FrançaisAward Ceremony
Rookie of the Year : Per Olav Gausereide (Norway). Per Olav has received a new sled of the brand BEWE sleds that sponsors this award..
Best purebred team : Isabelle Travadon (France)
Best Dog Care : Emil Inauen and his handler Samuel Eisenhut (Switzerland)
Golden Harness : Leda, 8 years old (Emil Inauen's main leader)
Red Lantern: Jaco Alex Ulmann (Switzerland)
Sportsmanship Award : Robert Sorlie (Norway)
Friendliest musher : Benoît Gérard (France)
All the mushers have received a certificate with thei official finishing time on it. Aparty shared by the msuhers, handlers, volunteers and LGO staff has cloed the 2010 La Grande Odyssée savoie Mont Blanc.
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....
read more...Femund: Sigrid Ekran is leading after 400 km # 02/06/2010 - 20:33
After two thirds of the race, Ekran has a short 10 minutes lead on Sorlie....
read more...Inauen at the start of the Femundlopet 600 # 02/04/2010 - 17:15
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...Robert Sorlie will race the Femundlopet 2010 ! # 01/28/2010 - 17:02
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...The arrival in video # 01/20/2010 - 17:02
Experience the emotion of the teams crossing the finish line...
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Emil Inauen is the 2010 Champion ! # 01/20/2010 - 13:26
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...Vondrak takes the 3rd place # 01/19/2010 - 23:50
Finally he made it, after so many attempts, he is on the podium... before the last leg....
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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 [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.
Robert
SORLIE
Norway [52 years old]Finisher : 2009
Sponsors : Eukanuba, Macrogard, intervet, Vi Sees..., Vom Og Hundemat, Princeton Tec., Seleverkstedet, Brynje, Lowe Alpine, Kamik, OT Sleden, MR
Prize list :
Femundlopet champion: 1996 2000 2002 2005 2007 2009
Finnmarkslopet champion: 1999 2001
Iditarod champion: 2003, 2005
La Grande Odyssée 2009: 2nd
Biography :
Robert is the most famous musher in the world. After winning all the major races in Europe, he ran the Iditarod in 2002 and took the 9th place and the rookie of the year award. He came back the following year and won. And 2 years later, he won again. His way to run his dogs slower but really longer has inspired many other great mushers. Robert has taken the 2nd place and the rookie of the year award in his first La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc in 2009. He's back in 2010 to win.
Isabelle
TRAVADON
France [47 years old]Finisher : 2010, 2008, 2005
Sponsors :
Prize list :
Alpirod 1994 (26) 1995 ( 22)
LGO 2005 ( 9) 2008 (13)
Femundlopet 600 2007 (24)
Finnmakslopet 500 2007 ( 29)
Biography :
Isabelle is for sure the most famous french female musher. She's breeding working siberian huskies for a lot of years. Many other teams in France have dogs coming from her kennel.
Jaco Alex
ULMANN
Switzerland [45 years old]Finisher : 2010, 2009
Sponsors : BOZITA'S ROBUR - CAMPINGAZ - SILVA - COLEMAN - HEAT - CIARA-SWISS - LEATHERMAN - ISOTHERM
Prize list :
Finnmarkslopet 500 2007 (39)
Finnmarkslopet 500 2008 (31)
La Grande Odyssée 2009 (13)
Biography :
Jaco Alex along with his wife Helga runs a sleddog activities business. He is well jnown from the LGO fans as he arrives to the styarting lines with all his dogs walking behing him.
He has run LGO in 2008 and 2009.