The Ocean Race Europe Leg 5 Finish - Biotherm wins overall

Paul Meilhat’s Biotherm has won the fifth and final offshore stage of The Ocean Race Europe 2025, crossing the line in Boka Bay on Sunday night to seal overall victory in the five-week, 4,500-mile race around Europe. Completing the 1,600-mile passage from Genoa in just over seven days. It marks their fourth leg victory of the race, adding to their points at the scoring gates, and confirming their place as 2025 champions.

The final stage saw a bit of everything, with light winds at the start, before being hammered by squalls, torrential rain and thunderstorms across the central Mediterranean, with boat speeds varying between nothing and 30-plus knots.

Team Holcim-PRB staged a remarkable comeback after falling more than 100 miles behind the leading four boats when they were caught the wrong side of a thunderstorm, but a transition zone to the south of Sicily put them back in the mix and they took every opportunity after that to finish the leg in second.

Two hours later Boris Herrmann’s Team Malizia crossed the line in third place, with Allagrande Mapei Racing fourth, just ahead of Team Paprec Arkéa.

The results leave Paprec Arkéa and Holcim - PRB locked in a fight for second overall, separated by just half a point with only Saturday’s coastal race in Montenegro left to decide the final podium.

Things are nearly as tight in the battle for fourth, with Allagrande Mapei just a single point ahead of Team Malizia.

Thumbnail Photo (c) Lloyd Images / The Ocean Race Europe 2025

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