The Trans-Gaule is a trans-national

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the second longest multiday race in

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after Le Tour de France Footrace (43days 2776km).It consists of eighteen stages in eighteen consecutive days with a total of 1,150 km, from Roscoff in the English Channel to the Mediterranean. This event is the equivalent to Germany's Deutschlandlauf, the Trans-Europe and the

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race.

Requirements

* Each stage has to be completed, by foot. * Time allowed averages 5.5 km/h

Races

* 2001 - Ie édition :1130 km. Winner Maurice Mondon (France) in 96 h 15'46" * 2002 - IIe édition :1130 km. Winner Rainer Koch (Germany) in 94 h 04'52" * 2003 - Race not held * 2004 - IIIe édition :1142 km. Winner Jean-Jacques Moros (France) in 94 h 00'36" * 2005 - IVe édition :1143 km. Winner Janne Kankaansyrja (Finland) in 98 h 08'52" * 2006 - Ve édition :1144 km. Winner Werner Selch (Germany) in 109 h 17'41" * 2007 - VIe édition : 1144 km. Winner Martin Wagen (Swiss) in 103 h 19'42" * 2008 - VIIe édition : 1146 km. Winner René Strosny (Germany) in 94 h 04'40" (record) * 2009 - Race not held * 2010 - VIIIe : Winner Jan Nabuurs (NED) * 2011 - IXe : 1190 km. Winner Jean-Jacques Moros (FRA); First Woman Carmen Hildebrand (GER) 5th overall. * 2012 - Race not Held (Trans Europe Race) * 2013 - Xe: Winner Jean-Jacques Moros (FRA) in 100:42:27; First Woman Carmen Hildebrand (GER) 6th overall. * 2014 - XIe: Winner Stéphane Pelissier (FRA) 107:19:44; First Woman Carmen Hildebrand (GER) 116:15:15 5th overall. * 2015 - Race not held (TDF footrace) * 2016 - XIIe: Winner David Le Broch (FRA) in 105:26:58; First Women Jennifer Bradley (GBR) 8th overall. * 2017 - Race not held, possibly ended.

External links

Transe Gaule
Multiday races Ultramarathons in France 2001 establishments in France Recurring sporting events established in 2001