This Sunday, November 10, the traditional Foulées du Littoral Bike and Run took place. The penultimate race of the season before the winter break took place in cool and windy conditions.
On the menu for this event organized by the Foulées des Îles, on the running side, a 15-kilometer individual race for the most experienced, but also a relay of 3 times 5 kilometers. And in a running-cycling duo over 15 kilometers. In a temperature of 4 degrees and a wind of 45 km/hour with peaks of 75, there were 19 participants taking the start.
In the individual category Yannick Drake won the men’s race in 1 hour 1 minute and 9 seconds, without being able to beat the record due to the strong gusts of wind. The only female Marianne Guichard completed the distance in 1 hour 17 minutes and 8 seconds.
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In bike and run, it was the Zélima Planté/Victorien Dachary tandem who came first in 1 hour 8 minutes 23 seconds.
And in the relay, the only team in the race (Mélanie Vallee-Herfort/Evan Prendiville/Éléonore Hiettre-Régnault) finished in 1h 23mn 50sec.
Report by Baptiste Bozon and Sony Chamsidine in the 8 p.m. television news this Sunday evening.
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