Gap up to 87.6m this morning – guess he was being honest about the wind instruments. No chance of catching Le Cleac'h now, but respect to both men, it's been an epic race.
Just been an update on the VG website. The wind instruments on Hugo Boss have broken, which means the autopilot can't be used. So Alex Thomson has been hand steering for two days without sleeping, is knackered and more concerned about safely getting to the finish than catching Banque Populaire...
36.26 miles, with 330 to go!
It's all about the final tack down towards the finish now – they're both sailing way further north than the 'direct line' at present. At some point Armel will tack and it's all about whether Alex can find anything different tactically at that point that enables him...
As always I've been gripped from the start, and the duel between Banque Populaire and Hugo Boss has been incredible. I've even been checking the Vendee Globe app in the middle of the night to see the latest rankings!
It doesn't look like he's going to catch him now, 40 nm just a wee bit too far...
So we get the Lions and their running game at Century Link next week, which is more winnable than facing the cheeseheads and Aaron Rodgers.
Can't see my Seahawks progressing much beyond that though, they're just not firing on all cylinders this year, and are now missing too many key players as...
Tear in the eye, brings back so many memories. Was it really 20 years ago? No season will ever be so intense. The Albion and the fight took over our lives that year.