RIF 24: official ranking
16 Jul 2024
After verifying the kites and routes for each team, here is the official ranking for this Raid in France 2024 Expedition Nouvelle Aquitaine. This demanding edition, focused on navigation within a “100% back to nature” Corrèze, as Raid in France prefers, pushed the teams to their limits. Ranking here
08 Jul 2024
The curtain fell on Raid in France 2024 Expedition Nouvelle-Aquitaine on Friday, July 5th, with the closing ceremony and award ceremony. Earlier in the day, all teams crossed the finish line at the Espace 1000 Sources in Bugeat, most with stars in their eyes and visible emotion. It must be said that this lush, verdant […]
Day 6: The cocktail of rain, fog, and mud stirs up the race finale
04 Jul 2024
As of 6:30 PM today, only three teams had crossed the finish line in Bugeat, even though the race is supposed to conclude tomorrow afternoon. The poor weather conditions have severely complicated the progress of the teams at the back of the pack. New time limits will be introduced to ensure everyone reaches the finish […]
Fifth title for 400Team
03 Jul 2024
400Team crossed the finish line as heroes of this Raid in France in Nouvelle-Aquitaine. They set the pace from start to finish, leading almost uncontested, despite their pursuers never giving up hope of causing an upset. In 2007, Sandrine Béranger competed in her first long raid and the first Raid in France, in the Pyrenees. […]
400Team wins Raid in France
03 Jul 2024
Sandrine Béranger, Sébastien Raichon, Adrien Lhermet, and Benjamin Fayet of 400 Team have won the 12th Raid in France Expedition Nouvelle Aquitaine. This victory marks their fifth win in this challenging event and secures their spot in the Adventure Racing World Championship (ARWC), scheduled for the end of the year in Ecuador. The team completed […]
Day 4: What if the Tours de Merle Were Only 150 Kilometers from Happiness?
02 Jul 2024
As the teams in the top three begin to dream of the finish line, the others remain focused on their goal: to complete this 466-kilometer journey in its entirety and savor an achievement that can be classified as “out of category.” Yesterday, in the late afternoon, the teams passed through checkpoint number 7, located at […]
Day 3 : Along the Orgues de Bort, the River Dordogne and the Vézère gorges
01 Jul 2024
Halfway through an adventure race, teams no longer see the hours passing and forget their previous lives. They are immersed in this very unique journey, focused on the physical effort required and their relationship with nature. On this third day of Raid in France, time has stood still… The Raid in France caravan stretches gently […]
zzz: the low of sleep
01 Jul 2024
Raid in France requires racers to take a total of 8 hours of controlled sleep during their passage through transition areas or checkpoints. This sleep can be taken in minimum increments of 30 minutes throughout the race; it is monitored and recorded by the volunteers on site. Managing rest time is therefore an integral part […]
Day 2: Between Lake Vassivière and the Millevaches Plateau, time stretches… or races!
30 Jun 2024
As the leading teams continue to set a blistering pace, challenging weather conditions are testing competitors in this 12th Raid in France in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, a qualifier for the 2024 World Championship in Ecuador. As it has been raining for over 24 hours during Raid in France, the teams are experiencing an adventure intensified by various […]
Day 1 : The rise of captain’ Seb
29 Jun 2024
First encounter with Nouvelle-Aquitaine for the 25 international teams of this Raid in France 2024. The gaps between the leaders and the laggards are already significant. On this Saturday, June 29th, the small town of Bugeat, gateway to the legendary Millevaches plateau, in Corrèze, woke up to a peculiar sight outside its windows. It witnessed the unusual […]
