Alpe d'Huez Triathlon

The Triathlon EDF Alpe d'Huez, named after its sponsor EDF, was established in 2006 by Cyrille Neveu (born 1973), Long Distance Triathlon World Champion of the year 2002,[1] not to be confused with the multiple Rallye Dakar winner Cyril Neveu. Right from the beginning it has been one of the most prestigious and most popular French triathlons among the non ITU and non FFTRI competitions.

The Alpe d'Huez triathlon starts at the reservoir Lac du Verney and features the famous 21 Tour de France bends climbing up 1120 m to the ski resort Alpe d'Huez.

In 2009, the long distance triathlon attracted 671 sportsmen and sportswomen (516 finishers) and the short distance triathlon boasted 839 participants (749 finishers), 62 percent of them were French. In 2010 the start list reached a new record with 1150 short distance participants and 943 long distance participants on 15 July, i.e. two weeks before the triathlon.

Most of the Alpe d'Huez winners are international elite stars, especially on the long distance. In 2007 and in 2008 Chrissie Wellington placed first and in 2009 Nicola Spirig won gold. On the short distance, four French triathletes could win the gold medal: Delphine Pelletier, Hervé Faubre, Bertrand Billard, and Frédéric Belaubre. Charlotte Morel, the French U23 Champion of the years 2009 and 2010, placed first on the sprint distance in 2007. In 2008 she won the sprint triathlon in Vaujany and the courte distance (1200+30+7) triathlon in Alpe d'Huez in 2008. In the following years, however, she was dogged by misfortune: in 2009, starting as the natural favourite for the gold medal, she was involved in a bicycle crash right at the beginning, and in 2010 due to health problems she could not take part in the race.

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Alpe d'Huez Triathlon Winners

Year Sprint CD = Courte Distance LD = Longue Distance
Date Male Winner Female Winner Date Male Winner Female Winner Date Male Winner Female Winner
2006 - - - 2 August 2006 Reinaldo COLUCCI Delphine PELLETIER - - -
2007 29 July 2007 Julien LOY Charlotte MOREL 2 August 2007 Hervé FAUBRE Tameka DAY 1 August 2007 Reinaldo COLUCCI Chrissie WELLINGTON
2008 27 July 2008 Julien LOY Charlotte MOREL 31 July 2008 Bertrand BILLARD Charlotte MOREL[2] 30 July 2008 Marcus ORNELLAS Chrissie WELLINGTON
2009  ?  ?  ? 30 July 2009 Frédéric BELAUBRE Eva JANSSEN 29 July 2009 Massimo CIGANA Nicola SPIRIG
2010 - - - 29 July 2010 Alberto CASADEI Eva JANSSEN 28 July 2010 James CUNNAMA Jodie SWALLOW
2011 - - - 28 July 2011 Tim DON Nicola SPIRIG 27 July 2011 Victor DEL CORRAL Catriona MORRISON

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Notes

  1. ^ See http://www.triathlon.org/athletes/profile/cyrille_neveu. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
  2. ^ According to other sources, a certain Aza Shaw won the women competition and Charlotte Morel would be second in the overall female ranking. On the webpage of the Triathlon Alpe d'Huez there are no rankings available any more and the link leads to the list of 2010 only. Cf. http://www.triclair.com/triathlon-alpe-huez-resultats-415.htm. Retrieved 21 November 2010.

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