Megavalanche

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Template:Short description Template:Coord Script error: No such module "redirect hatnote". Template:Infobox cycling race Megavalanche (nicknamed "Mega") is a enduro mountain bike race held annually at the Alpe d'Huez ski resort in the French Alps since 1995, and annually on the island of Réunion.

The Alps event, being the more widely publicized and famous among downhill cycling enthusiasts, starts on the glaciated summit of Pic Blanc in Huez and descends to the valley bottom at Allemond, for a total of over 2,600 vertical meters (8530 feet) and a 20 km (12 miles) distance.

The mass-start race is known for its fast speeds and winding turns over varying terrain, with hundreds of riders descending the mountain at once. Famously, racers are allowed to progress down the mountain by any reasonable means, and riders often cut corners and walk their bikes for extended periods of time. Many other enduro races have similarly lenient course guidelines. Despite the inherent dangers, officials state that injuries are modest, and that the race is less dangerous than it may seem to outsiders. The course is designed to slow the riders down around tight curves and the width of the glacier at the race's start line allows the riders to spread out.[1]

History

The Megavalanche race was the creation of mountain bike pioneer George Edwards, who was involved in creating some of the first downhill tracks in Europe. The first race, held in 1995, saw 400 riders in attendance.[1] The race has been managed by Edwards since its inception, and is organized by his company, UCC. The exact route of the course may change from year to year, depending on terrain and weather conditions, taking riders between 20 minutes to over 1 hour to complete, but on average lasts 35-50 minutes.

The 2007 race saw a significant increase in participants from outside France, likely driven by an increase in press coverage of the event.[2] The 2013 race saw 2000 riders in attendance from over 30 countries.[1]

On November 11, 2018, Edwards issued a statement notifying participants that the 2018 Réunion Mega race was cancelled. He stated UCC race organizers had "taken note of the prefectural orders not to authorize the organization of the event", due to the yellow vests protests taking place across France.[3][4]

Megavalanche organizers announced in 2018 a series of races entitled the 'European Mass Start Series', including the Megavalanche race and other races dubbed 'Maxiavalanches' (using the same mass-start format), to take place in 2019. The winner of the series' races will receive travel, accommodations and entry fees covered for the Reunion Island Megavalanche race.[5][6][7]

Race Format

Since 2014, the format of the event follows three main days:

  • Practice Day - Lifts and courses are open and free to anyone with a race plate. Riders are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the course.
  • Qualifiers - Riders run qualifying races consisting of six heats of about 250 riders. The resulting qualifier times are broken down into starting lines designated by a letter, with 'A' being the front.
  • Race Day - The top 35 riders from each Qualifier start the Elite race on Sunday. The following 35 from each qualifier then race in a similarly mass-started event called the 'Megavalanche Challenger' on Saturday. Any riders outside these two categories are grouped into the 'Megavalanche Amateur' which starts after the Elite race on Sunday, and the 'Affinity' group where they can start at any time after the 'Megavalanche Challenger' on Saturday. Riders' times are recorded automatically by transponder chip.

Results

Megavalanche Alpe D'Huez

Year First place Second place Third place
1995 Template:Flagg François Dola Template:Flagg Pascal Yen Pon Template:Flagg Guillaume Pallarès
1996 Template:Flagg Fabrice Taillefer Template:Flagg Pascal Yen Pon Template:Flagg François Dola
1997 Template:Flagg Fabrice Taillefer Template:Flagg Lilian Sergent Template:Flagg Olivier Guincêtre
1998 Template:Flagg Samuel Peridy Template:Flagg Bruno Tschanz Template:Flagg Olivier Guincêtre
1999 Template:Flagg François Dola Template:Flagg Samuel Peridy Template:Flagg Lionel Sequéra
2000 Template:Flagg Alexandre Balaud Template:Flagg Olivier Guincêtre Template:Flagg William Balaud
2001 Template:Flagg René Wildhaber Template:Flagg Alexandre Balaud Template:Flagg Karim Amour
2002 Template:Flagg René Wildhaber Template:Flagg Alexandre Balaud Template:Flagg Olivier Giordanengo
2003 Template:Flagg René Wildhaber Template:Flagg William Balaud Template:Flagg Samuel Peridy
2004 Template:Flagg René Wildhaber Template:Flagg William Balaud Template:Flagg Alexandre Balaud
2005 Template:Flagg Jérôme Clementz Template:Flagg Rémy Absalon Template:Flagg Franck Parolin
2006 Template:Flagg Nicolas Vouilloz Template:Flagg René Wildhaber Template:Flagg Mickaël Pascal
2007 Template:Flagg René Wildhaber Template:Flagg Tomas Misser Template:Flagg Gregory Doucende
2008 Template:Flagg René Wildhaber Template:Flagg Rémy Absalon Template:Flagg Gregory Doucende
2009 Template:Flagg Rémy Absalon Template:Flagg René Wildhaber Template:Flagg Nicolas Vouilloz
2010 Template:Flagg Jérôme Clementz Template:Flagg Nicolas Vouilloz Template:Flagg Sam Blenkinsop
2011 Template:Flagg Rémy Absalon Template:Flagg Jérôme Clementz Template:Flagg René Wildhaber
2012 Template:Flagg Rémy Absalon Template:Flagg Nicholaus Lau Template:Flagg Dan Atherton
2013 Template:Flagg Jérôme Clementz Template:Flagg Rémy Absalon Template:Flagg Dan Atherton
2014 Template:Flagg Pierre Charles Georges Template:Flagg Thibaut Ruffin Template:Flagg Reon Boe
2015 Template:Flagg Rémy Absalon Template:Flagg Thomas Lapeyrie Template:Flagg Yoann Barelli
2016 Template:Flagg Rémy Absalon Template:Flagg Damien Oton Template:Flagg François Bailly-Maître
2017 Template:Flagg Damien Oton Template:Flagg François Bailly-Maître Template:Flagg Martin Maes
2018 Template:Flagg Damien Oton Template:Flagg Jose Borges Template:Flagg Nicolas Quere
2019 Template:Flagg Jose Borges Template:Flagg Kilian Bron Template:Flagg Kevin Miquel
2020 Template:Flagg Damien Oton Template:Flagg Gustav Wildhaber Template:Flagg Hugo Pigeon
2021 Template:Flagg Stefan Peter Template:Flagg Kilian Bron Template:Flagg Alexis Chenevier
2022 Template:Flagg Stefan Peter Template:Flagg Liam Moynihan Template:Flagg Olivier Bruwiere
2023 Template:Flagg Hugo Pigeon Template:Flagg Damien Oton Template:Flagg Olivier Bruwiere
2024 Template:Flagg Hugo Pigeon Template:Flagg Damien Oton Template:Flagg Olivier Bruwiere

Megavalanche Réunion

Year First place Second place Third place
1995 Template:Flagg Nicolas Vouilloz Template:Flagg François Gachet Template:Flagg Patrick Boisvilliers
1996 Template:Flagg Pascal Yen Pon Template:Flagg Christian Lemmerz Template:Flagg Samuel Peridy
1997 Template:Flagg David Dijoux Template:Flagg Samuel Peridy Template:Flagg Guillaume Koch
1998 Template:Flagg Patrick Boisvilliers Template:Flagg Frédéric Nauche Template:Flagg Jacky Séry
1999 Template:Flagg Nicolas Filippi Template:Flagg Lionel Sequéra Template:Flagg François Dola
2000 Template:Flagg Samuel Peridy Template:Flagg Pascal Yen Pon Template:Flagg Jacky Séry
2001 Template:Flagg Steve Peat Template:Flagg Samuel Peridy Template:Flagg Jacky Séry
2002 Template:Flagg Cédric Gracia Template:Flagg René Wildhaber Template:Flagg Alexandre Balaud
2003 Template:Flagg Fabien Barel Template:Flagg René Wildhaber Template:Flagg Alexandre Balaud
2004 Template:Flagg René Wildhaber Template:Flagg Fabien Barel Template:Flagg Olivier Giordanengo
2005 Template:Flagg Rémy Absalon Template:Flagg René Wildhaber Template:Flagg Fabien Barel
2006 Template:Flagg Nicolas Vouilloz Template:Flagg Rémy Absalon Template:Flagg Tomas Misser
2007 Template:Flagg Nicolas Vouilloz Template:Flagg Rémy Absalon Template:Flagg René Wildhaber
2008 Template:Flagg Rémy Absalon Template:Flagg Fabien Barel Template:Flagg René Wildhaber
2009 Template:Flagg René Wildhaber Template:Flagg François Bailly-Maître Template:Flagg Franck Parolin
2010 Template:Flagg Rémy Absalon Template:Flagg Nicolas Vouilloz Template:Flagg Nino Schurter
2011 Template:Flagg Rémy Absalon Template:Flagg Julien Absalon Template:Flagg René Wildhaber
2012 Template:Flagg Nicholaus Lau Template:Flagg Aurélien Giordanengo Template:Flagg Cédric Gracia
2013 Template:Flagg François Bailly-Maitre Template:Flagg Jérôme Clementz Template:Flagg Rémy Absalon
2014 Template:Flagg Rémy Absalon Template:Flagg Nicolas Quere Template:Flagg Alexis Chenevier
2015 Template:Flagg Rémy Absalon Template:Flagg Alexandre Sicard Template:Flagg Théo Galy
2016 Template:Flagg Rémy Absalon Template:Flagg Jérôme Clementz Template:Flagg Cédric Gracia
2017 Template:Flagg Thomas Lapeyrie Template:Flagg Loris Vergier Template:Flagg Jean Max Laurestant
2018 Cancelled due to Yellow vests protests
2019 Template:Flagg Damien Oton Template:Flagg François Bailly-Maître Template:Flagg Kilian Bron
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 Pandemic
2021 Template:Flagg Hugo Pigeon Template:Flagg Alexis Chenevier Template:Flagg Stefan Peter
2022 Template:Flagg Olivier Bruwiere Template:Flagg Antoine Vidal Template:Flagg Romain Payet
2023 Template:Flagg Hugo Pigeon Template:Flagg Olivier Bruwiere Template:Flagg Léo Abella
2024 Template:Flagg Hugo Pigeon Template:Flagg Olivier Bruwiere Template:Flagg Woody Kefford

External links

References

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