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Monday 12 september 2011 Following on from Loïck Peyron in 2010, it was Nicolas Charbonnier's turn to add his name to the list of winners of the Trophée Clairefontaine of Sailing Champions after the 22nd edition held this year at La Grande Motte. As always in this unique competition, the difference was made in the very last meters of the ninth and final regatta. Nicolas Charbonnier finished ahead of François Gabart, who was taking part in the competition for the first time, with Pascal Bidégorry taking third place just one catamaran's length ahead of Michel Desjoyeaux at the finishing line of the final race. Michel Desjoyeaux was fourth.
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Thursday 8 september 2011 The eight sailing champions taking part in the 22nd edition of the Trophée Clairefontaine arrived in La Grande Motte today and have taken possession of their 7.65m (25') catamarans. They all have exactly the same equipment. The traditional sea battle between foes at sea, friends on shore, can now start. With the free practice sessions this afternoon, the Rhodia Warm-up (with eight heats in two hours) tomorrow afternoon and the first official gunshot at 10:30 on Saturday morning, the meeting of champions is a gruelling competition.
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Friday 2 september 2011 Australia's Darren Bundock was supposed to take part in the 22nd Trophée Clairefontaine of Sailing Champions. But a contract with Team Oracle to defend the America's Cup signed at the end of August has prevented him from coming to La Grande Motte. Carolijn Brouwer from The Netherlands is taking his place. Carolijn is the only woman to have helmed a Tornado catamaran in the Olympic Games (Beijing 2008), to have sailed in three Olympics in three different series (470, Europe, Tornado), to have taken part in the Volvo Ocean Race, to have won several world championships, and to have been named ISAF World Sailor of the Year 1998. She's a phenomenon in international sailing in her own right!
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Thursday 25 august 2011 For the third consecutive year, the sailing champions are returning to La Grande Motte on the occasion of the twenty-second Trophée Clairefontaine des Champions to be held from Thursday the eighth to Sunday the eleventh of September 2011. The favourite by far is four-time winner Michel Desjoyeaux.
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Monday 22 august 2011 The 22nd Trophée Clairefontaine des Champions de Voile is programmed for the third time in a row at La Grande Motte, from Thursday 8 to Sunday 11 September. As for every season, a line-up of eight sailing stars has been formed which will be published on Wednesday 24 August. As every year, the event brings together champions from a variety of disciplines in international sailing. They will compete on equal terms as they will be provided with exactly the same equipment, the SailingOne 25 one-design catamaran specially designed and exclusively used for the Trophée Clairefontaine.
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Sunday 12 september 2010 Loïck Peyron marked the history of the Trophée Clairefontaine des Champions de Voile by winning this unique event the world over for the eighth time in his career. Already champion in 1990 during the first Trophée Clairefontaine, Loïck Peyron celebrated the twentieth anniversary of this competition by arriving ahead of Franck Cammas and Pascal Bidégorry. Loïck Peyron won the much coveted title of Champion of Champions at La Grande Motte, following Franck Cammas in 2009. (Download the press release in PDF)
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Saturday 11 september 2010 This evening, Franck Cammas took of the leading position in the temporary overall ranking of the 21st Trophée Clairefontaine des Champions de Voile, ahead of Loïck Peyron and Pascal Bidégorry. Five legs were raced in the Sailing Stadium, two of which were coastal Open Races and three Runs, under a wavering wind between force 2 and 3. The race is still open, since five champions out of eight can still hope for a win at the end. The title of "Champion of Champions" will therefore be fought for during the four Runs programmed between 14:30 and 16:00 tomorrow. (Download the press release in PDF)
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Friday 10 september 2010 Franck Cammas started the 21st Trophée Clairefontaine des Champions de Voile as he finished the twentieth - by winning! The leader of Team Groupama dominated this afternoon, under a force three wind in the Sailing Stadium of La Grande Motte, at the end of the eight Warm-up Rhodia Runs, which are, in fact, training legs. The outcome of these Runs is an independent ranking which is not taken into account in the Trophée Clairefontaine itself, the start of which will take place tomorrow at 10:30. Franck Cammas, the title holder dominated over Loïck Peyron and Armel Le Cléac'h. (Download the press release in PDF)
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Thursday 9 september 2010 The four big names of French sailing came together this morning in La Grande Motte to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the Trophée Clairefontaine des Champions de Voile this weekend. Franck Cammas (Team Groupama), Michel Desjoyeaux (Team Foncia), Loïck Peyron (Team Oman Sail Masirah) and Pascal Bidégorry (Team Banque Populaire) will participate in the Trophée Clairefontaine on spectacular runs lasting less than ten minutes before the general public. With the wind forecast, the sailing show promises to be exciting. (Download the press release in PDF)
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Friday 3 september 2010 In the twenty events, before the 21st Trophée Clairefontaine des Champions de Voile programmed for Thursday 9 to Sunday 12 September begins in La Grande Motte, 66 different champions have followed each other on the 7.65 metre catamarans (25 foot) especially designed and used exclusively for this sailing event. Among them, 25 represent ten countries from abroad. All the international sailing disciplines have been represented in it and will be so again this year in La Grande Motte. (Download the press release in PDF)
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 The 21st Trophée Clairefontaine des Champions de Voile programmed for Thursday 9 to Sunday 12 September at La Grande Motte, near Montpellier, will mark the twentieth anniversary of this event created in 1990 at La Trinité-sur-Mer. As for every season since the start of this event, a line-up of eight sailing stars has been formed, with a veiled reference to its past, since Serge Madec, the symbolic skipper of the Jet Services V catamaran and the first winner, will be there for the party. (Download the press release in PDF)
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