Enter Date
In order to allow teams who stil need to finalise their budget and those still negotiating, the final entry date has now been put forward to the 8th of August, 2007. Come on..... we are waiting for you............the event will be really worth while!
monday, 16 july 07
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The course unveils itself
To give one some idea of what's ahead, here is some information concerning the route. The 16200 metres of climb is equally shared between treking and mountain bike. The Raid in France programme: roller (15km), Mountain bike (255km, 7 990m+ and 8 272m-), treking (105km, 7 400m+ and 7 353m-), canoeing (99km), caving (4km) and canyoning (6km). Also some last minute surprises................
In order to allow the maximum number of teams to pass the finishing line, bypass routes will be integrated.
monday, 16 july 07
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Reconnoitre in real life conditions
From the 15th to the 22nd of July the organsiers will complete the 'reconnoitre' of the course route. The opportunity for Béatrice Lambert, Pascal Bahuaud, Gilles Lelièvre and Bruno Vinualès to validate their choice, to work out the average passing times and to verify the correct linking of the different activities.
The only hitch at present is the unusual low level snow line for this time of year.
monday, 16 july 07
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Big titles
Three press conferences have recently been organised by the pool Media for the Raid in France. The first in Lourdes then Lyon and finally Paris with about fifteen journalists present. We will publish in our next Presse column the main articles.
monday, 16 july 07
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The sport tenors
The Raid in France, as has already been said, is something of a 2 in 1 Raid, an adventure race newly conceived for both high level teams and enthusiastic amateurs.
Amongst the new 'top class' recrutes, we are happy to announce the entry of the Wilsa and Buff teams, who respectively finished in second and third place at the last ARWC world championships in Scotland. Two teams led by Karine Baillet, winner of the Raid Gauloises in 2002 and the titled spanish participant, Emma Rocca. Amongst the less well known teams there is Absolue Raid, made up of four young racers, who didn't hesitate in taking up the challenge - bravo!
thursday, 28 june 07
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The athlete's babysitter
Béatrice Lambert from Grenoble who has taken on, for our organisation, team relations, has previously competed in several Raid Gauloises and the Eco Challenge: she can be contacted at concurrent@raidinfrance.fr
thursday, 28 june 07
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A new partner
The 'Conseil général des Hautes Pyrénées' is now one of the official partners of the Raid in France. They consider our event as one of the major events of the year 2007 and have congratulated us on the quality of our project.
thursday, 28 june 07
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Arrival in Tarnos
One small secret which we can give away is that the arrival point will be Tarnos, the fourth town of the ‘landes’ situated in the extreme south west of the region at the mouth of the Adour and the doorway to the ‘Pays Basque’.
wednesday, 18 april 07
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Teams
At present, 15 teams have completed the entry procedures and formalities needed to participate in the Raid in France, two of which are foreign teams :The North Face (GB) and Eider Alpisport Liege (Belgium). On the french side, Les Arcs Queschua, d’Ertips, Sport 2000 Lafuma are alongside passionate amateurs who inspire us with their motivation, their communicative enthusiasm and their willingness to exceed on every possible occasion, namely Raid Lourdes Aventure (1 and 2), Raidicale...
Alongside these, a dozen other teams are finalising their inscription, one of which we are proud of is the Swedish team Lundhags, third in the last world championships. To summarise, events are looking good and our commitment is that a minimum of 25 teams will be present at the starting line in Lourdes on the 15th of September.
monday, 16 april 07
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Raid In France, genuine values, athenticity, respect for others and ones environment
All of the racers, organisation members, volunteers and partners of the Raid in France will sign our “Back to Nature” Charter, a document giving one the means to live the event close to nature.
This Charter carries our ambitions and willingness to take into consideration the territories which we cross. It illustrates a certain number of obligations for the racers and organisers for example waste management and will reserve a surprise such as our futur booklet ‘Memories and the environment’.
friday, 9 march 07
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An ARWS stage: Raid In France is integrated in the world ARWS circuit
Geoff Hunt, the boss of the World ARWS Circuit, has officially announced, in March, our entry.
He exclaimed “The new french organisers are devoted to nature sports. They have participated in many races around the world and we are delighted to welcome them. Pascal Bahuaud and Bruno Vinualès have a long history as competitors. We await with impatience the start of this Raid in France, which will give the opportunity to see the best french teams confront the renowned international teams”.
friday, 9 march 07
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Our top 5 "french"
Opened on the 25th of January, inscirptions are advancing quickly. The first five french teams entered, who will benefit from our special welcome rate, are as follows: Les Arcs Quechua, Raid Lourdes Aventure 2, Worldwide Aventure and Ertips. Unfortunate for the sixth team (Absolue Raid 31).
Foreign teams can be reassured: the entry quota has not been reached so it’s up to you....!
tuesday, 6 february 07
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The winning trio
The Raid in France was launched on the 25th of January at midday and by 2 pm three teams were inscribed, in order: Les Arcs Quechua then Raid Lourdes Aventure1 and 2. We welcome them and remind you that the first ten teams inscribed will benefit from a small reduction.
thursday, 25 january 07
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The "reco" advances
The recognition phase of the river course is almoste finished with lots of pleasure in view on the sections classed 2 and 3 with passages which have dams with canoe slides.
wednesday, 24 january 07
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The RIF spirit
Scheduled to be organised each year in a different region of France, the Raid in France renews the original spirit of the large raid expeditions. Placing the racers in command: of their capacity to manage their effort and sleep (non stop race without neutralisation); of their orientational abilities (gps forbidden); their ability to adapt to the terrain (very few control points); .......... all contributing towards the teams result. The time limits at the different control points will be lengthened to a maximum. Raid in France addresses itself as much to amateurs as to professional teams.
webnasday, 24 january 07
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