--- title: "Tom Laperche, 1st in Ultim: 2026 Route du Rhum result" description: "Tom Laperche wins the 2026 Route du Rhum in the Ultim class aboard SVR-Lazartigue, crossing the line in Pointe-à-Pitre after 6 d 13 h 27 min of racing…" url: "https://www.offshoreraces.app/en/route-du-rhum/live/tom-laperche/result" lang: "en" --- Ultim class win Out of 8 starters, 3 finished # Ultim class win : Tom Laperche SVR-LazartigueSaint-Malo → Pointe-à-Pitre Tom Laperche wins the 2026 Route du Rhum in the Ultim class aboard SVR-Lazartigue, crossing the line in Pointe-à-Pitre after 6 d 13 h 27 min of racing. Race time 6 d 13 h 27 Finished on 7 November at 22:31, Guadeloupe time Laperche 2026 · 6 d 13 h 27 2022 record, Caudrelier · 6 d 19 h 47 Record beaten by 6 h 19 ## The crossing, chapter by chapter Pick a chapter and the globe flies there. 1. Day 2 · 2 Nov, 14:00 Leading the class after 24 hours of racing. 2. Day 4 · 4 Nov, 20:00 Leading the class, 242 miles ahead of Thomas Coville. 3. Day 4 · 5 Nov, 09:00 Lead stretched by 322 miles in 24 hours. 4. Day 5 · 6 Nov, 06:00 543 miles ahead of Thomas Coville, the widest margin of the race. 5. Day 7 · 8 Nov, 03:31 Crosses the line in Pointe-à-Pitre as the class winner, after 6 d 13 h 27 min of racing. ## Position, report after report ## Ultim podium 1. 1**Tom Laperche**SVR-Lazartigue · 6 d 13 h 27 2. 2 · [Thomas Coville](https://www.offshoreraces.app/en/route-du-rhum/live/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=tom-laperche) ## The race story Laperche led the class for 155 hours in all. At halfway, Laperche was 242 miles ahead of Thomas Coville. That is 6 h 19 min faster than Charles Caudrelier 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 **8,827** cheers*sent to Tom Laperche during the race.* - **2,538**Wind - **3,298**Love - **1,031**Surf - **1,960**Turbo ## Share the result [Replay the race on the live map](https://www.offshoreraces.app/en/route-du-rhum/live/tom-laperche?rejeu) ## Read more - [Ultim standings and position changes](https://www.offshoreraces.app/en/route-du-rhum/standings/ultim?skipper=tom-laperche) - [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)