FrançaisRobert Sorlie will race the Femundlopet 2010 !
The official annoucement has been made onRobert Sorlie's website. He will race! It seems that his recovery has been faster than expected. If he enters the race it's because he has a strong belief that he can win it again. Benoît Gérard did a hell of a race and brought healthy, happy and strong dogs to the finish line. That's a great news for Robert, maybe not for the other contenders?
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This race is along with the Finnmarkslopet, one of the 2 greatest long-distance races in Norway and in Europe. Many mushers from La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc will also enter the race. Daniele Rao, Arnt Ola Skjerve, Daniel Juillaguet, Jean-Philippe Pontier, Petter Karlsson, Per-Olav Gausereide will leave Roros for the long Femundlopet: 600 kilometers. Jack-Gérard Gaspard, Salva Luque, Radek Havrda and Erik Martinez will enter the "short" Femund: 400 kilometers. Philippe Travadon, Isabelle's husband, will also be at the starting line of the Femund 400.
La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc wish a great race up there in Norway to all the mushers and the dogs. With the extraordinary "preparation" they got in the Alps, I wouldn't be surprised to see them do well.
The Femund 600 starts on february the 4th at noon and the Femund 400 leaves Roros one day later at the same time.
To follow the race : FEMUNDLOPET
We'll give you on that blog all the results and some comments during the race.
Photos: Anki, Tancrède Cadic-LGO, Dominique Grandjean
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...Award Ceremony # 01/22/2010 - 11:48
Special awards were given during the award ceremony that closes La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc 2010....
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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Radek
HAVRDA
Czech Republic [36 years old]Finisher : 2010, 2009, 2008
Sponsors : HUMI OUTDOOR - EURO HUSKY - VETERINÁR S.R.O.
Prize list :
Trophée Grande Odyssée 2007 1st
La Grande Odyssée 2008 4th
La Grande Odyssée 2009 1st
Biography :
La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc is Radek's main goal. He's working really hard on training to get ready. Which doesn't give him the time to learn english.
Radek is the reigning champion.
Daniel
JUILLAGUET
France [43 years old]Finisher : 2010, 2009, 2008, 2006, 2005
Sponsors : EUKANUBA - ENERGIZER - NUTRYLIS
Prize list :
Finnmarkslopet 500 2003 16th
Finnmarkslopet 500 2004 27th
LGO 2005 11th
LGO 2006 6th
Trophée Haute Maurienne 2007 7th
Femundlopet 2007 26th
LGO 2008 6th
Femundlopet 2008 28th
LGO 2009 8e
Biography :
A physiotherapist, Daniel is one of the best french long distance musher. He entered La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc since his first edition.
Petter
KARLSSON
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.
Erik
MARTINEZ
France [45 years old]Finisher :
Sponsors : Proplan Ville de Digne les Bains L’enseignerie de Digne les Bains
Prize list :
Alpentrail 2008
Sédivackuv 2009
Biography :
Erik runs a successful mid-distance kennel. He is now moving to Long Distance. He wants to run the Trophée Haute Maurienne Vanoise to prepare his team for the Femundlopet.
Jean-Philippe
PONTIER
France [36 years old]Finisher : 2010, 2009, 2008, 2006
Sponsors : TONIVET - VETO ONLINE - DERMOSCENT
Prize list :
Femundlopet 600 2010 (21)
LGO 2010 (6)
LGO 2009 (6)
LGO 2008 (8)
LGO 2006 (8)
Champion de France 2004 mi-distance en illimité (12 chiens).
Trophée Haute Maurienne Vanoise 2007 (2)
Biography :
Jean-Philippe is at the present time the best french musher. He has moved to Norway to improve his training conditions.
Daniele
RAO
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!
Arnt Ola
SKJERVE
Norway [27 years old]Finisher : 2010
Sponsors :
Prize list :
Finnmarkslopet 500 2008 (3) Rookie of the Year
Gausdal Maraton 2009 - Champion
Femundlopet 400 2009 - Champion
Finnmarkslopet 500 2009 - Champion
Biography :
Arnt Ola is a much talented young musher from Norway. His 2008-2009 racing season has been impressive with 3 victories in major races. We'll have to watch him on this year's La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc and not only for the Rookie of the Year Award.
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.