DYNAFIT X2 COURCHEVEL: Sunday 21 July 2013

At 11 am, the second edition of the mountain duathlon “Dynafit X2 Courchevel” got under way at Le Praz, with on the programme: 14.3 km (950 m of elevation gain/loss) of trail running and 23.7 km (780 m of elevation gain/loss) of mountain biking.

Julien Galot of the Club Levallois Triathlon won the Dynafit X2 Courchevel 2013 in 2h46min43s ahead of Rémi Goullioud of Team Passe Montagnes in 2h47min50s and Philippe Bidard of Trail Outdoor 69 in 2h49min53s.
Among the women, it was Isabelle Balthazard who won in 3h53min18s.
Among the mixed teams, it was the team Terre de Running that won with a time of 2h37min30s in the Mixed Duo category, made up of Stéphanie Duc, 6th at the 2013 trail running world championships, who set the best women’s trail time (1h32min36s), and Gilles Tresserre on the mountain bike. The team Les Am’Cyclopèdes, Ludovic Benoit (trail running) and Camille Pousse, who set the best women’s mountain bike time (1h19min36s), took second place in 2h52min14s ahead of the team Pâte et Vélo in 3h00min51s, with Patricia Renoton (trail running) and Eric Achard, who took the mountain bike record (1h02min17s).

The team Pelle/Roux, with Ludovic Pelle, French veteran mountain running champion, who set the best trail time in 1h20min20s, and Sébastien Roux, won the Men’s Duo category in 2h26min03s ahead of the team H2Shop.fr – Cycles Veran, made up of Philippe Samat (trail running) and Sylvain Martin (mountain biking), who finished in 2h45min13s, and the team RBMP with Rémi Berchet (trail running) and Mathieu Parizot (mountain biking) in 2h47min21s.
In the Women’s Duo category, it was the team Les Baujus with Laurie Renoton (trail running) and Sophie Baudru (mountain biking) that won this duathlon in 3h34min41s ahead of the team Barnett Team, made up of Michaela Mullerova (trail running) and Laura Coquillet (mountain biking) in 3h35min04s, and the team Les Tantines du Dauphiné, Mélanie Straub (trail running) and Marion Guibert (mountain biking), who finished in 3h58min53s.

To round off this fine weekend, the Dynafit X2 Courchevel competitors were invited by the organisers from the association “Courchevel Sports Alpinisme” to enjoy the traditional meal of the Fête de la Madelon at Le Praz.