SLED DOG AND SKI DOG WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS BESSANS (HAUTE MAURIENNE VANOISE - SAVOIE - FRANCE) - JANUARY 29th to FEBRUARY 2nd 2019
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SLED DOG AND SKI DOG WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS BESSANS
(HAUTE MAURIENNE VANOISE – SAVOIE – FRANCE)
JANUARY 29th to FEBRUARY 2nd 2019
platinium sponsor
Introduction DOMINIQUE GRANDJEAN
president of the Lekkarod,
organizer of the 2019 World Championships
S avoie will host in January 2019 in Bessans the 18th World Cham-
pionships for sled-dogs, ski-pulka and ski-joring. For the first time in
France. An extraordinary event!
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PRESENTATION ore than 300 teams are expected and about 1400 canine athletes
will participate, from more than 25 nations ... Bessans and Bonne-
PROGRAM val-sur-Arc are preparing to magnify this sport. Dog sledding, ski-pulka
and ski-dog: these winter disciplines have the particularity of seeing the
CANINE ATHLETES
Man and the Dog share the same physical and mental effort, the hu-
ORGANIZATION man athlete being in many cases the limiting factor of a canine perfor-
mance that always impresses the viewer.
FEDERATIONS
PARTNERS T he performance will be there with the presence of the best teams
and competitors worldwide (Scandinavian and Canadian mainly,
but the French will compete!), As well as the show, especially when de-
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partures in «mass start» where all competitors leave at the same time
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time. Suspense and emotions guaranteed!
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T he performance is also coming from the Lellarod staff, an all vo-
lonteers and non profit organisation acting for the french official
federation FFST. A team of passionate, experienced and generous vo-
lunteers. Just like the big annual competition they organize, the Lekka-
rod, whose fourth edition will take place in March 2019.
Welcome to these 18th World Championships!
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SUMMARY
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page PRESENTATION FEDERATIONS
About the event IFSS
For the 1st time in France FFST
More than a century for the sport
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PRESENTATION
PROGRAM OUR PARTNERS
PROGRAM Racing categories
Lexicon
CANINE ATHLETES
Race program
ORGANIZATION Key figures
The trails of Bessans
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PARTNERS
CANINE ATHLETES USEFUL
USEFUL The respect of the dogs first INFORMATION
INFORMATIONS Preparation
The canine athletes
CONTACTS
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ORGANIZATION CONTACTS
Lekkarod, the organising club
The staff
The mascots : Lekka & Rod
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1.PRESENTATION / about the event
T he World Championships are a competition, but
also and especially a celebration of the sled dogs
sport.
The week will begin with an opening ceremony on
PRESENTATION Tuesday, January 29th. And the next day, place to the
competition! The races will take place on 2 or 3 heats
PROGRAM (one per day), and will include a national teams relay.
CANINE ATHLETES
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PARTNERS
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INFORMATIONS T he program will be intense, the races succeeding
each other by categories in «non-stop» between
Between 8 am and 5 pm. This requires a careful and
CONTACTS repeated preparation of the tracks, the absence of any
form of danger on the trails, a top level marking.
On some stretches, the speed of racing teams will ea-
sily reach 35/37 km/h, on distances ranging between 4
to 42 km.
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1.PRESENTATION / FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FRANCE
After Switzerland, Germany, Finland, Sweden and Norway, France is the 6th European country to host
the World Championships since their creation in 1990.
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1.PRESENTATION / A CENTENARY SPORT
To understand a sport, one must know its history
T
he first references to sled dog teams conpetitions can be found in the 19th cen-
tury in Canada. In Alaska, at the end of the 19th century, the Gold Rush induced
a strong demand for pulling dogs. Dogs were very important in the daily life of
PRESENTATION gold miners at that time, and when the rush ended, they turned their working sled dog
teams to racing ones in order to keep their dogs and…do something. Slowly the sled
PROGRAM dog sport turned out to be more and more important in all the snowy countries of the
north american continent. In 1932, the sled dog sport appeared at the Olympic Games
CANINE ATHLETES in Lake Placid (New York State). In Europe, the sport first developped in Scandinavia,
ORGANIZATION where ski-pulka with hunting dogs became popular in the 1930’s. The first club was
founded in Norway in 1936, quickly followed by numerous others in other scandina-
FEDERATIONS vian countries.
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n central and western Europe, the sport really started in the early 1960’s. The first
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french race was held in february 1978, organised at La Schlucht Pass (Alsace). In
USEFUL 1983 the national clubs from France, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and
INFORMATIONS Norway founded the European Sled Dog Racing Association (ESDRA), in order to coor-
donate the development of the different disciplines in Europe. The first european
CONTACTS championship was set up in 1984 in Sils/St Moritz (Switzerland).
T
he structuration of an International federation for Sled dog Sport (IFSS) followed,
with the same goal on on planet scale, and this allowed the appearance of the
sled dog sport in demonstration and exhibition for the Olympic Games of Alber-
tville (1992 France) and Lillehammer (1994 Norway).
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2.PROGRAM / RACING CATEGORIES
SKIDOG
PULKA
PRESENTATION
PROGRAM
4 DOGS
CANINE ATHLETES
ORGANIZATION
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6 DOGS
PARTNERS
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CONTACTS
UNLIMITED
DISTANCES PER HEAT: 4 TO 40 KM DEPENDING ON CATEGORY
RELAYS BY NATIONAL TEAMS
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2.PROGRAM / A SMALL LEXICON
SLEDDOG
• Sp4 : Sprint 4 dogs
PRESENTATION • Sp4MS : Sprint 4 dogs Mass Start
• Sp4j : Sprint 4 dogs Junior
PROGRAM • Sp6 : Sprint 6 dogs
• Sp8 : Sprint 8 dogs
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• Sp12 : Sprint 12 dogs SKIDOG
ORGANIZATION • SpU : Sprint unlimited
• MD6 : Mid Distance 6 dogs
FEDERATIONS • MD12 : Mid Distance 12 dogs
• SM1 : Skijoering man 1 dog
PARTNERS • SW1 : Skijoering woman 1 dog
• SMj : Skijoering man junior 1 dog
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• CM : Combined man
CONTACTS • CW : Combined man
• CMj : Combined man junior
• PM1 : Pulka man 1 dog • CWj : Combined woman junior
• PW1 : Pulka woman 1 dog • SM2 : Skijoering man 2 dogs
• PMj : Pulka man junior 1 dog • SW2 : Skijoering woman 2 dogs
• PWj : Pulka woman junior 1 dog • MDSMW : Skijoering mid distance man and
woman 2 dogs
102.PROGRAM / DETAIL OF THE COMPETITIONS
MONDAY, JANUARY 28TH : VET CHECKS
: VET CHECKS
TUESDAY, JANUARY 29TH
OPENING CEREMONY
: COMPETITION DAY 1
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 30TH
Sleddog: Categories Sp4, Sp4j, Sp6, Sp8, SpU, MD6, MD12
Ski-dogs: Categories PM1, PW1, PMJ, PWJ, MDSMW
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COMPETITION Day 2
THURSDAY JANUARY 31ST :
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Sleddog: Categories Sp4, Sp4j, Sp6, Sp8, SpU, MD6, MD12
CANINE ATHLETES Ski-dogs: Categories SM1, SW1, SMJ, SWJ, MDSMW
Ceremoniesmedal : Pulka, Skijoring andSp4
ORGANIZATION
FEDERATIONS
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 1ST :
COMPETITION Day 3
PARTNERS Sleddog: Categories Sp4MS, Sp4j, Sp6, Sp8, SpU, MD6, MD12
Ski-dogs: Categories CM, CW, CMJ, CWJ, MDSMW
USEFUL Ceremoniesmedal : Combiné, Sp4MS, Sp4j, Sp6, Sp8, SpU, MD6, MD12 andMDSMW
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SATURDAY FEBRUARY 2ND :
COMPETITION Day 4
Ski-dogs: Categories SM2, SW2
Relay : Skijoring 1 dog, Pulka 1 dog andSp4
Ceremoniesmedal categories SM2, SW2 andRelay
CLOSING CEREMONY
112.PROGRAM / KEY FIGURES
4 days of competition
300 dog teams
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1400 dogs
25 nations
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CANINE ATHLETES
ORGANIZATION
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70 volunteers The mountains of
Haute-Maurienne, Vanoise
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INFORMATIONS THE LOGO The French hexagon
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The colors of the French flag
Dog in full effort representing
all categories of races
122.PROGRAM / the trails of bessans
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essans and Bonneval (village at the foot of the famous Iseran
Pass where some of the world championships trails will go)
are among the nicest mountain villages of France ! Bessans
Has been known for a long time as a kind of epicenter for both
biathlon and sled dogs competitions, due to the quality of the trails
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and the amount of snow, but since the early 1980’s it has been the
reference site for the french sled dog sport ; the famous « Alpirod
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» was there in the 1990’s, and since 2015 the Lekkarod, that or-
CANINE ATHLETES ganises the 2018 world championships in the name of the french
federation FFST.
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FEDERATIONS
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PARTNERS ith its 350 inhabitants, Bessans remains a magic site,
ancestral Savoie village, with people fully passioned by
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their mountains, their nature, and the snow that some-
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times falls even too much in this area !
CONTACTS Reknown for its cross country skiing marathon, that hosts each
year tens of thousands of participants, but also for being a marve-
lous training site for numerous national biathlon teams, Bessans
is in the middle of magnificent scenaris, as much as Bonneval,
considered as one of the nicest villages of France.
133.canine athletes / the respect of the dogs first
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t is impossible to practice any of the sled dog sports without
a perfect respect of the animal and a very strong relationship
between the musher or the skier and his dogs.
And it goes the same way for a race Organization or a national
federation, for whom a complete respect of the animal wel-
fare is a major issue. It explains that the racing rules are very
PRESENTATION strict and enforced, as are the anti-doping controls that will be
performed during the world championships on both dogs and
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humans. A very experienced team of 10 veterinarians, helped
CANINE ATHLETES by veterinary students from the 4 french national veterinary
schools, will be on site 24/24 to help dogs and mushers with
ORGANIZATION any kind of problems appearing on a dog. Canine sport medi-
cine is now a fully recognised speciality among the european
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veterinary medicine world (European College of Veterinary
PARTNERS Sport Medicine and Rehabilitation).
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153.canine athletes / PREPARATION
T
o be able to race on distances from 8 to 38 km at average speed faster than
those of human sprinters running 100 meters is linked to genetic capacities of
all these dogs, but not only ! It is also the result of a lot of very serious prepa-
ration work done by their musher or skier. And dogs only run if they will to do so,
and if they find pleasure in it, as the human competitor only uses his voice to help
them or convince them to race! This « will to go » could not be obtained if one tried to
PRESENTATION « force » the dogs to run. Dos perform only if they want to…and if they are correctly
prepared to !
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CANINE ATHLETES
This mental and physical preparation involves 3 different aspects that are
ORGANIZATION closely linked one with the other:
- The notion of game and happyness for the dog; all dogs love to run, love
FEDERATIONS to pull something, as long as they share it with their human companion or
with other dogs.
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- The physical training, that must be regular and included into a progres-
USEFUL sive training program and adapted to the type of competition; it is very often
INFORMATIONS realised off snow (with karts or bikes), very early in the morning (to avoid
heat stress for the dogs), and must stay funny and varied.
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- The nutrition, particularly worked by scientific research since years, be-
cause these dogs have very specific nutritional requirements, and not only
in term of energy. Feeding correctly a racing sled dogs means a perfect res-
pect of his physiology, but also use the correct nutrients in order to help en-
hancing the performance and moreover prevent the eventual pathological
problems. In the « dog world », sled dogs could be compared as the Formula
1 cars for the public, even of course if dogs will never be considered as ma-
16 chines !3.canine athletes / the canine athletes
The 5 breeds of dogs present at the 2019 World Championships
PRESENTATION
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CANINE ATHLETES
ORGANIZATION Siberian Huskies Alaskan Huskies
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PARTNERS
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Norwegian Hounds Eurohounds Greysters
174. ORGANIZATION / the organizing club
Created in 2014 by a group of passioned people, led by Dominique Grand-
jean, a world reknowed veterinarian, professor at Alfort National Veterinary
School (Paris, France), Lekkarod’s motto is « Our dogs have a Heart ». There-
for it sounds logic that sled dogs try to help their friends dogs who use their
nose to help and save people on a daily base: the Kdog project from the Curie The key words of Lekkarod
Institute is pushed by Lekka and Rod (early breast cancer detection by snif-
PRESENTATION fing dogs), with other projects running on cancers detection by the dog nose Respect of Dogs and Humans
Respect of Nature
(colon, prostate, bladder…). Lekkarod is also a partner of Mécénat Chirurgie and the Environnement
PROGRAM Cardiaque through the « Vets who have a heart». Since 4 years, Lekkarod has Ancestry and competition
grown up, and more than 70 international teams entered the 2018 edition of Science and Pedagogy
CANINE ATHLETES
this « special » stage race, based on the « one welfare » concept…if dogs are
ORGANIZATION happy, mushers are happy ! They will be 85 in 2019 !!!
FEDERATIONS Lekkarod 2019 will take place from march 15th to march 24th in 2019
PARTNERS
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INFORMATIONS
CONTACTS
194. ORGANIZATION / the race staff
RACE DIRECTION
PRESENTATION
PROGRAM
CANINE ATHLETES
Veterinary team Marking - security Race marshall Timing Doping controls
ORGANIZATION
FEDERATIONS
PARTNERS
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Partners Mushers relations Animation Web and social Photo and video
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medias production
CONTACTS
Logistics Shop Environnement Secretariat Press relations
204. ORGANIZATION / the mascots : lekka & rod
L
ekka and Rod will be the mascots of the cham-
pionships, both born in 2016. Lekka is a small
alaskan husky female, Rod is the nicest siberian
husky.
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They will support competitors every day, before, du-
PROGRAM ring and after the race! Lekka means «dog» in old
patois, and Rod pays tribute to Iditarod, the largest
CANINE ATHLETES dog sled race in the world.
ORGANIZATION
FEDERATIONS
PARTNERS
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INFORMATIONS
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215. FEDERATIONS / INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION FOR SLEDDOG SPORTS
38 countries are
members of IFSS
PRESENTATION Australia, Austria,
Belgium, Canada,
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reated in 1985, the IFSS is the international structure that officially Chile, Tcheque Republic,
CANINE ATHLETES rules the sled dog sports, including « snowland » and « dryland » Danmark, Finland,
competitions. IFSS is a member of GAISF (General Association of France, Germany,
ORGANIZATION International Sports Federations), that depends of the IOC (International United Kingdom, Hongaria,
Olympic Committe), recently renamed « SportAccord ». The IFSS works for Ireland, Italy, Corea,
FEDERATIONS
the full winter Olympics recognition of the sports, as equestrian are part Lettonie, Lituanie, Holand,
PARTNERS of the summer. Since 2011 IFSS il also a member of IMGA (International Mexico, New Zeland, Norway,
Masters Game Association). Poland, Russia, Slovakia,
USEFUL Spain, Sweden,
INFORMATIONS The headquaters of IFSS is located in Brussels (Belgium) and its Chairwo- Switzerland, United States,
man is the swedish Helen Lundberg, assisted by personalities coming Andorra, Argentina,
CONTACTS
from the 5 continents. A continental governing body is also organised. Belarussia, Brasil, Estonia,
Iceland, Kazakhstan,
Mongolia, Slovenia, Ukraine
235. FEDERATIONS / FÉDÉRATION FRANÇAISE DES SPORTS DES TRAINEAU
T
he « Fédération Française des • Deliver the tittles of French
Sports de Traîneau », of sk joëring Champion in the diffrent disciplines
and canicross (FFST) is a non pro- of the sport. The FFST manages the
fit association that organises and deve- Organization of all the french natio-
lops the sports in France since the 80’s. nal championships. Officially agreed
by the french ministry of sports, the
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With members and clubs spread FFST represents sled dog sports,
70 Clubs dispatched
PROGRAM into Régional Leagues and De- le sk joëring, bikecross and cani-
over France
partment Committees, the FFST cross in the different official natio-
CANINE ATHLETES has the following missions: nal and international Organizations.
French Championships
The FFST is represented in the
ORGANIZATION snow and dryland
• Help the promotion and the french national olympic com-
FEDERATIONS education through sport activities. mitte and is a member of IFSS.
World Cup competi-
• Promote the access for every-
tions
PARTNERS body to physical and sport activities.
• Train educators, trai-
USEFUL Diplomas trainings
ners, and club managers.
INFORMATIONS
• Organise and train the
CONTACTS judges for the different disciplines.
• Enforce the respect of tech-
nical and ethical rules of the sport.
246. PARTNERS / OFFICIALS SPONSORS
PRESENTATION
PROGRAM
platinium sponsor
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CANINE ATHLETES
ith more than 50 years of expertise in animal nutrition, ROYAL CANIN® has always been committed to
ORGANIZATION improving the health, well-being and comfort of animals. Jean Cathary, a veterinarian from the South
FEDERATIONS
of France, founded ROYAL CANIN® in 1968 with the conviction that animal nutrition can contribute
to health and help fight against certain pathologies. 50 years later, surrounded by veterinary partners and ani-
PARTNERS mal professionals around the world, ROYAL CANIN® is a global reference in the field of Nutrition-Health. The
company relies on its R & D, centers of expertise and production, its kennel and cattery, to formulate foods
USEFUL that contribute to the good health of animals.
INFORMATIONS
CONTACTS Historical partner of the Lekkarod since the creation of this competition, ROYAL CANIN® shares the values that
characterize the event: the knowledge and the respect of the animal, placed at the heart of all the concerns.
This approach placing the dog at the heart of the concerns associated with the passion of the animal and an
insatiable taste for innovation in nutrition-health pushed ROYAL CANIN® to create «Marathon», a range of
foods specially designed for the sled dog and meeting his specific needs in the effort.
ROYAL CANIN® is the major partner of this 18th edition of the World Championships.
266. PARTNERS / OFFICIALS SPONSORS
PRESENTATION
silver sponsors
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CANINE ATHLETES
ORGANIZATION
FEDERATIONS
PARTNERS
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INFORMATIONS
technical sponsors
CONTACTS
Media
partner
277. USEFUL INFORMATIONS / HOW TO COME ?
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CANINE ATHLETES
ORGANIZATION
BY PLANE
FEDERATIONS
Chambéry Airport - 1h30
PARTNERS Grenoble Airport - 2h
Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport - 2h30
USEFUL Genève Airport - 3h
INFORMATIONS
BY CAR
Turin Airport - 2h
CONTACTS From Lyon direction Chambéry-Turin on the A43 to
BY TRAIN
Modane (Le Freney), EXIT N ° 30
In Modane take the provincial road 1006 (ex RN6)
Nearest station: Modane
direction Lanslebourg
TGV Paris-Modane by regular connection in 4 hours
In Lanslebourg D902 direction Col de l’Iseran,
TGV Lyon St-Exupery - Modane
Bessans at 14 km
Regular connection Modane - Bonneval
Bessans is 40 km from Modane Highway Exit
It connects the bus station and Modane railway
236 km from Lyon, about 2 h 45 by the motorway
to Bessans. Inf. +33 (0)820 320 36
298. USEFUL INFORMATIONS / CONTACTS
Organization, Informations
Prof Dominique GRANDJEAN
dominique.grandjean@vet-alfort.fr
+33 1 43 96 71 03 Veterinary team
Mobile +33 6 10 15 30 80 Dr Delphine CLERO
delphine.clero@vet-alfort.fr
+33 1 43 96 72 04
Mobile +33 6 13 32 10 13
PRESENTATION
PROGRAM Relation with partners
Clothilde LECOQ
CANINE ATHLETES clothilde.lecoq@yahoo.fr Press / Media Team
+33 6 19 92 04 18 Stéphane TRENTESAUX
ORGANIZATION presse@lekkarod.com
+33 6 41 67 13 70
FEDERATIONS
PARTNERS
USEFUL to know more
INFORMATIONS
OFFICIAL WEBSITE : http://ifss2019.com
CONTACTS INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION IFSS : http://www.sleddogsport.net
FRENCH FEDERATION FFST : https://www.ffst.info
LEKKAROD ASSOCIATION : http://www.lekkarod.com
BESSANS : http://www.haute-maurienne-vanoise.com
Photo credit
Alexandra Baron
@ifss2019wc @lekkarod Patrick Dehais
Thibault Dion
Mikhail Pankov
Eric Roustand
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