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Patrick de Radiguès

Patrick de Radiguès was born in Leuven, Belgium on 25 July 1956 and now based in Monaco. He started his racing cars and motorcycles competing at Le Mans. He started sailing world at the 36 years old and liked the adventure of short handed offshore. He was lucky to survive the 2000 Vendee Globe accident in which he was knocked unconscious and the boat washed up ashore.

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Patrick de Radiguès
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NationalityBelgian
Born (1956-07-25) 25 July 1956

Patrick de Radiguès was born in Leuven, Belgium on 25 July 1956 and now based in Monaco. He started his racing cars and motorcycles competing at Le Mans.1 He started sailing world at the 36 years old and liked the adventure of short handed offshore. He was lucky to survive the 2000 Vendee Globe accident in which he was knocked unconscious and the boat washed up ashore.2

Race results

Winner of the 1984 Bol d'Or,3
2nd in the 1984 Motorcycle Endurance Championship4
3rd of the Transat Jacques Vabre on the Novia with Yves Le Cornec
5th of the Transat Québec-Saint-Malo on the Novia(1995)
Not ranked at the 1996–1997 Vendée Globe on AFIBEL5
Abandoned at the 2000–2001 Vendée Globe on the IMOCA 50 Libre Belgique6
Coskipper by Jean-Luc Nélias on the Trimaran Belgacom (2001)

FIM Endurance World Championship

Year Bike Rider TC
1984 Suzuki Belgium Patrick de Radiguès
France Jean-Pierre Oudin 		3rd
1985 Suzuki Belgium Patrick de Radiguès 3rd
References

References

  1. "Patrick DE RADIGUES - Prize list & statistics | ACO - Automobile Club de l'Ouest". www.lemans.org.
  2. World, Yachting (November 15, 2000). "Vendee Globe: boat washed ashore her skipper unconscious". Yachting World.
  3. "Bol d'Or 1984". www.bike70.com. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  4. "FIM Endurance World Championship". memotyou.gjgd.net. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
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