# 2006 Route du Rhum

The Route du Rhum is a single person transatlantic race. The 2006 race was the eighth edition and had eight classes, with 74 boats taking part.

## Results
### ORMA 60

| Pos | Sail No. | Boat Name | Year | Designer | Name / Nationality | G | Elapsed Time | Delta % | Speed | Distance |
| 1 | | Gitana 11 | 2001 | VPLP | Lionel Lemonchois (FRA) | m | 07d 17h 19m 06s | 0% | 19.11 / 0 | 0 |
| 2 | | Banque Populaire IV | Mar. 2002 | Nigel Irens Cabaret | Pascal Bidégorry (FRA) | m | 08d 04h 25m 07s | 5.99% | 18.03 / 0 | 0 |
| 3 | | Sodeb'O | 0 | | Thomas Coville (FRA) | m | 08d 13h 39m 02s | 10.97% | 17.22 / 0 | 0 |
| 4 | | Géant | 2002 | VPLP | Michel Desjoyeaux (FRA) | m | 08d 13h 48m 24s | 11.06% | 17.21 / 0 | 0 |
| 5 | | Groupama 2 | 2004 | VPLP | Franck Cammas (FRA) | m | 08d 17h 55m 17s | 13.28% | 16.87 / 0 | 0 |
| 6 | | Brossard | 2001 | Nigel Irens Marc Lombard | Yvan Bourgnon (SUI) | m | 09d 00h 40m 15s | 16.92% | 16.35 / 0 | 0 |
| 7 | | Foncia | Apr. 2002 | VPLP | Alain Gautier (FRA) | m | 09d 16h 14m 40s | 25.32% | 15.25 / 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 971 | Region Guadeloupe-Terres de Passions | 1990 | VPLP | Claude Thelier (FRA) | m | 11d 11h 56m 51s | 48.9% | 12.84 / 0 | 0 |
| 9 | | Sopra Group | Apr. 2002 | Lombard | Antoine Koch (FRA) | m | 12d 00h 59m 00s | 55.94% | 12.26 / 0 | 0 |
| 10 | | Gitana 12 | Sept. 2000 | VPLP | Thierry Duprey du Vorsent (FRA) | m | 12d 14h 52m 00s | 63.43% | 11.69 / 0 | 0 |
| 11 | | Madinina | 1988 | Giles Oliver | Gilles Lamire (FRA) | m | 21d 10h 58m 50s | 177.89% | 6.88 / 0 | 0 |
| 12 | | Orange Project | 2001 | Lombard | Steve Ravussin (FRA) | m | Capsized boat destroyed | Capsized boat destroyed | Capsized boat destroyed | Capsized boat destroyed |

### IMOCA 60

| Pos. | Boat Name | Yr. Launch | Name | Finish Time | Elapsed Time |
| 1 | Sill & Veolia | 2004 | Roland Jourdain (FRA) | - | 12d 11h 58m 58s |
| 2 | VM Matériaux | 2004 | Jean Le Cam (FRA) | - | 12d 12h 26m 58s |
| 3 | Virbac-Paprec (1) | 2003 | Jean-Pierre Dick (FRA) | - | 12d 20h 27m 58s |
| 4 | Brit Air (1) | 1999 | Armel Le Cléac'h (FRA) | - | 13d 03h 57m 17s |
| 5 | Temenos 2 | 2006 | Dominique Wavre (SUI) | - | 13d 09h 20m 03s |
| 6 | Artemis | 2001 | Brian Thompson (GBR) | - | 13d 17h 32m 20s |
| 7 | Safran (??) | 2000 | Marc Guillemot (FRA) | - | 16d 17h 57m 26s |
| 8 | Roxy (2) | 2000 | Anne Liardet (FRA) | - | 17d 00h 52m 44s |
| 9 | Maisonneuve Basse Normandie | 2002 | JB Dejeanty (FRA) | - | 18d 11h 39m 29s |
| 10 | Adriana Karembeu Paris | 1994 | Philippe Fiston (FRA) | - | 22d 07h 26m 43s |
| ABD | Delta Dore | 2006 | Jérémie Beyou (FRA) | - | Abandon |
| ABD | PRB (3) | 1999 | Vincent Riou (FRA) | - | Abandon |

### Class 40

| Pos | Sail No. | Boat Name | Design | Yr | Name (Nationality) | Finish Time | Elapsed Time | Delta % | Speed |
| 1 | GBR 4 | philsharpracing.com | Pogo 40S1 | 2005 | Phil Sharp (GBR) | 18d 10h 21m 18s | 0% | 8.01 | - |
| 2 | FRA 7 | Oyster Funds | Pogo 40S1 | 2006 | Gildas Morvan (FRA) | 19d 08h 52m 00s | 0.37% | 7.62 | - |
| 3 | GBR 15 | Boland Mills | Jaz 40 | 2006 | Ian Munslow (GBR) | 21d 09h 45m 31s | 0.51% | 6.89 | - |
| 4 | FRA 22 | Côte d'Armor Terre et Mer | Pogo 40S1 | 2006 | Philippe Legros (FRA) | 21d 18h 18m 59s | 0.54% | 6.78 | - |
| 5 | FRA 2 | Le comptoir immobilier | Pogo 40S1 | 2004 | Guillaume Voizard (FRA) | 22d 10h 10m 40s | 0.59% | 6.58 | - |
| 6 | FRA 25 | Appart'City | Tyker | 2006 | Yvan Noblet (FRA) | 22d 13h 16m 09s | 0.6% | 6.54 | - |
| 7 | FRA 29 | Chocolats Monbana | Tyker 40 | 2006 | Damien Grimont (FRA) | 22d 14h 09m 40s | 0.6% | 6.53 | - |
| 8 | FRA 23 | Atao Audio System | Akilaria | 2006 | Dominic Vittet (FRA) | 22d 14h 26m 17s | 0.6% | 6.53 | - |
| 9 | FRA 24 | IXSEA | Jumbo | 2006 | Olivier Rabine (FRA) | 22d 16h 25m 50s | 0.61% | 6.51 | - |
| 10 | FRA 14 | Tchuda Popka II | Pogo 40S1 | 2006 | Gwenc'hlan Catherine (FRA) | 22d 22h 13m 45s | 0.62% | 6.44 | - |
| 11 | FRA 9 | Guyader l'esprit de la mer | Pogo 40S1 | 2006 | Géry Trentesaux (FRA) | 23d 00h 40m 50s | 0.63% | 6.41 | - |
| 12 | FRA 3 | Destination Calais | Jumbo | 2005 | Pierre-Yves Chatelin (FRA) | 23d 03h 14m 37s | 0.64% | 6.38 | - |
| 12 | FRA 6 | NOUS ENTREPRENONS | Pogo 40S1 | 2006 | Jacques Fournier (FRA) | 23d 10h 38m 28s | 0.66% | 6.3 | - |
| 13 | FRA 1 | Cap VAD | Jumbo | 2004 | Thibaud Derville (FRA) | 23d 11h 01m 25s | 0.66% | 6.29 | - |
| 14 | FRA 17 | Jardin Bio - Prévoir | Nacira 40 Mk1 | 2006 | Benoît Parnaudeau (FRA) | 23d 12h 18m 50s | 0.66% | 6.28 | - |
| 15 | FRA 10 | FNAIM Pays de Loire | Pogo 40S1 | 2006 | Lionel Regnier (FRA) | 23d 16h 20m 33s | 0.68% | 6.23 | - |
| 16 | FRA 20 | Cinémas cinefil.com | Pogo 40S1 | 2006 | Jean-Edouard Criquioche (FRA) | 23d 21h 29m 05s | 0.69% | 6.18 | - |
| 17 | FRA 32 | PACA Entreprendre | LNM40 | 2006 | Cécile Poujol (FRA) | 23d 21h 29m 46s | 0.69% | 6.18 | - |
| 18 | FRA 21 | Lexibook | Pogo 40S1 | 2006 | Hervé Papin (FRA) | 23d 22h 47m 11s | 0.69% | 6.16 | - |
| 19 | FRA 26 | Siegenia Aubi | Jumbo | 2006 | Marc Lepesqueux (FRA) | 24d 01h 26m 36s | 0.7% | 6.13 | - |
| 20 | FRA 12 | Nouvelle Calédonie | A40 | 2006 | Yves Ecarlat (FRA) | 24d 04h 03m 19s | 0.71% | 6.11 | - |
| 21 | FRA 27 | Knauf Industries | Akilaria | 2006 | David Lefebvre (FRA) | 24d 19h 23m 42s | 0.76% | 5.95 | - |
| 22 | FRA 18 | Fermiers de Loué/Sarthe | Sabrosa 40 | 2006 | François Angoulvant (FRA) | 25d 10h 51m 30s | 0.8% | 5.8 | - |
| DNF | GBR 19 | Kenmore Homes | LC40 | 2006 | Nick Bubb (GBR) | | | | |
| DNF | FRA 28 | TMI Technologie | Pogo 40S1 | 2006 | Joé Seeten (FRA) | | | | |