(FILES) "Maxi Banque Populaire XI" Ultim Class French sailor Armel Le Cleac'h (L) and "SVR-Lazartigue" Ultim Class French sailor Tom Laperche (R) compete after taking the start of the 13th Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe solo sailing race from Saint-Malo to Pointe-a-Pitre in the French overseas island of Guadeloupe, off the coast of Saint-Malo northwestern France, on November 1, 2026. Winner of the 2016/2017 Vendée Globe and favourite at the start of the Route du Rhum, sailor Armel Le Cléac'h (Banque Populaire) was rescued by a cargo ship on November 4, 2026 after his boat capsized off the Azores, the race organisers said. "Several boats had been diverted to provide assistance. It was a Panamanian cargo ship that arrived on the scene first in the middle of the afternoon and carried out the rescue operation," said the organisers, adding that the skipper was "in good health". (Photo by LOU BENOIST / AFP via Getty Images)