Alpe d'Huez Triathlon

The Triathlon EDF Alpe d'Huez, named after its sponsor Électricité de France (EDF), was established in 2006 by World Triathlon Champion Cyrille Neveu [de; fr].^[1]^{[Note 1]} It is not sanctioned by the International Triathlon Union (ITU) or Fédération Française de Triathlon (FFTRI). The long course event comprises a 2.2 km swim, a 115 km cycle and a 22 km run. It starts with the swim at the reservoir Lac du Verney then the cycling features the 21 bends used by the Tour de France as it climbs 1120 m to the ski resort of Alpe d'Huez for the run.

History

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.

Alpe d'Huez Triathlon Winners

Year	Sprint			Short Distance			Long Distance
Year	Date	Male Winner	Female Winner	Date	Male Winner	Female Winner	Date	Male Winner	Female Winner
2006	-	-	-	2 August	Reinaldo Colucci	Delphine Pelletier	-	-	-
2007	29 July	Julien Loy	Charlotte Morel	2 August	Hervé Faure [de; fr]	Tameka Day	1 August	Reinaldo Colucci	Chrissie Wellington
2008	27 July	Julien Loy	Charlotte Morel	31 July	Bertrand Billard	Charlotte Morel^[2]	30 July	Marcus Ornellas	Chrissie Wellington
2009	?	?	?	30 July	Frédéric Belaubre	Eva Janssen [nl]	29 July	Massimo Cigana [de]	Nicola Spirig
2010	-	-	-	29 July	Alberto Casadei [de; fr]	Eva Janssen	James Cunnama [de]	Jodie Swallow
2011	-	-	-	28 July	Tim Don	Nicola Spirig	27 July	Victor Del Corral Morales [de; es; fr]	Catriona Morrison
2012	-	-	-	26 July	Dan Wilson	Charlotte Morel	25 July	Victor Del Corral Morales	Mary Beth Ellis
2013	-	-	-	July 25	Étienne Diemunsch [de; fr]	Emma Jackson	July 24	Ritchie Nicholls [de; fr]	Mary Beth Ellis
2014	-	-	-	July 31	Tom Richard	Emma Jackson	July 30	Todd Skipworth	Catriona Morrison
2015	-	-	-	August 1	Frederic Belaubre	Charlotte Morel	July 31	Arnaud Guilloux [fr]	Emma Pooley
2016	-	-	-	July 28	Dan Wilson	Andrea Hewitt	July 27	James Cunnama	Jeanne Collonge [de; fr]
2017	-	-	-	July 28	Anatole Giraud-Telme	Julie Derron	July 27	Christian Kramer [de; fr]	Tine Deckers [de; fr]

Gallery

Cyrille Neveu, the creator of the Triathlon de l'Alpe d'Huez
Eva Janssen, short distance winner of the Triathlon de l'Alpe d'Huez in 2009 and 2010
Alberto Casadei, short distance winner of the Triathlon de l'Alpe d'Huez 2010
Francesc Godoy, silver medalist of the Triathlon de l'Alpe d'Huez 2010
Camille Donat, 2009 silver medalist, placing 7th at the Triathlon de l'Alpe d'Huez 2010
Charlotte Morel, a spectator in 2010

Notes

^ Cyrille Neveu (born 1973), Long Distance Triathlon World Champion of the year 2002, not to be confused with the multiple Rallye Dakar winner Cyril Neveu.

References

^ See http://www.triathlon.org/athletes/profile/cyrille_neveu. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
^ 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.

External links

Triathlon EDF Alpe d'Huez

[2] Cyrille Neveu (born 1973), Long Distance Triathlon World Champion of the year 2002, not to be confused with the multiple Rallye Dakar winner Cyril Neveu.

[1] See http://www.triathlon.org/athletes/profile/cyrille_neveu. Retrieved 30 July 2010.

[3] 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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