As he reached the finish line of the 2nd stage, Roland Dubelly said:
- You're crazy to send us on those trails !!!
- Why ? What happened ?
- We will all fall in love with La Grande Odyssée, it' so beautiful !
Per Olav Gausereide arrived on th finish line of the 9th stage with his sled folded and strapped. When he saw a double triangle sign, warning of a danger, he tried to stop by anhoring his sled. But the sled hit a stone and the sled stopped violently. Per Olav was thrown on his sled which broke instantly. Per Olav kept on going and joined the finish line. A great example of tenacity !
Marc Tercier, from Switzerland, winner of the Trophée Haute Maurienne, realised the gap between him and the best LGO teams. He was thrilled to get caught by Emil Inauen and enjoyed to follow him a little bit on the trail. Marc was really happy with his dogs. Most of them are coming from a breeding of two of his dogs that are coming from the kennel of... Emil Inauen.
Miquel Angel Martinez had a great fear on the trail today. As he was suddenly breaking, his gang line broke in front of the wheel dogs. And the 6 other dogs started to run away. Happily, the dogs got soon tangled, he caught them, repaired the line and joined the finish line safely with no injury at all.
All the antidoping tests done during La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc 2010 are negative....
read more...As the Iditarod is about to start, here is an interesting video that is unfolding what you find in an Iditarod sled....
read more...Jean-Philippe Pontier usually takes a small video camera during the stages of La grande Odyssee Savoie Mont Blanc....
read more...It's the fourth time that the musher from Whitehorse wins the race. He's now, along with Lance Mackey, a 4-time Yukon Quest Champion....
read more...The Swiss, a mutiple LGO veteran, is at the present time running the Yukon Quest....
read more...She reached Roros 26 minutes before another women Inger-Marie Haaland....
read more...Sigrid Ekran and Inger Marie Haaland are struggling for the final victory....
read more...Here are some pictures of most of the LGO mushers at the start of the Femundlopet....
read more...After two thirds of the race, Ekran has a short 10 minutes lead on Sorlie....
read more...But that's not Emil on the runners, it's his wife Barbara. Because of a disease he didn't manage to get cured of, the La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc 2010 Champion had ...
read more...After he got wounded during the first stage of La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc, his participation to the first main long distance race in Norway was not sure at all....
read more...Special awards were given during the award ceremony that closes La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc 2010....
read more...Experience the emotion of the teams crossing the finish line...
read more...He planned to win the race once during the first La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc in 2005. Five years later, he has made it !...
read more...Finally he made it, after so many attempts, he is on the podium... before the last leg....
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Switzerland [37 years old]Finisher :
Sponsors :
Prize list :
Course des Mosses, 2008 et 2009
Course de Saint Cergue, 2009, 2nd place
Championnat d'Europe, 2009
Transalp Vaudoise 2009, 2nd place
Biography :
Roland lives in Fribourg, he started professional mushing in 2004. He mainly ran mid-distance races and ran the European Championship in 2009.
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.
Switzerland [37 years old]Finisher : 2010, 2008, 2005
Sponsors : Swiss Natural Professional Pet Food, BEWE Sleds, Virbac, omis, GLA-WEL, Energizer, SILVA, Dog Vitality, Dyck Carts, LOWA
Prize list :
Finnmarkslopet 500 2005 5e Rookie of the year
LGO 2005 6e
LGO 2008 2e
LGO 2010 CHAMPION
Biography :
A former steep skier and climber, Emil has fallen in love with sleddogs during a trip in Canada. Originally coming from Switzerland, he has moved his kennel in Norway in 2009 to improve his level. Emil is also the builder of the sleds of the world famous BEWE brand. Emil hold the record of most stages won on La Grande OdysséeSavoie Mont Blanc.
Switzerland [44 years old]Finisher :
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Prize list :
Biography :
Marc has learned a lot on La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc by being a handler for Pierre-Antoine Héritier. But if Pierre-Antoine runs siberian huskies, Marc owns alaskan huskies, partly coming from Emil Inauen's kennel. His dream is to race LGO so he want to test his dogs on the Trophée first.