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Italian skipper Giovanni Soldini has yesterday won the Transat Jacques Vabre race from Le Havre in France to Brazil crossing the finish line of Salvador de Bahia after more than 22 days of battles in the Atlantic Ocean.

The 1999 Around Alone winner and his co-skipper Pietro D'alì has brought his new "Telecom Italia" Class 40 boat to the arrival less than five hours before his closest rival, the duo of Domenic Vittet and Thierry Chabagny aboard the boat ATAO Audio system.