Dette ble en rask etappe på ca 40 km i dag. Den gikk i den øverste delen av Val Cenis. Felles-start på skiskytterarenaen i Bessans opp til Bonneval sur Arc og ned igjen til Lanslevillard. Det var fine snøforhold i "nordiske" omgivelser, men solen varmet godt.
Dagens etappe ble en rask affære som ikke skapte de store forskjellene Martin Bily nr 1 og Radek Havrda 2. samt Milos Gonda stakk i fra tidlig, bare ca 3 min skilte disse i mål. Nr 4 ble Jean Phillipe Pontier ca 12 min. etter Bily. Pontier kjørte med 2 hunder mindre en de andre så dette var imponerende. Nr 5 Ketil Reitan rundt 13,5 min. bak. Nr 6 Jo Are Brennodden 16.38 bak og han slo Daniel Juillaguet nr7 med 3 sek. Det hører med til historien at noen av kjørerne kuttet ned i en sving og fikk ett minutts tillegg i straff.
I sammendraget har det skjedd små endringer. Radek virket sterk i dag og har den gule ledervesten ennå. Halsende bak er slovaken Milos Gonda som trener i Sverige bare 5.55 bak. På tredje er fortsatt Bily som har imponert oss her nede. Nr 4 Pontier som bor i Hodalen i Tolga holder unna for Reitan og tar stadig minutter. Så kommer Juillaguet som er ca 20 min forran Brennodden. Det er interesant å merke seg at de tre første kjører med en helt annen type hunder en de som følger bak. Dette kan bli spennende på de tolv milene som er igjen. Pontier er 45 min bak Bily og med franskmannens langdistansehunder skal ikke Bily gjøre mange feil før Pontier er der. Er en del taktikk blandt spesielt de fire første nå, Så med flaks kan Pontier ennå klare 3. plass. Om ikke noe helt spesielt skjer kan det bli vanskeligere for Reitan Juillaguet og Brennodden som er ganske langt bak. I morgen går første del av siste etappe, så venter en ny overnatting på fjellet før de i 7 - tiden neste morgen fortsetter med en runde på fjellet før de kommer i mål i Lanslebourg. Vi er med på live web fra ca 16.30 da starten går i Bonnevalle sur Arc.
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He was 4th last year. He has higher hopes for this edition....
read more...Here are some pictures of the arrival of the two champions and of the award ceremony....
read more...With Jo Are finishing in front of Ketil, both of them will be the first Arctic Alps Cup champions....
read more...After taking the lead close to the halfway point, Roger Dahl never left it until he crossed the finish line to claim his third Finnmarkslopet....
read more...The leaders are approaching Karasjok where an 8 hour mandatory rest awaits them before a long push of 133 kilometers to the finish line in Alta....
read more...He is the first native alaskan musher to win the race since 1976....
read more...La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc organizes a party for the Portes du Soleil to close 7 great years of collaboration....
read more...A few kilometers after leaving Neiden in lead, Ketil Reitan has taken a wrong trail. When he realised his mistake, he decided to come back to the checkpoint and take there his 16 hours man...
read more...When most of the frontrunners decided to take their 16h mandatory rest in Neiden, Reitan took off after a 5 hours rest....
read more...The start of the Finnmarkslopet 2011 will be given on saturday around noon in Alta. Ketil Reitan and Jo Are Brennodden will run to win the race and the Arctic Alps Cup....
read more...From the time he's been a handler on the first edition of La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc in 2005, Brent Sass has gone a long way....
read more...La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc is the place where to meet for Sleddogs and adventure fans. But sometimes it is also the place to start a new life....
read more...The women have dominated both races. Sigrid Ekran wins the 600 while Marianne Skjøthaug wins the 400....
read more...The norwegian race, second major race in the european calendar after La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc, is the favorite ground of Sorlie....
read more...A tight struggle has been held during La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont among the contestants of the Arctic Alps Cup....
read more...The 7th edition of La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc should have been its longest and will remain as one of its shortest but also one of the most thrilling....
read more...Some pictures of the moving awards ceremony that closed this special 7th edition of La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc....
read more...Many special prizes have been awarded as it is traditionnaly done every year....
read more...Great times, emotion and pride from th mushers and the La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc staff....
read more...Milos Gonda vant La Grande Odyssee 2011...
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Czech Republic [28 years old]Finisher : 2011
Sponsors :
Prize list :
LGO 2011 (2)
Biography :
Norway [36 years old]Finisher : 2011, 2010, 2009
Sponsors :
Prize list :
Arctic Alps Cup 2011 CHAMPION
LGO 2011 (6) - Friendliest Musher
Finnmarkslopet 1000 2011 (7)
LGO 2010 (5)
LGO 2009 (4) - Friendliest Musher
Finnmarkslopet 1000 2010 (10)
Finnmarkslopet 1000 2008 (14)
Finnmarkslopet 500 2005 (7)
Biography :
Jo Are is from a succesful mushing familly. His father Kjell is one of the best long-distance mushers in Norway. His brother Ola has won the Femundlopet 500 in 2008. Jo Are took a great 4th place in La Grande Odyssee Savoie Mont Blanc 2009. He received also the friendliest musher award.
Slovakia [34 years old]Finisher : 2011, 2012
Sponsors : Royal Canin
Prize list :
LGO 2012 (2)
LGO 2011 CHAMPION
Pasvik Trail 2011 CHAMPION
Pasvik Trail 2007 (28)
Biography :
Milos has discovered the mushing in 2003. He know runs tours for tourist in Swedish Lapland. 2011 champion, he comes back to LGO to defend his title.
Czech Republic [39 years old]Finisher : 2012, 2010, 2009, 2008
Sponsors : HUMI OUTDOOR - EURO HUSKY - VETERINÁR S.R.O.
Prize list :
LGO 2012 CHAMPION
LGO 2011 (13) non finisher
LGO 2010 (2)
LGO 2009 CHAMPION
LGO 2008 (4)
Trophée Grande Odyssée 2007 CHAMPION
Biography :
La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc is Radek's main goal. He won the race in 2009 in front of Robert Sorlie. He is one of the main favorite's of the 2012 edition.
France [45 years old]Finisher : 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2006, 2005
Sponsors : EUKANUBA - ENERGIZER - NUTRYLIS
Prize list :
LGO 2012 (7)
LGO 2011 (5)
LGO 2010 (11)
LGO 2008 (6)
LGO 2009 (8)
LGO 2006 (6)
LGO 2005 (11)
Trophée Haute Maurienne 2007 (7)
Femundlopet 2008 (28)
Femundlopet 2007 (26)
Finnmarkslopet 500 2003 (16) Finnmarkslopet 500 2004 (27)
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.
Norway [51 years old]Finisher : 2011, 2009, 2008
Sponsors : UnoX, Royal Canin Norway, Roros Hotell, Rorosbanken, Canada Goose
Prize list :
Arctic Alps Cup 2011 CHAMPION
LGO 2008 (3), LGO 2009 (7), LGO 2011 (4)
Finnmarkslopet 1000 2011 (11)
Yukon Quest 1989
Iditarod 1991, 1992 (10), 1993, 1994
Hope Nadezhda 1991
Femundlopet 2008 (2e), 2009 (7e)
Finnmarkslopet 2006 (12e), 2007 (11e) 2010 (7)
Biography :
Ketil is the only one musher who has run the 4 greatest races in the world: the Iditarod, the Yukon Quest, the Finnmarkslopet and La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc.