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Grand Raid

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Genre
  
Ultra-marathon

Frequency
  
annually

Participants
  
2350 competitors

Date(s)
  
October

Inaugurated
  
1989

Location
  
Réunion

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The Grand Raid de la Réunion, also called La diagonale des fous (The Madmen's Diagonal) is a mountain ultramarathon race. The race takes place annually in October on Réunion island, a French overseas department in the Indian Ocean, situated between Madagascar and Mauritius. The 162 km route with 9643 m of elevation gain is reputed to be highly challenging.

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Category of course

Three races are held at the same time:

  • the Grand-Raid or Diagonale des Fous (Madman's Diagonal) - 162 km and 9643 m of altitude gain
  • the Semi-Raid or Trail of Bourbon - 93 km and 4920 m of altitude gain
  • Mascareignes Raid - 61 km and 3036 m of altitude gain

    • Dates of races in 2014

  • 22nd edition of the Diagonale des fous: 23 to 26 October
  • 15th edition of the Trail de Bourbon: October
  • 4th edition of the Mascareignes: October

    • References

    Grand Raid Wikipedia
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