BELOEIL « Mer de Sable »

22, 23 and 24 November 2013

The Photo gallery of the race Thank you for the pictures for Mr. Dirk De Vos

More photo on the official website of EC Cart 2013  HERE

Day 3 sunday 24^th november

The race is now finished and has been a total success, one of our best championships from all points of view !
On Sunday, a cloudy and cold weather helped all dogs to run faster than in the two previous days.
Competition has been extreme in many classes and the suspens was total with, in one class, two competitors finishing with exactly the same time and both getting a gold medal.

You will find the list of FISTC European Champions at the end of this page. In Middle distance, there were very few changes in the various categories, except in A1 where Gaby Lames (Ger) âssed Jean-Luc Mas (Fra) for the title.

In sprint, most races were really exciting but particularly in B1 where Stephane Poublanc (Fra) was faster today than Arnaud Eggemann (Fra) who finished third with only 2 seconds advance from the fourth. In D1, Belgian musher Stefan Goris was fast enough to beat Andrej Drabik (Slk) and get the title. In Scooter 2 dogs, Anthony Chevalley (Fra) wins the race and the title but Ludovic Brasseur (Bel) has been the fastest on day 2 and 3 and finishes second at only 5 seconds from the first.

In Canicross 1 dog/women, two Czech ladies, Zdenka Duskova and Junior Tereza Hanusova passed the finish line together and were then declared first ex-aequo. A very rare and very nice finish1

The pricing ceremony started perfectly on time at 4 p.m. and all mushers were able to leave early and totally satisfied. Indeed these Championships in Beloeil have been a total success, thanks to the Mayor and the community, and thanks to the perfect organisation of F.B.M.F. and the club Snow Girls Team.

Now we will be waiting for the snow and the FISTC Championships in Auronzo, in February on one of the most beautiful trails existing in Europe !

HERE ARE THE CHAMPIONS

The final results list

Day 2 saturday 22^th november

Today, the weather was cloudy and cold, trails were still heavy and muddy but less wet than yesterday. All teams were happy to run and all dogs were in perfect condition at the end of the race making happy also the vet team.

In middle distance this second day confirmed the results of yesterday except in A1 category where the German lady Gaby Lames was two minutes faster than the French Jean-Luc Mas who is leading the category. In B1 class Lukas Mikulics (Aut) is the leader and very fast.

In sprint the competition is even more tough than yesterday. In A1, Roman Habasko (Cze) is first, and increased its advance on Jean-Claude Peru (Fra) and Knud Schmolz (Dk). In B1, the Belgian musher, Kevin Steensels is followed now by Arnaud Eggemann, who passed Stephane Poublanc by only one second, both from France. In C1, the same three French mushers are leading the category with Christophe Chevalley still in first place. Jean-Claude Tredez with his Greenland dogs is leader and increased his advantage on the second, Vladimir Vrastil (Cze)..

In D1 class, Andrej Drabik (Slk) and Stefan Goris (Bel) have exactly the same time after this second heat, the difference in time being only 0,06 seconds !!!. Filippo Piccinini (Ita) who is already first in Mid-distance C1 is also first in Bike 2 dogs men and increased its advance on French Dany Faivre, Roman Reistetter (Slk) leads the Bike 1 dog Men. Bike 1 dog women is leaded by Virginie Brice (Bel) and Jean-Michel Hoog leads bike 1/2.

In scooter 2 dogs the leader , Anthony Chevalley (Fra) is now closely followed by the Belgian Ludovic Brasseur who was the fastest today. Scooter 1 dog is leaded by Juliette Prodhomme (Fra) while Belgian Eddy Martens is leading the scooter 1/2 category.

Canicross 2 dogs men is leaded by always very fast Slovak Marcel Matanin who increased its advantage. Another very fast Slovak, Michal Ivanco is first in canicross 1 dog and the famous czech Zdenka Duskova is still leading in canicross women. We also have the pulka class, in which the Belgian Bart Smets is nicely competing with his very beautiful Samoyed. While in canicross for these first two days we had mass starts, tomorrow they will start with the real time difference a very nice and exciting competition.

What is particularly nice is the excellent overall atmosphere due to the perfect Belgian organisation. Yesterday evening all mushers appreciate the excellent musher dinner, and this evening we will have a nice dancing night, in Belgium the motto is « Mush for Fun », even if the competition is taken very seriously !

The results list of the second day of race

day 1 friday 22^th november

After a very nice opening ceremony yesterday evening in the beautiful woods of Beloeil, surprisingly white with snow, all mushers coming from 10 countries were very happy to be here.

Today, no more snow but the technical trails were heavy and somewhat muddy. However all teams were happy to run and all dogs were in perfect condition on the finish line.

The middle distance race started with the O class that is now leaded by Gerald Schinzel (Aut). Categories A1 and A2 are leaded by French mushers Jean-Luc Mas and Denis Delaure. Renate Barwik (Aut) is leading B1 class and Horst Klank (Ger) with his beautiful Samoyeds is first in B2 class.Filippo Piccinini is the leader of class C1, while the thre other classes, C2, D1 and D2 are led by nice and fast Belgian teams.

The competition is very tough in Sprint. In A1, Roman Habasko (Cze) is first, followed by Jean-Claude Peru (Fra) and Knud Schmolz (Dk). In B1, the local Belgian musher, Kevin Steensels is very closely followed by Stephane Poublanc and Arnaud Eggemann, both from France. In C1, three French mushers are leading the category with Christophe Chevalley being the fastest. Jean-Claude Tredez with his Greenland dogs is leader in C2.

In D1 class, Andrej Drabik (Slk) is just a few seconds in front of Stefan Goris (Bel). Gerard Godimus (Fra) is first in D2. Filippo Piccinini (Ita) is also first in Bike 2 dogs men, and Roman Reistetter (Slk) leads the Bike 1 dog Men. Bike 1 dog women is leaded by Virginie Brice (Bel) and Jean-Michel Hoog leads bike 1/2.

Many participants are competing in scooter classes. Scooter 2 dogs is leaded by Anthony Chevalley (Fra), scooter 1 dog is leaded by Juliette Prodhomme (Fra) and Belgian Eddy Martens is leading the scooter 1/2 category.

Canicross 2 dogs men is leaded by the very fast Slovak Marcel Matanin. Another very fast Slovak, Michal Ivanco is first in canicross 1 dog and the famous czech Zdenka Duskova is first in canicross women. We also have the pulka class, in which the Belgian Bart Smets is competing with his very beautiful Samoyed female.

The competition for tomorrow will be very exciting !!!

The result list of first day of race

The official website of the race

PROGRAM

Thursday - 21 November 2013  

Arrival of the participants and placement at the Stake out
12:00 h    Veterinarian controls , papers and karts
19:00 h    Delegates meeting and distributions numbers
20:00 h    Opening ceremony , Participants presentation

Friday - 22 November 2013

08:00 h     Musher meeting
09:00 h     First start  day 1
19:00 h     Delegates meeting
20:00 h     Musher dinner

Saturday - 23 November 2013

08:00 h     Musher meeting
09:00 h     First start  day 2
18:00 h     Delegates meeting
20:00 h     Mushers party

Sunday - 24 November 2013

08:00 h     Musher meeting
09:00 h     First start  day 3
17:00 h     Awards ceremony
19:00 h     Closure ceremony

LOCATION (on Google map)

Beloeil "La Mer De Sable", Stambruges, Belgium

Coordinates of the stake out: +50° 29' 44.27", +3° 43' 15.96"

TRAIL MAP



Sprint: 5 - 6,5 - 9,5 km;

Middle distance: 12,5 km.

17 - 20 november 2011

DAY 3 - Sunday 20 november

Here we are, the third heat came to an and. Once again the weather was perfect for the dogs – cold (-3C) and cloudy. Trails remained in perfect conditions and this race gave 100% satisfaction to all participants and their dogs.
Of course Austria is the big winner with 5 gold medals and a total of 17 medals.
France takes the second place with also 5 gold medals but only 10 medals as a whole and final the excellent surprise is the third place taken by Belgium with 4 gold medals.
This race will remain in all our memories because not only it was perfectly organized and a total success but also for the friendship and great hospitality we received from our Slovenian friends.
So, goodbye Slovenia and thank you.
We will come back for sure!

Clck here for final result list

DAY 2 - Saturday 19 november

Cold (-3) and cloudy weather, perfect for the race and the dogs. This second day of race was at least as good as yesterday and probably even better. All dogs and their mushers enjoyed once again the beautiful trails.
We were also very impressed by the media coverage of this event with several national and local televisions and the organizer Matjaž Ovsenek on the front page of the biggest national newspaper.
In most categories this second day confirmed and often reinforced the result from the first day. In Middle distance, Gerald Schinzel (A), Roman Habasko (CZ), Alexandre Rullier (F) and Harry Braeckmans (B) are still leading their respective categories, as do Jan Pederson (DK), Pascal Gerard (F), Alexander Serdjukov (A), Laurent Blot (F), Andrej Drabik (SK) and Bernd Kirstein (D) in Cart.
The same situation takes place for the bike men classes while in bike women the Austrian Eva Pfannhauser took the first place from the Belgian Virginie Brice and we can expect an exciting third day with less than 5 s difference.
In category Scooter class 2/1 dog, Sepp Brugger (A) with 1 Greenland dog won two places and is now leader .
Tomorrow the canicross classes will no more have a mass start but instead a »chasing« start as they will start at the real time difference.
So more exciting!
This FISTC Cart Championship is really an almost perfect race.

Result list of the second day

Click here for the web site of Smlednik where you can find some pictures

DAY 1 - Friday 18 november

Smlednik a small and very nice community close to Ljubljana is succeeding in organizing and almost perfect European Championship Cart with the FISTC. Yesterday, Thursday, an excellent team of 3 vets have been checking most of the 114 teams that reached the place with a cold and foggy but dry weather.
Today, they had to send back home a team whose dogs vaccinations were not up to date.
Then the race started at 9.30 am still with a cold and foggy weather with the middle distance classes.
All trails for MD and Sprint are perfectly prepared. In MD A, Gerald Schinzel (A) is leading the category after the first day. In MD B the leader is Roman Habasko (CZ). MD C1 and C2 are leaded respectively by Alexandre Rullier (F) and Harry Braeckmans (B2 – Malamutes).
In sprint Jan Pedersen (DK) is first but closely followed by Karl Rachbauer (A). In B1 the French Pascal Gerard is followed by Lajos Koffer (H). In C1 Alexander Serdjukov (A) is first closely followed by three Italian teams. The C2 class is leaded by Laurent Blot (F) and his 4 Greenland dogs. The first place in D1 belongs to Andrej Drabik (SK) and in D2 to Bernd Kirstein (D).
Many concurrents are starting in the bike and scooter classes as well as in canicross. We just want to underline the outstanding performance in canicross junior of the young French girl Maylis Gerard, first in junior A ( 13 years old ) as she would also be first in the senior woman canicross.
Here are the first today in these classes:

Bike 1 men - 2 dogs: Ludovic Brasseur (B)
Bike 1 women - 1 dog: Roman Reistetter (SK)
Bike 1 women - 1 dog: Virginie Brice ( B)
Bike 2 men - 1 dog: Jean Michel Hoog (F)
Scooter 1 / 2 dogs: Sebastian Astelbauer (A)
Scooter 1 dog: Klaus Baumel (A)
Scooter 2 / 1 dog: Manuel Haslacher (A)
Canicross 2 dogs: Diego Buranello (ITA)
Canicross 1 dog: Michal Ivanco (SK)
Canicross 1 dog: Zdenka Duškova (CZ)
Canicross junior : Maylis Gerard (F)

Result list of the first day of race

19th - 21st November 2010

19th November 2010 - EC Cart 2010 Day 1

Reingers, Nieder Österreich, a lovely place where the of nature goes along with the friendship of the inhabitants.
This is the place where the FISTC is organizing its 5Th European Chart Championship, the best organization we ever had! With 142 pure bread teams at start it is already a complete success, as it also linked to a perfect organization. The stake out is a model of what it should be; trails are long and though, very well adapted to such an event and all mushers enjoyed their first day of race despite cold and snowy weather, that mainly pleased all dogs!
After the first heat Manfred Komac (A) Ondrey SteJskal (CZ) and Alexandre Rullier (F, junior) are respectively leading the 3 Mid -distance classes O, B and C.
In Sprint, French teams are doing quite well with Michel Laboure leading the A class, Pascal Gerard the B1 class and Thierry Narcy the B2 class. Roman Habasco (CZ) is leading a though C1 class, while three other French, Laaurent Blot, Damien Langlois and Gwenaelle Blot are respectively leading C2, D1 and D2 classes.
In Bikejoring 2 dogs, Filippo Piccinini is first and Roman Reistetter (SK) is leading bike 1 dog. Klare Brzkova (CZ) is first in bike women 1 dog and Jasmine Kain in bike junior. Scooter 2 dogs is leaded by Klaus Baumel (A), scoter 1 by Kirstin Nitsch (D) and scooter 1 dog 2 by Romuald Schonfeld (D). Rubi Thorsten Nitsch leads the scooter junior class.
Marcel matanin (SK) is 1st in Canicross 2 dogs, Alexander Krenn (A) in canicross 1 dog and Gregory Coffre (F) in canicross Junior.
However the competion in most of these classes is really hard with very small gaps between the first teams, like in D2 where the difference between the first and second team is only 6 seconds!
Everything remains open for the next two days of this fantastic race! Exiting!!!

First day result list

20th November 2010 -EC Cart 2010 Day 2

Today the weather has been more pleasant, no rain and no snow , but low temperatures between -1º and 3º C were excellent for the dogs.
Competition is tough but but with total fair-play, there have been no protests and the whole race was extremely satisfying.
In Middle distance O Manfred Komac (A) has now increased his advantage to the second to 18 minutes. In MD B, Ondrey Stejskal, a flying czech musher has now 15 min. advance to the second. In MD C, the French junior, Alexander Rullier has just 21" advance to the second, the Czech Vladimir Vrastil.
In Sprint French musher are still leading the big classes with Michel Laboure, Pascal Gerard and Thierry Narcy still respectevely first in the A, B1 and B2 classes.
In C1 the first three, Alex Serdjukov (A), Jana Zemcakova (SK) and Roman Habasco (CZ) are within 13 seconds with two others teams close behind. Competition tomorrow will be though. Laurent Blot and his greenland dog are leading the C2 class, while Damien Langlois (F) could keep his first place in D1 in front of Alex Serdjukov. In D2, Harry Braeckmans (B) passed Gwenaelle Blot (F) butr the difference in time is small. Bike joring 2 dogs is still dominated by two Italiansm Filippo Piccinini and Nicola Benetel. In Bike joring man 1 dog Ivan Vasko (SK) today passed his friend Roman Reistetter (SK) but the time difference is only 5". the third is Matjaz Ovsenek (SLO). Bike joring 1 dog woman is led by Klara Brzkova (SK) while Jasmine Kain leads the junior class. Scooter 2 dogs is led by Klaus Baumel (A), the 1 dog class 1 by Jiri Valko (CZ) and the 1 dog class 2 by Romuald Schönfeld (A), while in scooter junior class the French Alexander Santens is first. Canicross 2 dogs is dominated by Marcel Matanin (SK), while in canicross 1 dog nothing is decided between the first four led by Alexander Krenn (A).
The youngest musher, Kerstin Prohaska is leading the canicross Junior class.
Many enthusiastic spectators were present today to support all these exceptional teams and their beautiful dogs.
Tomorrow will be a decisive day in many classes.

Second day result list

21st November 2010 - EC Cart 2010 Day 3

Reingers, day 3

Now they are champions!
Weather was cloudy, windy and cold but all dogs were happy... The race was tough and the best mushers are on the podium with some exceptions like Jan Pedersen (DK) who broke his cart after 1,5 Km. While he was 2nd.
In MD O the European Champion 2010 is Manfred Komac (A). The Flying Czech Ondrey Stejskal wins the title in MD B and in MD C the title goes to the young Frenchman Alexandre Rullier (Junior).
In Sprint categories, France gets the gold medals in A, B1 and B2 with respectively Michel Laboure, Pascal Gerard and Thierry Narcy winning the titles.
Alexander Serdjukov (A) is European championship in C1,while Laurent Blot (F) gets the title in C2 and Damien Langlois (F) in D1. Harry Braeckmans (B) wins the title in D2 with his beautiful Malamutes. Two Italians , Filippo Piccinini and Nicola Benetel took the first two place in bikejoring 2 dogs , while Slovaks took the first two place in bikejoring men 1 dog with Roman Reistetter beating his friend Ivan Vasko.
In bikejoring women 1 dog the title went to Klara Brzkova (CZ) despite the excellent third heat of Graziella Beltrame (I) who caught the young czech on the very finish line. In bikejoring junior the podium is totally Austrian, the yong Daniel Pucher getting the title.
Klaus Baumel (A) is European Champion in scooter 2 dogs, Jiri Valko (CZ) in scooter 1 class1 and Romuald Schonfeld in scooter 1 class 2. The class scooter junior is won by Alexandre Sautens (F).
Marcel Matanin Konecny (SK) is a fantastic champion in canicross 2 dogs as is Alexander Krenn (A) in Canicross 1 dog with his Samoyed.
Finally in canicross Junior, the yongest partecipant of these championship, Kirsten Prohaska (A), 11 years old is European Champion.
Now we will say good bye Reingers and thank you for the perfect organization of those Campionship and we will turn to the snow racing season and the organisation of the World Championship Sprint in Donovaly (SK).

Third day result list

Final result

BUERIIS – UDINE (ITA) - 22/23 November '08

http://www.bueriis2008.fimss.com

You can see very nice photos on this web site:

http://www.mushing-austria.at/seiten/berichte/bueriis_2008/content/index.html

23th of November

Let us be honest. We have been extremely lucky with the weather expect from the storm on Friday night, that took down the internet connection in the region, and we are sorry for the late update of the news.

On Saturday evening we had the Musher evening where typical dishes from the region were served. This evening was spent in a tent in the middle of the area.

Sunday arrived with a clear blue sky and minus 8 degrees Celsius as the first scent of winter.
The trail was a bit frozen but in excellent shape and all teams did a great job.
We owe many thanks to the whole organization but especially to the trail boss and his numerous staff and officials. They simply did a great job, which also was expressed from the musher.
Schedule for the race was to end it at just after one o‘clock and it worked.

Price giving ceremony took place at 3 pm and our president closed the event with a lot of praising to the musher and their fantastic dogs, and invited all to the next EC Cart in Schonloo in the Netherlands in November 2009, which will take place over three days.

The final result list

O	B1	C1	C2	D1	D2
SCOOTER	BIKE1	BIKE2	CANICROSS2	CANICROSS1	CANICROSS JUNIOR

22nd of November

During the night we had a storm and tents and some markings and ribbons disappeared. This ment a huge job in the morning to repair every thing and remove branches from the trail. Despite this the organizers did this in due time for the first start.

Saturday arrived with light overcast and cold weather. We did see the sun, but not much. Obviously the dogs and musher liked it, as we saw some very good times in some classes.
Despite some minor problems we had a good race. Unfortunately one musher in the O class lost in the woods and lost a lot of time.

We bring the list of results here and are looking forward to another successful race day for our musher.

Today, at the delegate meeting our president Mr. Franco Mannato welcomed all and especially said thank you to Mr. MassimoBassan and his crew for a well organized pre work. Also the major of Reingers, Austria Mr.Christian Schlosser was welcomed as this region is applying for the FISTC cart EC 2010, and he wishes to present their possibilities.

The site here in Bueriis is nice and the trail looks very good and a rather good condition though covered by water just 14 days ago: The trail has been prepared for 4 weeks and we are now looking forward to good race.
Dogs papers and equipment controls went well and almost everything was OK. Some few mushers were guided to be more perfect next year.
Have a look at this site tomorrow for results of the first day as well as some beautiful pictures.

The starting list for the first day

Sletten, 24th-25th of November 2007

"All doping controls made in Sletten (DK) were negative, according to the results received from the German Lab who made the controls."

Arno Roos, FISTC Verinary

25.11.2007

Final result

The second day of the European Championships Cart in Sletten (DK) was as exciting as the first day. The cold and cloudy weather was perfect for the dogs, however, trails were a little bit less fast than on Saturday due to a rainy night.

In all classes the best athletes won and titles went to many of our best mushers and runners.

A Class: Gerald Schinzel (A) is the new European Champion and Jan Pedersen (DK) is Vice-European Champion while Gert Kronholm (DK) receives the Bronze medal.
B Class: Andreas Nymark (DK) is European Champion and Michel Laboure (F) Vice-European Champion, these two teams were very close. Uwe Meyer (D), despite a 2 minutes penalty on the first day succeeded in getting the bronze medal on Sunday.
These two classes were extremely impressive and fast on such a technical and tough trail.

C1 class: Pascal Gerard (F) is European Champion, and Goetz Bramowski (D) vice-European Champion after a tough race as the bronze medal went to Kenneth Berndtsen (DK), very close at only six seconds from the second on Sunday.
C2 class: Horst Klank, European Champion with his Samojeds could not be caught by the two French teams following him with Greenland dogs. Jean Paul Caillibot (F) is vice European Champion and Jean Claude Tredez (F) received the bronze medal.
There were many beautiful Samojeds teams competing in this class.
D1 class: This was a German story, won by Heiko Tescher, gold medal in front of Eduard Kaufhold, silver medal.
D2 class: Sebastien Parent (F) is European Champion with his two Alaskan Malamutes. Nick Myhre (DK) is vice-European Champion and Ken Myhre (DK) received the bronze medal, these two teams competing with Samojeds.

Bike 1 dog: Thomas Muecke (D) is European Champion and David Carre (F) vice-Eurpoean Champion. It is to be noted that Davis is a junior. Marianne Clausen (DK) received the bronze medal.
Bike 2 dogs: This was the fastest class and the speed average was very impressive. Holger Winter (D) is European Champion and Cheda Milisavljevic (RUS) vice-European Champion. Soren Krelskov (DK) received the bronze medal, only 7 seconds faster on two days than the fourth team.
Scooter 2 dogs: A totally French podium with Jean-Baptiste Laboure (F) junior titled European Champion (another title after the ones he won in St Ulrich (A) and Auronzo (I)). Jean-Michel Santens is vice-European Champion and Julien Rullier, another junior, received the bronze medal.
Scooter 1 dog: Juliette Prodhomme (F) junior is European Champion followed by Lutz Schulte-Uebbing (D) vice-European Champion. Alexandre Rullier (F) another junior received the bronze medal.
Many junior mushers were competing with success in these classes and this is good for our sport as it shows that the future of the sport is on its way.

Cani Cross Men: Leonid Filippov (RUS) is European Champion and this was the first title won by a Russian athlete in our FISTC championships. No doubt that this is the first of a long series of titles for Russian participants in our sports when we see the very high level of performance of Russian athletes. Tim Bendsten (DK) is vice-European Champion and Lutz Schulte-Uebbing received the bronze medal, his second medal on these championships.
Cani cross women: While the first two ladies were ex-aequo after the first day, on Sunday Kerstin Nitsch (D) won the title of European Champion, and Janine Koehler (D) was vice-European Champion. Another German lady, Kerstin Muecke, received the bronze medal. It can be noted that the fourth lady, Petra Klank (D), very close to the third one was competing with Samojeds.

Arno Roos, the FISTC vet, could see that with such a good trail and good weather conditions all dogs were in excellent shape on the finish line. Several doping controls were done, very well accepted by all participants.

These FISTC Championships have been totally successful and all participants are willing to participate in the next ones that will take place in Italy next year. It was a real pleasure to be in Denmark this year and we all hope to be able to come back to meet our Danish friends quite soon.

24.11.2007

"Hello from Sletten, Denmark, where the FISTC, together with the Dansk Siberian Husky Klub (DSHK) is organicing its European Championship Cart. The place is really wonderful around a lake in the middle of a forest. Trails are in perfect conditions and extremely fast. The weather, very cold, sunny in the morning and cloudy in the afternoon was ideal for the dogs and the race. All dogs and mushers enjoyed this first day of race with participants from six countries (Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Russia) competing in 13 different classes.

In the A class, Gerald Schinzel (A) took the lead on Jan Pedersen (DK) and Gert Kronholm (DK). In B class there are only 5” between the first team Andreas Nymark (DK) and the second, Michel Laboure (F). In C1, another French musher Gerard Pascal is leading followed by Goetz Bramowski (D) and Kenneth Bendsten (DK). Horst Klank (D) is first in C2 with his “flying Smoyeds” preceding two French teams of Greenland dogs, Jean Paul Caillibot and Jean Claude Tredez, while in the D2 class Sebastien Parent (F) is first with his Alaskan Malamutes, before Nick and Ken Myhre (DK)

Many mushers are also competing in the other clases. In Bike 1 dog, Thomas Muecke (D) is first ahead of David Carre (F jun) and Marianne Clausen (DK). Another German, Holger Winter, leads the Bike 2 dogs class closely followed by a Russian musher - Cheda Milisavljevic and by Soren Krelskov (DK). The Scooter 2 dogs class is lead by three French mushers, in the order Jean-Baptiste Laboure (jun), Jean-Michel Santens and Jullien Rullier (jun). Excellent young French juniors in scooter 1 dog, where Juliette Prodhomme (jun) is first, Lutz Schulte-Uebbing (D) is second and Alexandre Rullier (F jun) is third.

In canicross Men, Leonid Filippov (RUS) is leading the category before Tim Bendsten (DK) and Lutz Schulte-Uebbing (D), while in Canicross women Germany trusts the first four places with the first two, Janine Koehler and Kerstin Nitsch strictly ex-aequo.

All conditions are there for a fantastic final tomorrow…"

24.11.2007 Sletten, Denmark

23.11.2007

The start list

We would like to invite you to our first dry land european championship of FISTC in Denmark. The race will take a place in town Sletten. Sletten is an area of extreme beaty at the foot of ”Himmelbjerget” near a small town Ry. We all hope for fantastic race. See you in Denmark.

A3 Plakat

Folder European Champ

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How to come to the racing site:

Passing Hamburg and Flensburg on the Motorway you will shortly arrive at the Danish Border where you will meet no Custom or any control. Stay on the motorway until exit No. 55 – continuing on Road No. 461 towards Oestbirk – through Gammel Ry to a T-Crossing – turn left on Road No. 445 passing the sign “Himmelbjerget”. Shortly after this you will see a sign in the right side showing DSHK and EC as well as the Official Sign “FDF lejren SLETTEN” – turn right here and continue through the forest until you are there.

The DSHK is arranging an CAC Club Show on Saturday.

It is possible to rent a room or to hire a place for car, camper, tent, or ? – at very reasonable prices.
Contact person is This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. as soon as possible, as we rent out in the order of application.

The map of the trail

THE PROGRAM

16 – 18 November 2012

Day 3

Here we are, the race is now over and has been a total success !
A cloudy and cold weather helped all dogs to run faster than in the two previous days.
Competition has been extreme in many classes and the suspens was total with some time differences between the first teams below one second on the finish line.
You will find the list of FISTC European Champions at the end of this page. In Middle distance, there were very few changes in the various categories, except in C1 where Renate Barwik passed Hans Molcik for the third place.
In sprint all races were really exciting but particularly in B1 where Luca Castelletta (I) was faster today but finished second at 5”7 from Christophe Barbaro (F). In Bike 2 dogs, Matjaz Ovsenek (Slo) wins the race before Rinaldo Marioli (I). In scooter 1 dog/2, Gabor Rosner (Hun) wins the race but with only 0”9 of advantage on Sepp Brugger (A).A change of leadership took place in Canicross 1 dog/women when close to the finish line Anne Miclo (F) could pass Linda Salvagno (I) and finished with 2”.8 of advance. A very exciting final also for the Canicross junior class when in the last few meters of the race Mayliss Gerard (F) passed Ester Vaskova (SK) in order to finish with 5”.3 of advantage.
The pricing ceremony started on time at 3 p.m. and all mushers were able to leave early and almost totally satisfied.
Indeed this Championships in Farra d’Alpago have been a great success, thanks to the mayors of the five communities of the Conca d’Alpago and to the FIMSS leaded by Massimo Bassan assisted by Mario Azzalini.
Now we will be waiting for the snow and the FISTC Championships in Donovaly in February.

HERE ARE THE CHAMPIONS

Final Results list

Day 2

Before we report on this second day of race, it is important to say a few words about the very typical evening that was organized yesterday (Friday) evening. The “Cicchettone” was extremely appreciated, you have dinner in five different restaurants, each of them giving to the participants two very typical different dishes. At the end of the night we all had eaten extremely well while drinking excellent wines. A unique opportunity to meet new friends as in our sport, friendships and sports are closely linked.
Today, once again we had a perfect weather, cold (freezing in the morning) and sunny.
In middle distance the position got yesterday on the first heat have been confirmed today, while in sprint many changes may still take place tomorrow.
In the A class, while Loris Bottega (I) confirms his leadership, Knud Schmolz (DK9) now second passed Pascal Gerard (F). In B1, C. Barbaro (F) slightly improved his first position. No changes in B2 and C classes, while in D1 Andrej Drabik (SK) and Elfie Ploder (A) are really fighting hard. In Bike 2 dogs, Rinaldo Matioli (I) has taken the leadership. In scooter 2 dog the new leader is Didier Fleury (F), while Juliette Prodhomme is still first in scooter 1 dog. The scooter 1 dog/2 the new leader is now Gabor Rosner (Hun), with his Greenlanddog “Darius”. In the Bike 1 dog, Filippo Piccinini has overtaken Roman Reistetter (SK) who was leading yesterday. In Bike women, Alena Smolikova increased her advantage on the second.
The canicross 2 dogs class is still leaded by the Junior Samuel Matanin (SK) while another Slovak, Michal Ivanco leads the canicross 1 dog class. Linda Salvagno (I) continues to lead the canicross women class while Mayliss Gerard and Ester Vaskova, juniors, are just separated by 0.8 seconds after this secon heat.
Tomorrow, as usual on the third day, the canicross runners will start with the real difference in time and the first on the finish line will be the winner.
We expect a fantastic third heat tomorrow with the same weather and we will then have succeeded in having a fantastic championship.

Results list of the second heat

Day 1

Yesterday evening we officially started these European Championships Cart in Farra d’Alpago, very nice city on this magnificent Alpago area on the Santa Croce lake. At the opening ceremony we were pleased to be welcomed by the 5 mayors of the 5 villages of the Conca d’Alpago who are totally invested for the total success of this big event.

This morning we had to remove the ice from car windscreen… But all mushers and dogs were so happy to stay in these beautiful mountains with a splendid sunny weather and cold temperatures. A real dream for our dogs:

First we let start our middle distance teams. At first places after this first heat we find in MDO Doris Prohaska(A), MDA Roman Habasco (CZ), MDB1 Pierangelo Patriarca (I), MDB2 Harry Braeckmans (B) and MDC Paola Albanesi (I).
In all sprint categories results, at least for the first three are very close. The leaders tonight are:
In A, Loris Bottega (I); B1, Christophe Barbaro (F); B2, Ernest Lippusch (A); C1, Roberto Mattasoglio (I); D1, Andrej Drabik (SK); D2, Sepp Brugger (A); Bike2dogs, Julian Astelbauer (A); Scooter 2dogs, Sebastian Astelbauer(A); Scooter 1dog, Juliette Prodhomme (F); Scooter 1dog/2, Sepp Brugger (A); Bike 1dog, Roman Reistetter (SK); Bike 1dog/2, Jean-Michel Hoog (F);Bike 1dog women, Alena Smolikova (Cz).
In the four canicross classes we had mass starts. The canicross 2 dogs is leaded by a junior, Samuel Matanin (SK); the canicross 1 dog by Michal Ivanco (SK); canicross 1 dog women by Linda Salvagno (I) and the canicross junior by Mayliss Gerard (F). It can be noted that the first three young girls in canicross junior are together within 25 seconds, and are also more than one minute faster than the first lady in canicross women, on the same distances.
Tomorrow at 10am will start the second heat, very exciting in almost all classes. However, before that, tonight all mushers and many visitors will have the opportunity to taste local specialties in a tour of 5 restaurants where we will go one after the other… We will report also on that tomorrow.
Weather is expected to remains like today, sunny and cold until the end of the week-end. All dogs and their mushers are really happy to be here !

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9-10 December 2006.

THE FINAL RESULT LIST

The first FISTC Cart race Championship will be organised by SSD, in Germany, western town Pullman city Harz, Hasselfelde, 9th to 10th of December 2006. Preliminary rules will be drafted untill end of september:and will indicate categories, equipment, distances. These rules will derive from all national rules that will have been sent as soon as possible to Gert Kronholm.

Dear FISTC members,
It is now urgent to prepare the lists of participants for the FISTC Championship in Pulmann city- 8th- 10th of December 2006.
Please sent the national list of participants from your country to FISTC secretary- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and also to Walter Treichl- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , together with the payment on the FISTC account.
In addition the lists of participants should be sent to Wolf-Dieter POLZ
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In case you have any questions about this race you must contact Wolf-Dieter POLZ !
Thank you very much

Best regards
Jana Henychova
FISTC secretary