18.38: This morning a stage was canceled because of that`s now snow in the lower part of Val Cenis. To morrow the plan was to start down there and go around 110 km til polar base at the mountain, and have a biuvac up there as last time. The next day the mushers will do a 80 km trail in the mountains and come down to Lanslebourg as the main finishline for the stage and the race. Here will be some changes  om the first part of course. Follow the web-site, and you will know what trail it will be tomorrow.

18.20: In the Trophy class: On this stage: 1.Marc Tercier, 2. Antoine Lomaine 3. Isabelle Travadon. in General Ranking: 1. Lomaine, 2. Travadone, 3. Tercier. Complete official lists will be put on the result side as soon as possible.

18.10: Bily Martin was the clear winner of this stage. After a while Radek Havrda turned up , with Gonda a bit back. 2-3 minutes after Jean Phillipe Pontier showed up in the Finish line. Ketil Reitan was the next and after him Daniel Juillaguet. And a little distance after Jo Are Brennodden. Around Reitan Juillaguet we are a bit unshore who came first.

17:50: Jean Phillipe Pontier have runned faster than Reitan and Brennodden with only 8 dogs. The others had 10 dogs.

17.32: We have a bit problem with the contact with finish area, but we will get a report soon. It seems that some of the LGO mushers have cut a small loop not big, so we will see what this will be in time. Maybe they get a minutt but that`s up to the Race management.

17.16: It`s not changes in the front, but It`s a bit fighting between Reitan and Pontier, but Pontier is still a bit in front of him. Martin Bily have passed the finishline.

17:00: Radek have left Gonda in the front, but still back of Bily, no one can do something with the Tsjeko/slovakian trio today. And a distanse back of those Pontier is passed Reitan and left him. Soon the first in finnish.

16.45: Bily is really speeding in front, Gonda an Radek can not follow at the moment. Group Reitan is breaking up, Pontier follow Reitan and Juillaguet can`t follow, And Brennodden can`t follow the frenc at the moment.

16.12: It goes fast, In the lead of the stage: Bily Martin CZE a bit in front of Milos Gonda SVK together with Radek Havrda. Those three have the controll of the stage at moment. A km after those we have almost a group with Ketil Reitan NOR, Daniel Juillaguet FRA, Jean Phillipe Pontier FRA and Jo Are Brennodden NOR. almost 1 km after, Thomas Hoffmann,GER Jack Gaspard FRA and Fabrizio Lovatti ITA followed by Jaco Ulmann SUI, De Martin ITA. Then we got Wolfram Schumacher GER and a bit behind Pierre Antoine Heritier SUI. At the moment Bily is running very fast.

16.00: We have had the Trophy class out for an hour now, and the LGO 20 min. less. I have been in the starting area, all the mushers seemed very satisfide in this sunny, warm weather  with good snow condition in a nordic like area with not too much up and downhills.

Stage 9: Bessans -> Lanslevillard

 The race start with a mass start for 40 km