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The company responded moments after Cremer’s social media post, saying it had attempted to find a solution with the race organisers SAEM Vendée in the summer of 2022: “Determined to take the start of the race alongside [Cremer] in 2024, several solutions have been proposed by Team Banque Populaire to the organiser, so that the regulations take into account the situation of women in the Vendée Globe and the question of maternity.

“All these proposals, as well as requests for the allocation of a wildcard guarantee, have been rejected, including the one made just a few days ago, and this is regrettable.

“In order, despite everything, to guarantee the future of the project in the next Vendée Globe and with regard to human (creation of a team) and financial (acquisition of a boat) investments, Team Banque Populaire must unfortunately resign itself to evolve its project by entrusting the Banque Populaire XII bar to a new skipper whose name will be communicated in the coming days.”

Fellow Vendée Globe competitor Pip Hare, based in Poole, Dorset, said: “I’m shocked and ashamed at the treatment of Clarisse Cremer.

“I love this sport because men and women compete on equal terms, but that seems not to be the case any more. I thought we’d made such progress as female sailors – as female athletes in general – to gain acceptance, compete on equal terms and take our place at the top of leadership boards. I was wrong – we have so much more to do. And Clarisse’s case will just spur us on.”

The 2024 race is likely to be oversubscribed, in which case selection would be made according to mileage.