FRANCK CAMMAS (FRA)
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Cammas is currently
lending a whole new
meaning to the phrase
‘on a roll’. Having
polished off the last Volvo Ocean Race
Cammas has been doing the same in
any number of other competitive
arenas. He simply destroyed even his
best-prepared rivals at this year’s Little
America’s Cup in Falmouth and then
immediately travelled to La Rochelle
where he handily won the Nacra 17
Class at La Rochelle Olympic Week
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Why they won |
Once seen mainly as a talented big multihull specialist, the world
is continually having to revise its opinion of this compact French
superstar. Earlier this summer Cammas dominated the Tour de
France on a M34. Last year he closed out a dominant Volvo Ocean
Race win at his first attempt. Most recently he crushed his rivals at
the Little America’s Cup on the back of a typically well judged
technical programme. And throughout this time the former Jules
Verne champion is successfully campaigning a Nacra F17… |
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