Karlsson wants the second place

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Even if he said that it should not be an important day, it seems that the Swedish had something else in mind.

At the start of the 8th stage in Bramans, Petter Karlsson said that nothing would change today and that he wanted to save the energy of his dogs for the last day.

But by looking at him working behind the dogs, it was obvious that the 2008 champion had decided to make some time on the Czech today. Leaving 2 minutes behind Havrda, his idea was for sure to come back on the Czech on that morning stage and to get 2 minutes back. Moreover, he was the only one from the top 4 to take 9 dogs on that stage. The others took only 8.

He fulfilled his goal as he is winning the 8th stage and beat Havrda by 2 minutes and 18 secondes. He now needs to make only  2 minutes and 54 seconds to get the 2nd place. There could be a change in the owner of the 2nd.

Per Olav Gausereide has shrinked his gap on Daniele Rao and now have only 22 secondes to make to take the 8th place from the italian.

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Per Olav GAUSEREIDE

Per Olav
GAUSEREIDE

Norway Norway [41 years old]

Finisher : 2010

Sponsors :

Prize list :
Scandream Finland 1999 2
Pirena Spain 2001 2
ESDRA EC Hamar 2007 1
IFSS WC Italy 2008 3
Alpentrail 2008 4

Biography :
Along with his wife Elisabeth Edland, Per Olav runs a successful kennel. Since 1992 Per Olav participates in Norwegian competitions and since 1998 in international competitions. This year will be his first participation in La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc.

Petter KARLSSON

Petter
KARLSSON

Sweden Sweden [34 years old]

Finisher : 2010, 2009, 2008

Sponsors : STORUMAN ENERGI AB - SNOTROLL - EUKANUBA - SLUSSFORS TRANSPORT & SERVICE

Prize list :
LGO 2008 1st
Amundsen Race 2008 9th
LGO 2009 5th
Femundlopet 600 17th

Biography :
Petter runs a farm in the summer and a sleddog tour business in the winter. He develops a special breeding for La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc. His dogs are a mix of alaskan huskies and shorthaired pointers. La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc is his main goal of the season.

Daniele RAO

Daniele
RAO

Italy Italy [47 years old]

Finisher : 2010, 2009

Sponsors :

Prize list :

Biography :
Daniele is back after a convincing try in the 2009 race. If you're a careful watcher you might have noticed that he runs La Grande Odyssée savoie Mont-Blanc in sneakers! He's back so that means that he has nort already freeze his toes!