Laverloch\u00e8re-Angliers, September 10, 2023\u00a0\u2013 It is in Laverloch\u00e8re-Angliers that this extraordinary 160 km race over two days ended for the 25 teams from the region and internationally, this Sunday afternoon, while the exhaustion was palpable upon their arrival near the municipal park. More than 1,000 people came to encourage the athletes throughout the Raid International T\u00e9miscamingue. \u00a0 This incredible course combining several disciplines (canoeing, swimming, cycling, trekking, running and several ropes activities) unfolded spectacularly as the runners had to begin a dizzying descent on a zip line in the middle of the course. \u00a0 The Def L\u00e9oppard team, made up of Patrick Lussier (Mont-Tremblant) and George Visser (Bromont) took first place, completing the course in 11 hours 21 minutes. The winners explain that they had no room for error today: \u201cYesterday we were the ones being chased and today we had to hunt. To secure victory, we had to run a perfect race.\u201d \u00a0 The Finns Lauri Heinaro and Lauri Hollo from the Northen Adventure Team recovered well from their misdirection that occurred on the first day of competition to get their hands on second place with a time of 11 hours 51 minutes. Third place went to the Brazilian team, Brou Aventuras made up of Thiago Helias and Jose Neto with a time of 12 hours 18 minutes. \u00a0 On the mixed side, it was the duo of Team Puke, Una Hall and John Price (13 hours 03 minutes) who reached the finish line in first place ahead of the two teammates from Raid Jack Wolfskin, St\u00e9phane Lefebvre and Catherine Moisan (2 hours\u00a017 minutes). Moreover, their enthusiasm was tangible after the competition: \u201cIt was a perfect day. The lakes were mirrors in the canoe portion and the zipline was sick, just wonderful!\u201d For their part, Marc Gaudet and Chlo\u00e9 Roberge from the Les Conqu\u00e9rants team completed the podium (15 hours 17 minutes). \u00a0 Among the women, the Les Pauloises team Alexandra Lemay and Andr\u00e9ane Lemay (15 hours 58 minutes) once again took the honors in this second day of competition ahead of Team G Alysha Gilmour and Jessica Gilmour (22 hours 33 minutes). The first local team to cross the finish line was Les Irr\u00e9ducibles with Lionel Chavrier and Simon R\u00e9tif (14 hours 16 minutes). He had only good words about his experience: \u201cIt\u2019s an exceptional adventure!\u201d Remember that 8 teams from Abitibi-T\u00e9miscamingue (including 7 from T\u00e9miscamingue) were able to take on this imposing challenge alongside professionals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More than a race: the rise of adventure tourism<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This day, full of emotions of all kinds, both for the raiders and their entourage, as well as for the supporters and partners of the event, ended with a closing banquet at the Laverloch\u00e8re-Angliers arena. The evening began with a drum performance by Wayne McKenzie, a member of the Timiskaming First Nation community and his group. For the Uruguayan athlete, Ruben Mandur\u00e9 of the Uruguay Ultra Sports team, it is with certainty that he says he will be back next year: \u201cThe kindness of the people, the friendships that form and the beauty of the landscapes encourage us to come back every year. We are delighted with this experience.\u201d The athlete from Mexico, Javier Barreda (La Ruta Madre) even took the opportunity to propose to his girlfriend upon his arrival!<\/p>\n\n\n\n All teams finished the race and can be proud of the work accomplished!<\/p>\n\n\n\n To view the results, visit the Facebook Raid T\u00e9miscamingue<\/a> page as well as site Web du Raid T\u00e9miscamingue<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n About the Raid Temiscamingue<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Raid T\u00e9miscamingue is a spectacular race organized by the Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de d\u00e9veloppement du T\u00e9miscamingue, the MRC de T\u00e9miscamingue and Endurance Aventure in collaboration with around twenty regional organizations. This endurance race is made up of a series of events combining trekking, swimming, mountain biking, canoeing and ropes sections. The second edition of the race will be held from September 7 to 10, 2023 where 25 teams from the region and around the world will compete on a 160 km course in eastern T\u00e9miscamingue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n -30-<\/p>\n\n\n\n For information or interview :<\/u><\/strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Audrey Lemieux Patricia Desgagn\u00e9<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Communications Director Media Relations<\/p>\n\n\n\n Endurance Aventure Endurance Aventure<\/p>\n\n\n\n 514 707-4107 819 342-9565<\/p>\n\n\n\n communications@enduranceaventure.com<\/a> pdesgagne@enduranceaventure.com<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Laverloch\u00e8re-Angliers, September 10, 2023\u00a0\u2013 It is in Laverloch\u00e8re-Angliers that this extraordinary 160 km race over two days ended for the 25 teams from the region and internationally, this Sunday afternoon, while the exhaustion was palpable upon their arrival near the municipal park. More than 1,000 people came to encourage the athletes throughout the Raid International […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":3412,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/raidtemiscamingue.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/raidtemiscamingue.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/raidtemiscamingue.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raidtemiscamingue.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raidtemiscamingue.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3409"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/raidtemiscamingue.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3416,"href":"https:\/\/raidtemiscamingue.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3409\/revisions\/3416"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raidtemiscamingue.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/raidtemiscamingue.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raidtemiscamingue.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raidtemiscamingue.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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This race is part of the Adventure Racing World Series (A.R.W.S.) for the first time, a competition that brings together the best athletes from around the world.This race is part of the Adventure Racing World Series (A.R.W.S.), a global competition which brings together the best athletes from around the world. \u201cWe are very happy with how the Raid has gone since the start. The final day of competition was spectacular with two teams exchanging the lead several times. The population was there and the welcome was simply fantastic.\u201d, Jean-Thomas Boily, co-founder and director of operations at Endurance Aventure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Remember that the race was captured in images by the Endurance Aventure television team, and will eventually be broadcast on RDS. The previous edition was broadcast in 162 countries.
Youth Raid: perseverance, perseverance, perseverance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Friday, September 8, the Youth Raid began, when 52 teenagers from T\u00e9miscamingue aged 13 to 17 pushed their limits by completing a 20 km course in less than 3 hours. Determination every mile: this is what sums up, among other things, the journey of Charles Flageol, a participant who won the Perseverance Prize. \u201cAll summer, we trained and did sports we had never done, like canoeing. Also, swimming was difficult for me before, I was forced to overcome my challenge. We’re going to re-register, and why not do 160 km one day?\u201d, Expresses Charles Flageol.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n