Vincent Riou

Vincent Riou (born 9 January 1972, Pont-l'Abbé, France) is a French sailor. He is the skipper of PRB, a 60-foot monohull. He won the 2004 edition of the Vendée Globe.

Recent events
As part of his introduction to solo racing he helped prepared Michel Desjoyeaux’s 60-foot PRB for the 2000 edition of the Vendée Globe.

In the 2008 Vendée Globe, he lost his mast the day after a collision that occurred during the rescue of Jean Le Cam, whose boat had capsized.

In the 2016 Vendée Globe, he sailed at a decent speed completing with front boats fitted with hydrofoils, but after 15 days 11 hours 58 minutes of racing and completing 27% of the whole race, he was forced to retire after another collision with a UFO. The almost exact same incident had happened to Vincent in the 2012–2013 Vendée Globe with that he is easily one of the most unfortunate sailors of the Vendée Globe.

Honours

 * 2nd 1992 Challenge Credit Agricole
 * 1st 2003 Calais Round Britain Race
 * 1st 2004 Vendée Globe
 * 1st 2007 Calais Round Britain Race
 * 1st 2007 Rolex RORC Fastnet Race
 * 3rd 2008 Vendée Globe
 * DNF 2012 Vendée Globe
 * DNF 2016 Vendée Globe