The Ocean Race Leg 5: Pressure on as leaders duel into Aarhus
11th Hour Racing Team is looking for its second consecutive leg win and the overall lead in The Ocean Race - By Peter Rush

11th Hour Racing Team is looking for its second consecutive leg win and the overall lead in The Ocean Race - By Peter Rush
Change may be coming to The Ocean Race.
Since the opening leg from Alicante, Spain to Cabo Verde, skipper Kevin Escoffier and his rotating cast of characters on Team Holcim-PRB, have been firmly positioned at the top of the overall race leaderboard.
Now, with just over 250 miles left to the finish line in Aarhus, Denmark, it is Charlie Enright's 11th Hour Racing Team that is keeping the pressure on, racing at eye-watering speeds towards the end of the leg.
© Yann Riou | Polaryse / Holcim - PRB / The Ocean Race
A win here - on this double-points scoring leg - would be the second consecutive leg victory for the American-flagged team and would vault the pre-race favourite to the top of the overall race leaderboard.
But it is not over yet.
At 1100 UTC on Sunday, the leader had 260 miles to sail, and a 25 mile lead to protect. The fast downwind conditions will require some manoeuvering and there are a handfull of traffic separation zones - exclusion zones - to navigate.
© Antoinie Auriol / Team Malizia / The Ocean Race
And if that wasn't enough, Team Malizia, fresh off their record-breaking run, is lurking less than 50 miles back, in third place.
The ETA for the winning boat is after 0430 local time in Aarhus, 0230 GMT, in the early hours of Monday morning.
The WBD/Eurosport team is producing a RAW arrival show for the winning team on the free-to-access eurosport.com page covering The Ocean Race.
© Ronan Gladu / Biotherm / The Ocean Race
Meanwhile, Paul Meilhat's Biotherm is having a leg they'd rather forget. Overnight, the team broke the port shroud. Fortunately, the crew are all safe and the team was able to ensure the stability of the mast, but is now sailing more slowly towards Aarhus, well off the pace.
The latest positions are on the Race Tracker and the leaderboard is available here.
The latest news is at www.theoceanrace.com and you can follow sailing’s greatest round-the-world challenge on Eurosport with every leg departure live and on-demand on discoveryplus.com or Eurosport.com
Peter Rush
Cover photo © Amory Ross / 11th Hour Racing /the Ocean Race
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