--- title: "Corentin Horeau, 1st in IMOCA: 2026 Route du Rhum result" description: "Corentin Horeau wins the 2026 Route du Rhum in the IMOCA class aboard MACSF, crossing the line in Pointe-à-Pitre after 9 d 17 h 12 min of racing. After…" url: "https://www.offshoreraces.app/en/route-du-rhum/live/corentin-horeau/result" lang: "en" --- IMOCA class win Out of 22 starters, 1 finished # IMOCA class win : Corentin Horeau MACSFSaint-Malo → Pointe-à-Pitre Corentin Horeau wins the 2026 Route du Rhum in the IMOCA class aboard MACSF, crossing the line in Pointe-à-Pitre after 9 d 17 h 12 min of racing. Race time 9 d 17 h 12 Finished on 11 November at 01:14, Guadeloupe time Horeau 2026 · 9 d 17 h 12 2022 record, Ruyant · 11 d 17 h 36 Record beaten by 2 d 0 h 23 ## The crossing, chapter by chapter Pick a chapter and the globe flies there. 1. Day 2 · 2 Nov, 14:00 3rd after 24 hours of racing, 15 miles behind the leader. 2. Day 2 · 2 Nov, 21:00 Moves ahead of Ambrogio Beccaria to lead the class. 3. Around day 3 Crosses the 30th meridian west at 44° N, 110 miles further north than most of the class. 4. Day 3 · 4 Nov, 13:00 Lead stretched by 218 miles in 24 hours. 5. Day 5 · 6 Nov, 10:00 Leading the class, 277 miles ahead of Boris Herrmann. 6. Day 7 · 7 Nov, 15:00 364 miles ahead of Sam Goodchild, the widest margin of the race. 7. Day 10 · 11 Nov, 06:14 Crosses the line in Pointe-à-Pitre as the class winner, after 9 d 17 h 12 min of racing. ## Position, report after report ## IMOCA podium 1. 1**Corentin Horeau**MACSF · 9 d 17 h 12 2. 2 · [Boris Herrmann](https://www.offshoreraces.app/en/route-du-rhum/live/boris-herrmann) · Malizia 4 · racing 3. 3 · [Elodie Bonafous](https://www.offshoreraces.app/en/route-du-rhum/live/elodie-bonafous) · Association Petits Princes Queguiner · racing Retired: Ambrogio Beccaria, Armel Tripon, Jérémie Beyou, Violette Dorange. [Full IMOCA standings](https://www.offshoreraces.app/en/route-du-rhum/standings/imoca?skipper=corentin-horeau) ## The race story After moving ahead of Ambrogio Beccaria on day 2, Horeau led the class for 201 hours in all. At halfway, Horeau was 277 miles ahead of Boris Herrmann. That is 2 d 0 h 23 min faster than Thomas Ruyant in 2022. Written at the finish from the track, the position reports and the official race committee rankings. Moments and figures are computed, never made up. ## Cheers received Sent from the live map **932** cheers*sent to Corentin Horeau during the race.* - **303**Wind - **230**Love - **166**Surf - **233**Turbo ## Share the result [Replay the race on the live map](https://www.offshoreraces.app/en/route-du-rhum/live/corentin-horeau?rejeu) ## Read more - [IMOCA standings and position changes](https://www.offshoreraces.app/en/route-du-rhum/standings/imoca?skipper=corentin-horeau) - [Finishes and race times](https://www.offshoreraces.app/en/route-du-rhum/arrivals) - [The fleet live](https://www.offshoreraces.app/en/route-du-rhum/live)