Artic Alps Cup er basert på en samarbeidsavtale mellom Finnmarksløpet og La Grande Odysse, som går over tre år. Den som får mest poeng i Finnmarksløpet 1000 og LGO totalt vil være vinneren. De tre beste deler en premiepott på 10.000 Euro. Skulle f.eks to stå igjen som vinner tilslutt, vil det bli en lik deling av premien mellom disse. Det er en betingelse at de har fullført begge løpene i samme år. Poengdelingen i begge løp er for de tre første: 1.plass 25 p. 2. plass 18 p. og for 3. plass 15 p. Her må virkelig kjøreren over sesongen ,vise allsidig kunnskap i sledehundekjøring, og prestere i et løp som LGO, og i et skikkelig langdistanseløp som Finnmarksløpet 1000, i en og samme sesong.
Situasjonen her i La Grande Odyssee i år er at Ketil Reitan NOR leder med rundt 19 min. på toer Daniel Juillaguet FRA som har ca 15 min. på treer Jo Are Brennodden NOR. I den siste etappen, som er en "fransk" langdistanse på 124 km totalt ( 60km, overnatting i telt og 64 km i morgentidlig), er det en viss spenning. Det er fortsatt muligheter til endringer, som Reitan sa: " En hund i sleden, her i noen av de lange stigningene, og du kan tape mye...". Vil også poengtere at Juillaguet har overrasket oss litt med å splitte de to norske i sammendraget. Juillaguet bruker å ha en treningsmåned i Norge og kan absolutt henge med. Det er med en viss spenning vi også vil vente på Finnmark 1000 i mars, da vi ser at "unge"Brennodden har kjørt jevnt med Reitan store deler av LGO, men har tapt tid på enkelte etapper.
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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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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.
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.