# 2002 Route du Rhum

The Route du Rhum is a single person transatlantic race the 2002 race was the 7th edition and had seven classes with 58 boats taking part.

## Results
### ORMA 60 Multihulls

| Pos | Sail No. | Boat Name | Year | Designer | Name / Nationality | | Finish Time | Delta % | Speed Rhum |
| 1 | | Géant | 2002 | VPLP | Michel Desjoyeaux (FRA) | m | 13d 07h 53m 00s | 0% | 11.07 |
| 2 | | Biscuit La Trinitaine | Aug. 1998 | Nigel Irens | Marc Guillemot (FRA) | m | 13d 19h 36m 18s | 3.66% | 10.68 |
| 3 | | Banque Populaire IV | Mar. 2002 | Nigel Irens Cabaret | Lalou Roucayrol (FRA) | m | 14d 07h 01m 00s | 7.23% | 10.33 |
| RET | | Groupama | 1998 | VPLP | Franck Cammas (FRA) | m | Day 1 - Capsized towed to port | Day 1 - Capsized towed to port | Day 1 - Capsized towed to port |
| RET | | Banque Covefi | 1990 | Nigel Irens | Bertrand de Broc (FRA) | m | Day 2 - Retired due to fatigue | Day 2 - Retired due to fatigue | Day 2 - Retired due to fatigue |
| RET | | TIM | May. 2001 | VPLP | Giovanni Soldini (ITA) | m | | | |
| RET | | Gitana X | Jun. 2002 | Ollier McLane Schmidt | Lionel Lemonchois (FRA) | m | | | |
| RET | | Bayer Cropscience | Mar. 2002 | Nigel Irens Cabaret | Fred Le Peutrec (FRA) | m | | | |
| RET | | Eure & Loir - Lorénove | 1994 | Nigel Irens | Francis Joyon (FRA) | m | | | |
| RET | | Rexona Men | 1990 | VPLP | Yvan Bourgnon (SUI) | m | | | |
| RET | | Sopra Group | Apr. 2002 | Lombard | Philippe Monnet (FRA) | m | | | |
| RET | | Fujifilm | 2001 | Nigel Irens Marc Lombard | Loïck Peyron (FRA) | m | | | |
| RET | | Sodebo | 0 | | Thomas Coville (FRA) | m | | | |
| RET | | Foncia | Apr. 2002 | VPLP | Alain Gautier (FRA) | m | | | |
| RET | | Belgacom | 2001 | VPLP | Jean-Luc Nélias (FRA) | m | | | |
| RET | | Sergio Tacchini | 2001 | Nigel Irens Marc Lombard | Karine Fauconnier (FRA) | f | | | |
| RET | | Bonduelle | Sept. 2000 | VPLP | Jean Le Cam (FRA) | m | Day 1 - Collision retired to port | Day 1 - Collision retired to port | Day 1 - Collision retired to port |
| RET | 23 | Techno Marine | 1997 | VPLP | Stève Ravussin (FRA) | m | | | |

### IMOCA 60

| Pos | Sail No. | Boat Name | Year | Name / Nationality | Finish Time | Delta % | Speed | Distance | Ref. |
| 1 | 888 | Kingfisher | 2000 | Ellen MacArthur (GBR) | 13d 13h 31m 47s | 0% | 10.88 / 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | | Ecover (1) | 1998 | Mike Golding (GBR) | 13d 22h 49m 35s | 2.86% | 10.58 / 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | | Arcelor-Dunkerque | 1998 | Joé Seeten (FRA) | 16d 00h 51m 51s | 18.23% | 9.2 / 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | | Sill | 1999 | Roland Jourdain (FRA) | 16d 05h 14m 28s | 19.57% | 9.1 / 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | | L'Héeautontimorouménos | 1997 | Antoine Koch (FRA) | 17d 13h 17m 28s | 29.42% | 8.41 / 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | | Garnier | 1996 | Patrick de Radiguès (BEL) | 18d 00h 20m 04s | 32.81% | 8.19 / 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | | 60 ème Sud | 1992 | Didier Munduteguy (FRA) | 20d 05h 21m 58s | 49.1% | 7.3 / 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | | UUDS | 1992 Finot | Miranda Merron (GBR) | 20d 22h 33m 57s | 54.38% | 7.05 / 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | | Tir Groupé - Montres Yema | 1989 | Mike Birch (CAN) | 21d 11h 31m 08s | 58.36% | 6.87 / 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | | Millimages Gédéon | 1992 | Patrick Favre (FRA) | 22d 21h 30m 00s | 68.8% | 6.45 / 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | | Dinan Pays d'entreprises | 1992 | Frédéric Lescot (FRA) | 23d 13h 04m 43s | 73.59% | 6.27 / 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | | Ciments St Laurent Océan | 1990 | Georges Leblanc (FRA) | 24d 06h 12m 54s | 78.85% | 6.08 / 0 | 0 | |
| DNF | | VMI | 1999 | Sébastien Josse (FRA) | Abandon | Abandon | Abandon | Abandon | Abandon |
| DNF | | La rage de vivre | 1998 | Loïc Pochet (FRA) | Abandon | Abandon | Abandon | Abandon | Abandon |
| DNF | | Temenos | 1998 | Dominique Wavre (SUI) | Abandon | Abandon | Abandon | Abandon | Abandon |
| DNF | | Virbac (0) | 2000 | Jean-Pierre Dick (FRA) | Abandon | Abandon | Abandon | Abandon | Abandon |
| DNF | | Leasecom | 2002 | Elie Canivenc (FRA) | Abandon | Abandon | Abandon | Abandon | Abandon |