16.30 starter den siste etappen av La Grande Odyssee 2011. Det er igjen en "fransk" langdistanse som i ettermiddag starter langt oppe i Val Cenis dalen ved Bonnevalle sur Arc. Etter kjøring i såkuppert terreng her oppe i dalen kommer kjørerne ned til Lanslebourg og begynner den ca 10 km lange klatringen på en sommervei opp til Polar Basen på ca 2000-2100 moh. Der kjører de en sløyfe for å komme tilbake til Polarbasen. Der venter en natt i telt på kjøreren. Total 60 km i kveld. I morgen tidlig kl 07.30f Kjører de ned til Lanslebourg og opp dalen til Bessans, Bonnevalle og opp til Trieves før den de snur og kjører ned til Lanslebourg for den siste målgang i La Grande Odyssee 2011. Totalt 64 km i morgen.
At 4.30 this afternoon, the start of the last stage og La Grande Odysse 2011 will find place. Again the teams will du a "french" longdistance stage. The start is up in the valley at Bonnevalle sur Arc in Val Cenis. After some distance in the valley, the teams come down to Lanslebourg and start the about 10 km klimbing on a summer-road up to the Polar Base on about altitude 2000-2100 meters, and then make a loop up in the mountain before they come back to the Polar Base. At Polar Base a night in tent will meet the mushers. Total 60 km this evening. To morrow morning at 7.30, in the morning, the teams will go down to Lanslebourg and start up the valley pass Bessans, Bonnevalle up to Trieves and turn back to Lanslebourg and the last finish-line for La Grande Odyssee 2011. Total 64 km to morrow.
Vil Radek Havrda Tsjekkia holde unna for Milos Gonda Slovakia? Han er bare 5.55 min bak. Vil Tsjekkeren Martin Bily som er 23.50 bak Radek, fortsette den gode kjøringen for å nå de to andre? Har franskmannen Jean Phillip Pontier, som bor og trener i Hodalen, Norge, noe på lager for å prøve seg på tredje plassen? Jeg vet det er mye taktikk på gang mellom disse fire. Hvordan vil det gå mellom den neste gruppen i sammendraget, som kjemper om viktige poeng i Actic Alps Cup? Her har Ketil Reitan NOR 19 min på neste mann Daniel Juillaguet FRA, som igjen har 15 min. på Jo Are Brennodden NOR. Følg oss på live-web og blogg i løpet av kvelden og i morgen tidlig.
Will Radek Havrda keep a way from the slovak Milos Gonda? Gonda is only 5.55 min. back of Radek. Will the czeck Martin Bily who is 23.50 back of Radek, keep on with his good racing and take minutes on those two in front? What a bout the french musher Jean Phillipe Pontier , who lives and train in Hodal Norway, and really going for long distance? He have about 45 min. up to Bily, will i manage to come up form back and take the third place? I know it`s a lot of tactic between those teams at the moment. What about the next group in the general ranking? They are fighting for importent points for the Actic Alps Cup. Ketil Reitan NOR leads, but Daniel Juillaguet FRA is only about 19 min back of him ,and just 15 min back of him Jo Are Brennodden NOR who is a good longdistance musher. Follow us on live-web and LGO blog during this evening and early to morrow.
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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.