# 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

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

| Year | Boat Type | Boat Name | Skipper |
| 1978 | Écume de mer | Marseille | François Paillou |
| 1979 | First 30 | Dunkerque | Joé Setten |
| 1980 | First 30 | Dunkerque | Damien Savatier |
| 1981 | First 30 | Dunkerque | Damien Savatier |
| 1982 | Rush 31 | Marseille | Jean-Paul Mouren |
| 1983 | Rush 31 | Lanvéoc-Navale | Benoît Caignaert |
| 1984 | Selection 37 | Europe | Philippe Hanin et Dominique d’Andrimont |
| 1985 | Selection 37 | Côtes du Nord | Yannick Dupetit |
| 1986 | Selection 37 | Le Havre | Benoît Caignaert |
| 1987 | Selection 37 | Sète-Languedoc-Roussillon | Pierre Mas et Bertrand Pacé |
| 1988 | Selection 37 | Sète-Languedoc-Roussillon | Pierre Mas et Bertrand Pacé |
| 1989 | Selection 37 | Ronic Saône-et-Loire | Richard Sautieux |
| 1990 | Selection 37 | Wasquehal | Hans Bousholte et Philippe Delhumeau |
| 1991 | Selection 37 | La Ciotat | Laurent Delage |
| 1992 | JOD 35 | Sodifac-Roubaix | Jimmy Pahun et Jean-Pierre Dick |
| 1993 | JOD 35 | Saint-Quentin-en Yvelines | Thierry Péponnet |
| 1994 | JOD 35 | Saint-Pierre et Miquelon | Alain Fédensieu |
| 1995 | JOD 35 | Baume & Mercier – Force EDC-Paris | Bernard Mallaret et Vincent Portugal |
| 1996 | JOD 35 | Edouard Leclerc – Région SCASO | Vincent Fertin |
| 1997 | JOD 35 | CSC - Sun Microsystems | Bertrand Pacé et Philippe Guigné |
| 1998 | JOD 35 | Nantes & Saint-Nazaire - Bouygues Telecom | Luc Pillot |
| 1999 | Farr 30 | Kateie | Luc Dewulf |
| 2000 | Farr 30 | Barlo Plastics | Adrian Stead |
| 2001 | Farr 30 | Virbac - St Raphaël - Générali | Jean-Pierre Dick |
| 2002 | Farr 30 | Nantes St Nazaire | Pierre-Loïc Bethet |
| 2003 | Farr 30 | CapSport | Xavier Lecœur et Bernard Mallaret |
| 2004 | Farr 30 | Bouygues Telecom | Pierre Loïc Berthet |
| 2005 | Farr 30 | Toulon Provence Méditerranée COYCHyères | Fabien Henry |
| 2006 | Farr 30 | Région Île de France | Jean-Pierre Nicol |
| 2007 | Farr 30 | Toulon Provence Méditerranée COYCHyères | Fabien Henry |
| 2008 | Farr 30 | Courrier Dunkerque | Daniel Souben |
| 2009 | Farr 30 | Courrier Dunkerque | Daniel Souben |
| 2010 | Farr 30 | Nouvelle-Calédonie | Bertrand Pacé et Vincent Portugal |
| 2011 | M34 | Sud de France/Languedoc-Roussillon | Bertrand Pacé et Vincent Portugal |
| 2012 | M34 | Toulon Provence Méditerranée COYCHyères | Fabien Henry |
| 2013 | M34 | Groupama 34 | Franck Cammas |
| 2014 | M34 | Courrier Dunkerque 3 | Daniel Souben Erwan Le Roux |
| 2015 | Diam 24 | Spindrift | Thierry Douillard Xavier Revil François Morvan Matthieu Vandame |
| 2016 | Diam 24 | Lorina Limonade - Golfe du Morbihan | Matthieu Salomon Bruno Mouriac Kevin Pepoonnet Quentin Ponroy Quentin Delapierre |
| 2017 | Diam 24 | Fondation FDJ - Des pieds et des mains | Benjamin Amiot Damien Iehl Francois Morvan Damien Seguin |
| 2018 | Diam 24 | Lorina Limonade - Golfe du Morbihan | Bruno Mourniac Tim Mourniac Quentin Delapierre Corentin Horeau |
| 2019 | Diam 24 | Team Beijaflore | Laurent Berjon Arnaud Jarlegan Pierre Mas Julien Villion Valentin Bellet Valentin Sipan Guillaume Pirouelle |
| 2020 | Diam 24 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 |
| 2021 | Diam 24 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 |