FrançaisAwards ceremony pictures
Radek Havrda received a huge ovation on the stage
Vino (Thomas Hoffmann), the friendliest dog, chosen by the vet team
Fabrizio Lovati receives the sportsmanship award (chosen by the mushers)
Jo Are Brennodden and Pierre-Antoine Heritier are the friendliest mushers
Milos Gonda is the 2011 rookie of the year, he won a fully-equiped BEWE sled.
Jean Combazard wins the Nordic Challenge as the fastest purebred team.
Waff, Milos Gonda's main leader, won the Golden Harness
The 2011 mushers
The Arctic Alps Cup podium after La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc :
Daniel Juillaguet (2nd), Ketil Reitan (1st) and Jo Are Brennodden (3rd)
The 2011 handlers
The LGO staff gathered on the stage
Photos Clotilde Richalet
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Amundsen Race: Jean-Philippe Pontier wants to win # 03/24/2011 - 11:04
He was 4th last year. He has higher hopes for this edition....
read more...Arctic Alps Cup: pictures # 03/22/2011 - 17:25
Here are some pictures of the arrival of the two champions and of the award ceremony....
read more...Arctic Alps Cup: it's a tie ! # 03/18/2011 - 14:51
With Jo Are finishing in front of Ketil, both of them will be the first Arctic Alps Cup champions....
read more...Finnmarkslopet: Roger Dahl is champion # 03/18/2011 - 14:44
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...Arctic Alps Cup / Finnmarkslopet : last kilometers # 03/16/2011 - 23:20
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...Iditarod: John Baker wins in record time # 03/16/2011 - 12:20
He is the first native alaskan musher to win the race since 1976....
read more...Portes du Soleil Party # 03/15/2011 - 11:21
La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc organizes a party for the Portes du Soleil to close 7 great years of collaboration....
read more...Arctic Alps Cup: Ketil Reitan took a wrong trail # 03/15/2011 - 10:27
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...Finnmarkslopet: Ketil Reitan is in lead # 03/14/2011 - 13:09
When most of the frontrunners decided to take their 16h mandatory rest in Neiden, Reitan took off after a 5 hours rest....
read more...Arctic Alps Cup, part 2 # 03/11/2011 - 17:00
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...LGO handler becomes Yukon Quest hero # 02/28/2011 - 16:16
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...LGO volunteer becomes musher # 02/21/2011 - 12:34
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...Femundlopet 2011: it's a women's world # 02/07/2011 - 13:07
The women have dominated both races. Sigrid Ekran wins the 600 while Marianne Skjøthaug wins the 400....
read more...Femundlopet: Robert Sorlie grabs the lead # 02/04/2011 - 12:03
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...Arctic Alps Cup Part 1 Review # 01/27/2011 - 12:06
A tight struggle has been held during La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont among the contestants of the Arctic Alps Cup....
read more...LGO 2011 Sports review # 01/24/2011 - 14:06
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...Awards ceremony # 01/21/2011 - 09:51
Many special prizes have been awarded as it is traditionnaly done every year....
read more...Videos: Stage 10 # 01/19/2011 - 15:40
Great times, emotion and pride from th mushers and the La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc staff....
read more...Oppsummering La Grande Odyssee 2011 Norsk # 01/19/2011 - 14:43
Milos Gonda vant La Grande Odyssee 2011...
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Jo Are
BRENNODDEN
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.
Jean
COMBAZARD
France [51 years old]Finisher : 2012, 2011, 2008
Sponsors : PURINA PRO PLAN - SOGERES
Prize list :
LGO 2012 (10)
LGO 2011 (10) Best Siberian Husky Team
LGO 2010 (19) Non finisher
LGO 2008 (11)
Trophée Haute-Maurienne 2009 CHAMPION
Biography :
Jean created his own kennel called "des rêves de l'hiver blanc". He owns 15 siberian huskies. In January 2011, he took a great 10th place of La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc. He trains far from the mountains in Seine et Marne with passion and perseverence.
Milos
GONDA
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.
Radek
HAVRDA
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.
Pierre-Antoine
HERITIER
Switzerland [47 years old]Finisher : 2011, 2008, 2006, 2005
Sponsors :
Prize list :
LGO 2011 (12) - red lantern - friendliest musher
LGO 2008 (10)
LGO 2006 (10)
LGO 2005 (16)
Trophée Haute Maurienne Vanoise 2007 (4)
Yukon Quest 2010 (21)
Femundlopet 600 2009 (23)
Femundlopet 600 2007 (23)
Finnmarkslopet 1000 2007 (27)
Biography :
Since 2005 and his first LGO, his siberians and himself have ran numerous other great races in Scandinavia and Northern America. Last year, he finished the Yukon Quest. Pierre-Antoine is the only musher running with siberians who has finished La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc, the Femundlopet 600, the Finnmarkslopet 1000 and the Yukon Quest with the same dogs.
Thomas
HOFFMANN
Germany [46 years old]Finisher : 2011, 2006
Sponsors : Manmat ; Bergans of Norway ; Renault.
Prize list :
LGO 2012 (13) scratched
LGO 2011 (8)
LGO 2006 (7)
Trophée Haute Maurienne Vanoise 2007 (5)
Finnmarkslopet every year since 2000
Biography :
For 20 years he lived with sled dogs. After a good 8th place last year, he is back and will run the Arctic Alps Cup, this year.
Daniel
JUILLAGUET
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.
Fabrizio
LOVATI
Italy [37 years old]Finisher : 2011
Sponsors : Vallée d'Aoste, Italie
Prize list :
LGO 2011 (7)
LGO 2005 (17)
Iditarod 2008 (48)
Iditarod 2006 (38)
Iditarod 2004 (28)
Biography :
Fabrizio began mushing in 1987, he is the most famous Italian long-distance musher. He ran La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc in 2005, the first edition and is back for LGO 2011.
Ketil
REITAN
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.