Canal Grand Raid, the Canal+ Réunion events channel, is back for a sixteenth edition from October 17 to 20.
Canal Grand Raid invites you to follow the main race as close as possible to the leaders, for men and women. “On-board runners”, outside of competition and equipped with live broadcasting devices, will follow them throughout the course. A helicopter and field teams distributed along the trails will also allow you to experience all the highlights of this 32nd Diagonale des Fous.
The event chain will also be present at the departures and arrivals of the Trail de Bourbon and La Mascareignes. The Bourbon Trail is a 109 km event, including nearly 6,260 meters of elevation gain. The Mascareignes is the shortest race organized as part of this Grand Raid 2022, with still 72 km and 3880 meters of elevation gain to climb.
This year, the channel will offer a brand new system with a traveling set including the presenter, a consultant and the possibility of welcoming a guest.
But also, a “Speak Cabin” which also includes a presenter and a consultant, among them we find: Ugo Ferrari, Yoann Jadaud and Alexis Rosset. And finally, a JRI pair with a journalist and a camera operator
Ludovic Deroin and Marie-Sophie Carpentier will be the star hosts of the events channel, they will take turns on the air to bring you to experience a race which, once again this year, promises to be exceptional.
Among the consultants we will find: Daniel Sangouma and Jonathan Moncany.
The Grand Raid will also be on Canal+Réunion’s social networks with posts in advance and videos from influencer Taï Kun via Facebook and Instagram.
Canal Grand Raid will be accessible to subscribers of Canal+ Offers in Reunion but also in the Indian Ocean, in New Caledonia (Canal 56) and myCANAL but also on Canal+Sport 360, the group’s sports channel which will offer the start and the arrival of the race but also dropouts but also on Dailymotion and not to mention regular points on Infosport+.
Canal Grand Raid in figures
86% of Canal+ Réunion subscribers know the channel
66% of them watched the channel
8 out of 10 subscribers liked the channel
90% will watch the event on the dedicated channel in 2024
