While the flame arrives this Wednesday, May 8 in Marseille after a trip aboard the ship Belem, the deadline is getting closer in Franche-Comté. The flame will travel through the Doubs department on Tuesday June 25. From Chaux-Neuve to Besançon, here is the route ahead.
On March 25, the Doubs department revealed to the press the names of the 7 Doubist sites which will mark the route of the Paris 2024 Olympic flame. Cities and sites chosen for “to be the mirror of the department in its diversity” in the words of the president of the department Christine Bouquin (LR).
To see the flame pass, the department of course had to put its hand in its pocket. On the recommendation of the Assembly of French Departments, it was agreed that each candidate department should pay 180,000 euros, a fixed price which does not then include the organization costs of the day.
In Besançon, the Olympic flame, lit on April 16 in the grounds of Olympia in Greece, will end its relay in the water station park where the public should be present in large numbers.
In Doubs, 100 torchbearers will carry this historic symbol of Olympism. Among these men and women, we find athletes like Fabrice Guy, Olympic Nordic combined champion in 1992 in Albertville, but also honored citizens. This is the case of Mylène Dhote, one of the three women heads of a Doubs fire rescue center in Mouthe, or of Joey Cachet, a 23-year-old young woman who grew up in a foster family and was chosen for his life journey marked by courage and self-sacrifice.
Map infographic: Matti Faye
Arriving from Haute-Savoie, the Olympic Flame will make the following journey with multiple torchbearers on foot, and sections of the road in a road convoy.
-The Flame will be lit at 8:20 a.m. at the Grand Cour park in Pontarlier and will cover a distance of 3.5 km until 9:17 a.m.;
-HAS Chaux-Neuve“land of nature”, it will leave the town hall at 9:30 a.m. to arrive at the springboard around 10 a.m., for a distance of 1 km;
-HAS Maiche“land of traditions”, it will be possible to see it at 11:14 a.m. from Château du Désert and follow it until 11:55 a.m. over a distance of 2.5 km;
-HAS Stallions“land of surprises”, there will be… surprises, over the 300 m that the Flame will cross in the Poudrey chasm, from 12:37 p.m. to 1:07 p.m.;
-HAS Montbéliard“land of youth and innovation”, the runners will cover 5 km starting from the Pont Armand Bremont, from 2:29 p.m. to 3:53 p.m.;
-HAS Baume-les-Dames“bike land”, departure from the rugby stadium at 4:02 p.m. for a 1.2 km race until 4:32 p.m.,
-And finally, the Flame will finish its crossing with 5.8 km traveled at Besançon, “heritage land”, from the Léo Lagrange complex to the Olympic cauldron, which will be located in the water station park.
