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 […]
Close up on the race
29 Jun 2024
Raid in France Expedition 2024 Nouvelle-Aquitaine is underway! This morning, 25 teams embarked on this wild 466 km adventure starting with a 3 km orienteering race in the village of Bugeat, Corrèze. Over the next 4 to 6 days, they will navigate autonomously using 1:50,000 scale maps through the gorges of the Dordogne, the Millevaches […]
Follow the race
27 Jun 2024
The start of Raid in France 2024 Expedition Nouvelle-Aquitaine will take place in Bugeat, in the Corrèze department, the gateway to the Millevaches Regional Natural Park. After 4 days of non-stop racing (6 days for the last teams), the winning team will secure their ticket to the Adventure Racing World Championship, scheduled from November 28 […]
The boss is speaking
01 Jun 2024
Pascal Bahuaud, race director: “Now that the route is 100% finalised and I am putting it in the road-book, I feel like it’s a unique journey, very different from what we have proposed so far. Admittedly, there are no high mountains, but it is very hilly, with a strong sense of expeditions due to the […]
A very challenging program
25 Mar 2024
Raid in France Expedition 2024 in Nouvelle-Aquitaine takes shape with a loop of more than 400 km and 10,000 m of elevation gain. 13 stages: Mountain bikes (4) for around 200 km, Packrafting-Trek (6) for 110 km and 3 of Trek for 90 km. For Pascal Bahuaud, race director: “the environment of this new edition […]
