FrançaisStories from the trail
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.
Arctic Alps Cup: a world premiere in sleddog racing # 08/20/2010 - 14:00
The two greatest European sleddogs races, the Finnmarkslopet in Norway and La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc in France have together decided to create a new championship in this growing...
read more...The Superdogs of Emil Inauen # 08/10/2010 - 11:20
Mushing Magazine presents the winning team of La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc 2010....
read more...LGO, qualifying race for the Iditarod # 07/09/2010 - 11:28
La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc becomes official Iditarod qualifying race....
read more...Dare2b official partner of the 7th edition of La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc # 07/06/2010 - 18:39
DARE2b, specialist in outdoor sports clothing (mountain, biking, running), has been present for over 10 years in the Alps and in over 25 countries, and is now becoming an Official Partner ...
read more...La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc live on Radio de la Mer # 05/03/2010 - 18:30
La Radio de la Mer interviewed Henry Kam on a radio program all dedicated to La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc....
read more...La Grande Odyssée is in Newsweek ! # 04/26/2010 - 12:49
The american magazine is publishing an article on sleddogs races....
read more...Golden Harness litter # 04/09/2010 - 17:44
Leda, Emil Inauen's main leader and Golden Harness 2010 recipient, gave birth to a new generation of champions....
read more...Amundsen Race: Pontier Grabs 4th place # 03/29/2010 - 11:48
The french musher got here his best result on a big race....
read more...Iditarod: Lance Mackey makes history... again. # 03/25/2010 - 10:37
By winning for the 4th time in a row the Iditarod, Lance Mackey has accomplished what nobody has ever done before....
read more...Finnmarkslopet 1000: a familly affair # 03/23/2010 - 10:58
One year after Inger Marie Haaland became the first woman to ever win the Finnmarkslopet 1000, his companion Ralph Johannessen wins the 2010 édition....
read more...Finnmarkslopet 500: a fast fiNNish ! # 03/22/2010 - 10:03
Ole Wingren, from Finland, has been faster than all the norwegian teams to win the 2010 title....
read more...LGO visits Finnmarkslopet # 03/19/2010 - 15:21
La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc gave a visit to his colleague from the norwegian arctic. This trip was a great opportunity to meet the organisers and the mushers....
read more...2010 Antidoping control results # 03/09/2010 - 17:21
All the antidoping tests done during La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc 2010 are negative....
read more...What's in an Iditarod sled ? # 03/01/2010 - 11:52
As the Iditarod is about to start, here is an interesting video that is unfolding what you find in an Iditarod sled....
read more...La Grande Odyssée Live from the sled # 02/23/2010 - 12:42
Jean-Philippe Pontier usually takes a small video camera during the stages of La grande Odyssee Savoie Mont Blanc....
read more...Hans Gatt wins the 2010 Yukon Quest # 02/19/2010 - 12:12
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...Yukon Quest : Pierre-Antoine in the race # 02/10/2010 - 12:13
The Swiss, a mutiple LGO veteran, is at the present time running the Yukon Quest....
read more...Sigrid Ekran is the 2010 Femundlopet champion # 02/08/2010 - 12:41
She reached Roros 26 minutes before another women Inger-Marie Haaland....
read more...The Femundlopet champion will be a women ! # 02/07/2010 - 10:17
Sigrid Ekran and Inger Marie Haaland are struggling for the final victory....
read more...Femundlopet: LGO mushers at the start # 02/06/2010 - 20:54
Here are some pictures of most of the LGO mushers at the start of the Femundlopet....
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Roland
DUBELLY
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.
Per Olav
GAUSEREIDE
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.
Emil
INAUEN
Switzerland [38 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.
Marc
TERCIER
Switzerland [45 years old]Finisher :
Sponsors :
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.