--- title: "Thomas Coville, 2nd in Ultim: 2026 Route du Rhum result" description: "Thomas Coville finishes 2nd in the Ultim class aboard SODEBO Ultim 3, crossing the line in Pointe-à-Pitre after 7 d 4 h 40 min of racing. Coville fought…" url: "https://www.offshoreraces.app/en/route-du-rhum/live/thomas-coville/result" lang: "en" --- 2nd in Ultim Out of 8 starters, 3 finished # 2nd in Ultim : Thomas Coville SODEBO Ultim 3Saint-Malo → Pointe-à-Pitre Thomas Coville finishes 2nd in the Ultim class aboard SODEBO Ultim 3, crossing the line in Pointe-à-Pitre after 7 d 4 h 40 min of racing. Race time 7 d 4 h 40 Finished on 8 November at 12:42, Guadeloupe time Coville · 7 d 4 h 40 Laperche, 1st · 6 d 14 h 29 14 h 10 behind the winner ## 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, 41 miles behind the leader. 2. Day 3 · 3 Nov, 13:04 Within 10 miles of Louis Burton for 25 hours in all. 3. Day 4 · 5 Nov, 03:00 3rd, 276 miles behind the leader, Tom Laperche. 4. Day 5 · 6 Nov, 06:00 2nd, 543 miles behind the leader: the biggest deficit of the race. 5. Day 7 · 8 Nov, 08:00 431 miles gained on the leader in 24 hours. 6. Day 8 · 8 Nov, 17:42 Crosses the line in Pointe-à-Pitre in 2nd place, after 7 d 4 h 40 min of racing, 14 h 10 min behind the winner. ## Position, report after report ## Ultim podium 1. 1 · [Tom Laperche](https://www.offshoreraces.app/en/route-du-rhum/live/tom-laperche) · SVR-Lazartigue · 6 d 13 h 27 2. 2**Thomas Coville**SODEBO Ultim 3+15 h 12 3. 3 · [Louis Burton](https://www.offshoreraces.app/en/route-du-rhum/live/louis-burton) · Ultim Armand Thiery+17 h 01 Retired: Armel Le Cléac'h, Anthony Marchand, Charles Caudrelier. [Full Ultim standings](https://www.offshoreraces.app/en/route-du-rhum/standings/ultim?skipper=thomas-coville) ## The race story Coville fought it out with Louis Burton at close range for 25 hours. At halfway, Coville was 3rd, 276 miles off the lead. 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 **1,186** cheers*sent to Thomas Coville during the race.* - **419**Wind - **321**Love - **138**Surf - **308**Turbo ## Share the result [Replay the race on the live map](https://www.offshoreraces.app/en/route-du-rhum/live/thomas-coville?rejeu) ## Read more - [Ultim standings and position changes](https://www.offshoreraces.app/en/route-du-rhum/standings/ultim?skipper=thomas-coville) - [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)