Eric Terrien has won another SUP race in France, surprising absolutely nobody but showing he’s in good form ahead of a big month on the road. Eric took out the Raid Paddle Race yesterday in the west coast city of Vannes, pushing his new (and very uniquely coloured) 12’6 race board clear of a strong field, eventually finishing half a minute in front of rising star Arthur Daniel. Eric’s original French sparring partner, Gaetene Sene, was third and the rehabilitated Greg Closier claimed fourth.

Meanwhile Faustine Merret took out the women’s race on the weekend, in an event that drew 103 paddlers on a chilly late-winter’s afternoon, proving again that SUP racing in France is growing stronger and stronger.

There was little time for Eric to celebrate though; today he starts his travel to Brazil where he’ll compete in the World Series opener next week. After that it’s straight to Abu Dubai for the All Stars event, before a brief pit-stop at home and then another trans-Atlantic flight, this time to Nicaragua where in early May he’ll be representing France for the third straight year at the ISA Worlds.

GetUp SUP Mag has a good recap (which you can also read in Google English) and there are more pics on the official Facebook page.

#	Last Name / First Name	Time	Division	#	Class
1	Terrien Eric	01:28:00	Open Men	1	12'6
2	Daniel Arthur	01:28:33	Open Men	2	12'6
3	Séné Gaétan	01:28:45	Open Men	3	12'6
4	Closier Gregory	01:29:00	Open Men	4	12'6
5	Cornelis Yoann	01:29:47	Open Men	5	14
6	Letourneur Martin	01:29:55	Open Men	6	12'6
7	Dode Florent	01:32:19	Open Men	7	12'6
8	Branchy Jérémy	01:34:13	Open Men	8	12'6
9	De la Monneraye Pierre	01:36:15	Open Men	9	14
10	Guiomar stephane	01:36:18	Open Men	10	12'6
11	Le Ven Franck	01:37:10	Open Men	11	12'6
12	Michelin Simon	01:37:18	Open Men	12	12'6
13	Letourneur Thomas	01:38:12	Open Men	13	12'6
14	Guerin Christophe	01:38:13	Open Men	14	12'6
15	Vitry Grégoire	01:39:05	Open Men	15	12'6
16	Mouton jacques	01:40:07	Juniors	1	12'6
17	Letourneur Jean	01:40:40	Juniors	2	12'6
18	Roué Jean Marc	01:40:50	Open Men	16	14
19	Raimon Matthieu	01:41:00	Open Men	17	12'6
20	Mattheyses Yves Marie	01:43:40	Open Men	18	14
21	Marzin	01:43:42	Open Men	19	12'6
22	Letourneur Jean Pierre	01:44:04	Open Men	20	14
23	Sery Eric	01:44:53	Open Men	21	12'6
24	Merret Faustine	01:45:00	Open Women	1	12'6
25	Girard frederic	01:45:21	Open Men	22	12'6
26	Le Provos Fred	01:49:23	Open Men	23	14
27	Trebaul Philippe	01:49:26	Open Men	24	12'6
28	Vitry Valérie	01:49:31	Open Women	2	12'6
29	Richard Tanguy	01:49:50	Juniors	3	12'6
30	Vernack William	01:50:43	Open Men	25	12'6
31	Lalanne Hervé	01:51:47	Open Men	26	12'6
32	Paul Eric	01:53:57	Open Men	27	12'6
33	Prigent Stéphane	01:54:30	Open Men	28	12'6
34	Dolle Luc	01:55:02	Open Men	29	12'6
35	Gondre Cécile	01:55:44	Open Women	3	12'6
36	Crozet Anne	01:56:44	Open Women	4	12'6
37	Frank Albarede	01:57:45	Open Men	30	12'6
38	Villedary gregory	01:58:17	Open Men	31	12'6
39	Gricourt Eric	01:58:30	Open Men	32	12'6
40	Geffrault Alain	01:58:38	Open Men	33	14
41	Villedary Tom	02:00:57	Juniors	4	12'6
42	Curet richard	02:04:11	Open Men	34	14
43	Michelot frederic	02:09:34	Open Men	35	12'6
44	Corre Alain	02:10:53	Open Men	36	12'6

(Click here for the Open Race results)