Les Orres ski resort wishes skiers good luck

Les Orres wishes its skiers the best of luck!

Now that the Alpine World Ski Championships have been declared open, the resort of Les Orres wishes good luck to all the athletes taking part, especially the Tricolores, whom it will be delighted to welcome to the Elite French Alpine Ski Championships from March 23 to 30.

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The Alpine resort of Les Orres and SCOCE - Ski Club Les Orres Crévoux Embrun, will be hosting the 110th French Elite Alpine Ski Championships , with 5 disciplines on the menu (Downhill, Super-G, Giant, Slalom and Super-Combined). This national event will be an opportunity to crown France's best skiers, celebrate the end of the season and, we hope, honour the medals won at the World Championships in France.

Among the athletes expected to take part are the best French skiers who are also making a name for themselves at world level

• Men: Alexis PINTURAULT, Clément NOEL, Cyprien SARRAZIN, Johan CLAREY, Mathieu FAIVRE, Nils ALLEGRE
• Women: Tessa WORLEY, Romane MIRADOLI, Nastasia NOENS, Coralie FRASSE SOMBET, Laura GAUCHE, Camille CERUTTI, Clara DIREZ

Rendezvous on the Olympic-calibre La Pousterle track

250 athletes are expected in Les Orres. Rendezvouson the Pousterle piste, one of the only FIS - Fédération Internationale de Ski - approved pistes in the Hautes Alpes. Renowned for its steepness and gradient, this black run links the top of the eponymous chairlift to the snow front at Les Orres 1800. The red Stade piste will also host some of the competitions.

Program

• Thursday, March 23rd

9:30 am: WOMEN'S DESCENT (Pousterle slope)

PRIZE GIVING - 30min after the end of the race (Kiosque Les Orres 1800)

• Friday March 24th

10:30am: SUPER G WOMEN (Pousterle slope)

PRIZE GIVING - 1H after the end of the races (Kiosque Les Orres 1800)

6pm: PUBLIC DRAW (Kiosque Les Orres 1800)

• Saturday March 25th

8AM: WOMEN'S GÉANT (Pousterle track)

PRIZE GIVING - 1H after the end of the races (Kiosque Les Orres 1800)

6pm: PUBLIC DRAW (Kiosque Les Orres 1800)

• Sunday March 26th

8AM: SLALOM WOMEN & MEN (Piste Stade)

1:00 PM: AWARDS & BARBECUE OR MÉCHOUI (At the foot of the Stade track)

6:00 PM: MEN'S GIANT PUBLIC DRAW (Kiosk Les Orres 1800)

• Monday March 27th

9:30am: MEN'S GÉANT (Pousterle track)

PRIZE GIVING 45min after the end of the race (Kiosque Les Orres 1800)

• Tuesday March 28th

10H: SUPER G MEN (Pousterle track)

1:15pm: MEN'S COMBINED SLALOM (Pousterle track)

AWARDS 45min after the end of the race (Kiosque Les Orres 1800)

• Thursday March 30th

9:30am: MEN'S COMBINED SLALOM (Pousterle slope)

12.45pm: AWARDS (Kiosk Les Orres 1800)

• Friday March 31st

9:30: MONACO MEN'S DESCENT (Pousterle slope)

11:30am: AWARDS (Kiosk Les Orres 1800)

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La Pousterle in brief

Key figures :

• 1000 metres of ascent and descent
• 1"50min running time
• 100km/h: average running speed
• 143km/h: peak running speed

Key passages:

• 1st narrow gully under the Le Zénith restaurant
• Mur de l'Homme de Pierre
• Virage Mont Lerry: a steep downhill bend (record: 143km/h)
• Forest entrance: the last wall before the finish

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They raced down it at over 100 km/hour

• Johan Clarey, from Annecy, World Super G vice-champion in 2019, Olympic downhill vice-champion in 2022, 2nd in the Kitzbühel downhill in 2023.
• Luc Alphand, from Briançon, 34 World Cup victories, 3-time World Cup winner (1995, 1996, 1997), 10-time French Championship winner between 1985 and 1997. He won the Gros Globe (overall ranking in the Alpine Skiing World Cup) in 1997.
• Beat Feuz, from Switzerland, downhill winner at the 2022 Olympic Games, he won the Alpine Skiing World Championships in 2017 and 4 times World Cup winner between 2017 and 2021.

Did you know?

La Pousterle was selected as the Olympic track for Nice's bid for the 2022 Olympic Games. It has already hosted the European Speed Cups in January 2019 and is aiming to host a stage of the Junior FIS World Cup and a FIS event.

Practical info

Press accreditation: On request from geraldine@duodecim.com

Access to the race and slopes: The ski area will be open during the event. Chairlifts will be available to skiers and visitors to access the start of the races. Access to the Pousterle, Stade and Guet runs will be limited to visitors.

Ski pass prices: Ski pass prices remain unchanged during the event. For further information, visit forfait.lesorres.com (forfaits Exclu web).