| 2nd |   | 217 pts | ||
| 3rd |  | 212 pts | ||
| 4 |  | Samantha DAVIES
INITIATIVES-CŒUR | INITIATIVES-CŒUR | 208 pts |
| 5 | | Paul MEILHAT | 206 pts | |
| 6 | | Kevin ESCOFFIER
PRB | PRB | 195 pts |
| 7 | | Yann ELIES | 192 pts | |
| 7 | | Charlie DALIN
APIVIA | APIVIA | 192 pts |
| 9 | | Yannick BESTAVEN
MAITRE COQ IV | MAITRE COQ IV | 187 pts |
| 10 | | Thomas RUYANT
LINKEDOUT | LINKEDOUT | 180 pts |
| 11 | | Vincent RIOU | 157 pts | |
| 12 | | Clarisse CRÉMER
BANQUE POPULAIRE X | BANQUE POPULAIRE X | 150 pts |
| 13 | | Arnaud BOISSIÈRES
LA MIE CÂLINE - ARTISANS ARTIPÔLE | LA MIE CÂLINE - ARTISANS ARTIPÔLE | 149 pts |
| 14 | | Damien SEGUIN
GROUPE APICIL | GROUPE APICIL | 147 pts |
| 15 |  | Giancarlo PEDOTE
PRYSMIAN GROUP | PRYSMIAN GROUP | 144 pts |
| 16 | | Nicolas LUNVEN | 131 pts | |
| 17 | | Christopher PRATT | 128 pts | |
| 18 | | Stéphane LE DIRAISON
TIME FOR OCEANS | TIME FOR OCEANS | 127 pts |
| 18 | | Sébastien SIMON
ARKÉA PAPREC | ARKÉA PAPREC | 127 pts |
| 20 | | Maxime SOREL
V AND B - MAYENNE | V AND B - MAYENNE | 123 pts |
| 21 | | Armel LE CLEAC'H | 114 pts | |
| 21 | | Manuel COUSIN
GROUPE SÉTIN | GROUPE SÉTIN | 114 pts |
| 23 |  | Alan ROURA
LA FABRIQUE | LA FABRIQUE | 111 pts |
| 23 | | Eric PERON | 111 pts | |
| 25 | | Louis BURTON
BUREAU VALLÉE 2 | BUREAU VALLÉE 2 | 105 pts |
| 26 | | Pascal BIDEGORRY | 100 pts | |
| 26 |  | Charlie ENRIGHT
11TH HOUR RACING | 11TH HOUR RACING | 100 pts |
| 28 | | Davy BEAUDART | 97 pts | |
| 29 | | Antoine KOCH | 96 pts | |
| 30 | | Romain ATTANASIO
PURE - BEST WESTERN® | PURE - BEST WESTERN® | 92 pts |
| 31 | | Roland JOURDAIN | 91 pts | |
| 32 | | Will HARRIS | 86 pts | |
| 33 | | Alex THOMSON
HUGO BOSS | HUGO BOSS | 80 pts |
| 34 | | Jean LE CAM
YES WE CAM ! | YES WE CAM ! | 68 pts |
| 34 | | Nicolas TROUSSEL
CORUM L'EPARGNE | CORUM L'EPARGNE | 68 pts |
| 36 | | Yoann RICHOMME | 65 pts | |
| 37 | | Anthony MARCHAND | 64 pts | |
| 38 |  | Ari HUUSELA
STARK | STARK | 60 pts |
| 38 | | Isabelle JOSCHKE
MACSF | MACSF | 60 pts |
| 38 | | Miranda MERRON
CAMPAGNE DE FRANCE | CAMPAGNE DE FRANCE | 60 pts |
| 38 | | Sébastien MARSSET | 60 pts | |
| 42 | | Guillaume LE BREC | 56 pts | |
| 42 | | Erik NIGON
COMPAGNIE DU LIT / JILITI | COMPAGNIE DU LIT / JILITI | 56 pts |
| 44 | | Alexia BARRIER
TSE - 4MYPLANET | TSE - 4MYPLANET | 54 pts |
| 45 | | François GUIFFANT | 49 pts | |
| 46 | | Xavier MACAIRE | 48 pts | |
| 47 | | Sébastien AUDIGANE | 47 pts | |
| 48 | | Benjamin DUTREUX
OMIA - WATER FAMILY | OMIA - WATER FAMILY | 44 pts |
| 48 | | Thomas CARDRIN | 44 pts | |
| 48 |  | Kojiro SHIRAISHI
DMG MORI GLOBAL ONE | DMG MORI GLOBAL ONE | 44 pts |
| 51 | | Gildas MORVAN | 42 pts | |
| 52 | | Clément GIRAUD
L'ENVOL | L'ENVOL | 40 pts |
| 53 | | Pip HARE
MEDALLIA | MEDALLIA | 38 pts |
| 54 | | Halvard MABIRE | 34 pts | |
| 55 |  | Joan MULLOY | 32 pts | |
| 56 |  | Endt YSBRAND | 24 pts | |
| 57 | | Gwénolé GAHINET | 18 pts | |
| 58 | | Michael FERGUSON | 16 pts | |
| 58 | | Alain GAUTIER | 16 pts | |
| 60 | | Tolga Ekrem PAMIR | 12 pts | |
| 61 | | Stan MASLARD | 10 pts | |
| 62 |  | Paul LARSEN | 8 pts | |
| 63 | | Hiroshi KITADA | 7 pts | |
| 64 |  | Pierre CASIRAGHI | 6 pts | |
| 65 |  |
Denis VAN WEYNBERGH
EYESEA.BE | EYESEA.BE | 5 pts |
| 66 | | Armel TRIPON | 4 pts | |
| 66 | | Arthur HUBERT | 4 pts | |
| 66 | | Richard TOLKIEN | 4 pts | |
| 66 |  | Rune AASBERG | 4 pts | |
| 66 | | Morgan LAGRAVIERE | 4 pts | |
| 66 | | Neal MCDONALD | 4 pts | |
| 72 | | Lionel REGNIER | 3 pts | |
| 73 | | Pierre QUIROGA | 2 pts | |
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