title: Hervé Laurent
text: # Hervé Laurent
  
  Hervé Laurent is a French sailor born on 2 May 1957 in Lorient, (Morbihan). He competed in the Vendee Globe round the yacht race twice in 1996 and 2004.
  
  ## Career highlights
  
  | Year | Pos | Race | Class | Boat Name | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Round the World Races |||||||
  | 2005 | DNF | 2004-2005 Vendee Globe | IMOCA 60 | UUDS | Retired rudder problems |
  | 1996 | 3 | 1996-1997 Vendee Globe | IMOCA 60 | Groupe LG-Traitmat | 114 days 16hrs 43mins |
  | Trans Oceanic Races |||||||
  | 2007 | 11 | Transat Jacques Vabre | | Maisonneuve | |
  | 2005 | 7 | Transat Jacques Vabre | IMOCA 60 | UUDS | |
  | 2004 | 7 | Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race | IMOCA 60 | UUDS | |
  | 2002 | 1 | Transat AG2r | Beneteau Figaro 2 | COLBERT ORCO | with Rodolphe Jacq |
  | 1996 | 8 | Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race | IMOCA 60 | Groupe LG1 | |
  | 1994 | | Route du Rhum | | | |
  | 1993 | 4 | Transat Jacques Vabre | | | |
  | 1992 | 4 | 1992 OSTAR Race | 60 ft T | Took Took | |
  | Other Results |||||||
  | 2008 | | Tour de France à la Voile | | | |
  | 1995 | | Solitaire du Figaro | | | |
  