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From january 5th to 16th 2008
Through the Savoie and the Haute Savoie, mushers from the twelve or so different countries worldwide will be competing during a 2-week effort race over 1,000 km and over 25,000 m of cumulated positive difference in level.
Night and day the track will lead the teams through 24 ski resorts (20 French resorts and 4 Swiss), where many events will be taking place.
For each of the 10 stages, the race starts against the clock (every 2 minutes) or as mass start (in parallel) and brings together thousands of people in the snowed-up streets of the resort centers or in the most beautiful natural sites of the Pays de Savoie Mont Blanc.
Finish lines, very spectacular, are the place where fabulous events are organized.
Program
Domaine des Portes du Soleil
The first round takes place in Haute Savoie and Switzerland in the « Domaine des Portes du Soleil ». It includes 5 stages:
| - Stage #1 : |
Avoriaz – Avoriaz
Start on Sunday 6 january 4.30 pm
59 km and 2 500 m of difference in height
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| - Stage #2.a : |
Morzine – Morzine
Start on Monday 7 january 9.00 am
34 km and 1 600 m of difference in height
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| - Stage #2.b : |
Morzine – Champéry
Start on Monday 7 january 3.30 pm
58 km and 2 300 m of difference in height
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| - Stage #3 : |
Abondance – Abondance
Start on Tuesday 8 january 10.00 am
33 km and 700 m of difference in height
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| - Stage #4 : |
Châtel – Morgins – Avoriaz
Start on Tuesday 8 january 4.30 pm
82 km and 2 800 m of difference in height
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| - Stage #5.a : |
Les Gets – Praz de Lys
Start on Wednesday 9 january 9.15 am
27 km and 1 300 m of difference in height
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| - Stage #5.b : |
Praz de Lys – Les Gets
Start on Wednesday 9 january 4.00 pm
46 km and 2 100 m of difference in height
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Megève - Notre Dame de Bellecombe
An intermediary single stage which will be held in Megève and at the Notre Dame de Bellecombe will be the link between the Haute Savoie and the Savoie:
| Stage #6.a : |
Megève – Megève
Start on thursday 10 january 7.00 pm
28 km and 1 400 m of difference in height
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| - Stage #6.b : |
Megève – Notre Dame de Bellecombe
Start on friday 11 january 09.00 am
33 km and 1 700 m of difference in height
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Haute Maurienne Vanoise
The second round of La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc takes place in Savoie in the area of Haute Maurienne Vanoise. It includes 5 stages:
| - Stage #7.a : |
Val Cenis Lanslebourg – Base Polaire
Start on Saturday 12 january 4.30 pm
40 km and 2 100 m of difference in height
Night camp in Polar Base
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| - Stage #7.b : |
Base Polaire – Val Cenis Lanslevillard
Start on Sunday 13 january 11.30 am
89 km and 2 400 m of difference in height
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| - Stage #8.a : |
Bessans – Base Polaire
Start on Monday 14 january 3.30 pm
72 km and 1 700 m of difference in height
Night camp in Polar Base |
| - Stage #8.b : |
Base Polaire – Sardières
Start on Tuesday 15 january 7.00 am
33 km and 1 300 m of difference in height
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| - Stage #9 : |
Sardières – Aussois
Start on Tuesday 15 january 3.00 pm
46 km and 2 300 m of difference in height
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| - Stage #10 : |
Bonneval sur Arc – Val Cenis Lanslebourg
Start on Wednesday 16 january 9.30 am
70 km and 2 500 m of difference in height
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