Abu Dhabi, who finished at 21:23:54 UTC, received 30 points for victory, with Groupama netting 25 after their finish at 21:29:21. PUMA took 20 points, Telefonica 15 and CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand with 10 – after the two had a scintillating neck-and-neck battle to the finish line. Team Sanya finished sixth and picked up five points
Groupama, skippered by Franck Cammas, now lead Telefonica by 3 points overall, with the Spanish team dropping from the top spot on the leaderboard for the first time since their victory on Leg 1 from Alicante to Cape Town back in November.
Next up for the fleet is the Lisbon In-Port Race on Saturday, June 9 with the Leg 8 Start the following day.
Scoreboard
1 Groupama sailing team (25) 183
2 Team Telefónica (15) 180
3 PUMA Ocean Racing by BERG (20) 171
4 CAMPER with Emirates Team NZ (10) 162
5 Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing (30) 104
6 Team Sanya (5) 32
From : Volvo Ocean Race
