Caption:French skipper and former French pole vaulter olympic champion Jean Galfione poses aboard his class 40 monohull on October 28, 2014 in Saint Malo, western France, before the 10th edition of the Route du Rhum sailing race to start on November 2, 2014 . The ‘Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe’ is a solo race held every four years between Saint-Malo to Pointe-à-Pitre. AFP PHOTO / JEAN-SEBASTIEN EVRARD (Photo credit should read JEAN-SEBASTIEN EVRARD/AFP/Getty Images)
