In brief: Martin Letourneur and Olivia Piana have taken out the 2017 GlaGla Race in the French Alps, with a massive 345 competitors descending upon a cold but sunny Lake Annecy in what was an amazing celebration of the sport.

After 13km of flat and sometimes foggy paddling, Martin edged out world number 13 Leo Nika by the narrowest of margins, winning a photo finish with an official margin of 0.6 seconds.

As the sun poked through to setup a beautiful afternoon, Olivia crossed the line 10 minutes later to make it a double victory for the host nation, with the Frenchwoman in a league of her own that saw her finish top 20 on the men’s leaderboard.

Promising French kayaker Matthieu Chauvel and unheralded Slovenian Jost Zakrajsek (who has a whitewater canoe background) were both very impressive in sticking with Martin and Leo all the way to the end, while Swiss-turned-Aussie Nico Schenk paddled strong to round out the top five.

After losing by mere centimetres in the morning, Leo had some revenge on Martin in the afternoon, with Starboard rider from Italy taking out the 5km ‘Beach Race’ event by a similar margin.

But the real story of the event was the sheer number of participants who braved the below-freezing temperatures for the first big race of the year. The air temp was -4 when the distance race started, while the water temp would have been hovering around +4 or +5. Most of us couldn’t feel our toes, but everyone I spoke to said it was an amazing race to be part of.

Watching 345 paddlers charge off the start line must have been an incredible sight — stay tuned for some awesome drone footage on SUP Racer’s Facebook and Instagram later tonight and tomorrow.

This is the kind of race that reminds you why our sport is so much fun.

Huge thanks to Benoit from the Alpine Lakes Tour for creating this crazy but amazing race in an epic location. It was an absolutely freezing day on the water, but I’m already looking forward to next year’s event.

Thanks also to Red Paddle Co for hooking me up with an elite inflatable to race on (I’ll have a review of their new 2017 boards later this week). Speaking of Red, we also got to witness the epic ‘Red Dragon’ four-person inflatable race–keep an eye out for some awesome drone footage of that one as well.

Check back after the weekend for a full recap of the race, full results full results below, photo gallery and more video of this amazing race. In the meantime, follow SUP Racer on Facebook and Insta for more insights.

UPDATE: Here’s the epic drone footage // scroll down for full results

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2017 GlaGla Race

#	M/F	M/F #	Name	Time	Board	Nation
1	M	1	Martin Letourneur	1:21:57	14' carbon	FRA
2	M	2	Leonard Nika	1:21:58	14' carbon	ITA
3	M	3	Matthieu Chauvel	1:22:06	14' carbon	FRA
4	M	4	Jost Zakrajšek	1:22:11	14' carbon	SLO
5	M	5	Nico Schenk	1:23:25	14' carbon	SUI
6	M	6	Yanis Maire	1:26:11	12'6 carbon	FRA
7	M	7	Philippe Lachenal	1:26:15	14' carbon	FRA
8	M	8	Nick Crettenand	1:26:20	14' carbon	SUI
9	M	9	Pierre Adrien	1:26:25	14' carbon	FRA
10	M	10	Samuel Carbillet	1:26:38	14' carbon	FRA
11	M	11	Tom Constant	1:27:24	14' carbon	FRA
12	M	12	Sebastien Le Meaux	1:27:43	unlimited	FRA
13	M	13	Leandro Cruz	1:29:51	12'6 carbon	FRA
14	M	14	Ugo Clay	1:29:53	12'6 carbon	FRA
15	M	15	Vincent Verhoeven	1:30:01	14' inflatable	FRA
16	M	16	Matthieu Thiolet	1:30:02	12'6 carbon	FRA
17	M	17	Pampinella Tommaso	1:30:22	14' carbon	ITA
18	F	1	Olivia Piana	1:31:16	14' carbon	FRA
19	M	18	Vincent Jouhanneaud	1:31:22	12'6 carbon	FRA
20	M	19	Michael Frosch	1:31:23	14' carbon	AUT
21	M	20	Wolfgang Ortfried Leeb	1:31:30	14' carbon	ALL
22	M	21	Alain Teurquetil	1:31:31	14' carbon	FRA
23	M	22	Jean-christophe Dillon	1:32:01	12'6 carbon	FRA
24	M	23	Nicolas Lebeau	1:32:05	14' carbon	FRA
25	M	24	Yann Redouin	1:32:58	14' carbon	FRA
26	M	25	Wolfgang Guetg	1:33:06	12'6 inflatable	SUI
27	M	26	Laurent Chenivesse	1:33:07	unlimited	FRA
28	M	27	Pierre Guerre Berthelot	1:33:15	14' carbon	FRA
29	M	28	Benoit Fernet	1:33:19	14' carbon	FRA
30	M	29	Didier Varon	1:33:50	14' carbon	FRA
31	M	30	Stephane Danfreville	1:34:05	14' carbon	FRA
32	M	31	Vincent Claeskens	1:34:56	14' carbon	BEL
33	M	32	Alain Morotti	1:35:03	12'6 carbon	FRA
34	M	33	Stive Lener	1:35:04	12'6 carbon	FRA
35	M	34	Serge Senalada	1:35:51	14' carbon	SUI
36	M	35	Thierry Martinet	1:36:02	14' carbon	FRA
37	M	36	William Brasseur	1:36:03	12'6 inflatable	FRA
38	M	37	Antoine Ribault	1:36:14	12'6 carbon	FRA
39	F	2	Melanie Lafenetre	1:36:37	12'6 carbon	FRA
40	M	38	Ghislain Romé	1:37:15	12'6 carbon	FRA
41	F	3	Marie-elphege Julienne	1:37:16	12'6 carbon	FRA
42	M	39	Olivier Comazzi	1:37:21	14' carbon	FRA
43	F	4	Ines Blatge	1:37:53	12'6 carbon	FRA
44	M	40	Alexandre Laguian	1:38:05	14' carbon	SUI
45	M	41	Stephane Guillermin	1:38:25	12'6 carbon	SUI
46	M	42	Alexandre Wack	1:38:27	12'6 carbon	FRA
47	M	43	Gilles Mathieu	1:38:34	12'6 inflatable	FRA
48	M	44	Patrick Lamarre	1:38:41	14' carbon	FRA
49	M	45	Antoine Badin	1:38:48	12'6 carbon	FRA
50	M	46	Sebastien Tripognez	1:38:56	12'6 carbon	FRA
51	M	47	Stephane Koch	1:39:18	14' carbon	SUI
52	M	48	Eric Devaux	1:39:26	12'6 carbon	FRA
53	M	49	Alexandre Agudo	1:40:11	12'6 carbon	FRA
54	M	50	Frederic Pree	1:40:16	14' carbon	FRA
55	F	5	Sigrid Baumgartner	1:40:19	14' carbon	SUI
56	M	51	Christian Moutsakos	1:40:25	14' carbon	AUT
57	M	52	Christopher Parker	1:40:27	12'6 inflatable	AUS
58	M	53	Jeremy Laugerat	1:40:34	12'6 inflatable	FRA
59	M	54	Alexandre Dallant	1:40:35	14' carbon	FRA
60	M	55	Didier Scovron	1:41:02	14' carbon	FRA
61	F	6	Edith Teulade	1:41:06	14' carbon	FRA
62	M	56	Herve Lalanne	1:41:33	14' carbon	FRA
63	M	57	Arnaud Pronost	1:41:40	14' carbon	FRA
64	M	58	Stephane Bentoumi	1:41:47	12'6 carbon	FRA
65	M	59	Serge Paulin	1:42:10	12'6 carbon	FRA
66	M	60	Marc Degraef	1:42:17	12'6 carbon	FRA
67	M	61	Stephane Hocquinghem	1:42:27	14' inflatable	FRA
68	M	62	Gilles Lelievre	1:42:36	12'6 carbon	FRA
69	M	63	Kevin Kohn	1:42:37	12'6 inflatable	SUI
70	F	7	Lidvina Champendal	1:42:56	12'6 carbon	SUI
71	M	64	Yvan Tacher	1:42:57	12'6 inflatable	FRA
72	M	65	Mickaël Dumont	1:43:14	12'6 carbon	FRA
73	M	66	Laurent Barberet	1:43:23	12'6 carbon	FRA
74	M	67	Titouan Ropiot	1:43:27	14' carbon	FRA
75	M	68	Mathieu Ackermann	1:43:33	14' carbon	FRA
76	M	69	Philippe Ropiot	1:43:56	12'6 carbon	FRA
77	M	70	Loic Gourmelen	1:43:57	12'6 inflatable	FRA
78	M	71	Lionel Geldreich	1:44:21	12'6 carbon	FRA
79	M	72	Benoit Lelievre	1:44:23	12'6 inflatable	FRA
80	M	73	Jerome Vasquez	1:44:30	14' carbon	FRA
81	M	74	Thomas Coussot	1:44:49	12'6 carbon	FRA
82	M	75	Eric De Maulde	1:44:50	12'6 inflatable	FRA
83	M	76	David Vandenbossche	1:44:57	12'6 carbon	FRA
84	M	77	Patrice Remoiville	1:44:57	unlimited	FRA
85	M	78	Lionel Lacaze	1:44:58	14' carbon	FRA
86	F	8	Emmanuelle Marcon	1:45:25	14' carbon	FRA
87	M	79	Matthieu Conus	1:45:27	12'6 carbon	SUI
88	M	80	#231 Paddler	1:45:28	-	FRA
89	M	81	Hicham Elhonsali	1:45:30	12'6 inflatable	FRA
90	M	82	Wayne Druian	1:45:45	14' inflatable	AFR
91	F	9	Tanja Ecker	1:45:55	14' inflatable	ALL
92	F	10	Shara Dubeau	1:45:56	14' inflatable	FRA
93	M	83	Olivier Drut	1:46:22	unlimited	FRA
94	M	84	Damien Maire	1:46:28	12'6 carbon	FRA
95	M	85	Thibaut Gallice	1:46:32	12'6 carbon	FRA
96	F	11	Estelle Combet	1:46:40	14' carbon	FRA
97	M	86	Jean-yves Cann	1:47:19	12'6 carbon	FRA
98	F	12	Emilie Vaslet	1:47:30	14' carbon	FRA
99	F	13	Audrey Ammon	1:47:49	12'6 carbon	FRA
100	M	87	Christian Hermouet	1:47:56	unlimited	FRA
101	M	88	Jean marc Frequelin	1:48:06	12'6 carbon	FRA
102	M	89	Philippe Aerts	1:48:18	14' carbon	FRA
103	F	14	Anne Ly	1:48:20	12'6 carbon	FRA
104	M	90	Uli Schmohl	1:48:33	14' carbon	SUI
105	F	15	Camille Houron	1:48:38	12'6 carbon	FRA
106	M	91	Nicolas Fortin	1:48:51	14' carbon	FRA
107	M	92	Lionel Faverolles	1:49:16	12'6 carbon	FRA
108	F	16	Morgane Dody	1:49:18	14' carbon	SUI
109	M	93	David Ferrand	1:49:32	12'6 inflatable	FRA
110	F	17	Cecile Jan	1:50:00	12'6 carbon	FRA
111	M	94	Hammiche Madjid	1:50:03	12'6 carbon	FRA
112	M	95	Emmanuel Bouchel	1:50:35	12'6 carbon	FRA
113	M	96	Pierrick Wattecamps	1:50:38	12'6 inflatable	FRA
114	M	97	Daniel Ferri	1:50:44	12'6 inflatable	FRA
115	M	98	Bertrand Priouzeau	1:50:59	12'6 inflatable	FRA
116	M	99	Yoann Le Ven	1:51:02	12'6 inflatable	FRA
117	M	100	Frederic Baralon	1:51:27	12'6 inflatable	FRA
118	F	18	Julie Tocqueville	1:51:37	12'6 carbon	FRA
119	M	101	Alain Condon	1:51:43	12'6 carbon	FRA
120	M	102	Mathieu Cottave	1:52:50	12'6 carbon	FRA
121	F	19	Isabelle Kondolff	1:53:03	12'6 carbon	FRA
122	M	103	Etienne Pree	1:53:17	14' carbon	FRA
123	M	104	Quentin Guerre Berthelot	1:53:31	14' carbon	FRA
124	M	105	Fred Pierreuse	1:53:47	12'6 inflatable	FRA
125	F	20	Ingrid Ulrich	1:54:19	14' inflatable	FRA
126	M	106	Adrien Bellenger	1:54:21	14' inflatable	FRA
127	M	107	Paul ulrich Pollanka	1:54:36	14' carbon	AUT
128	M	108	Mehdi Ouadhi	1:55:28	12'6 inflatable	ALG
129	M	109	Jean-baptiste Melchio	1:55:53	12'6 carbon	FRA
130	M	110	Philippe Merle	1:56:12	12'6 carbon	FRA
131	M	111	Guillaume Ferment	1:56:29	14' inflatable	FRA
132	M	112	Franck Rutyna	1:56:37	14' carbon	FRA
133	M	113	Olivier Bardo	1:57:32	12'6 inflatable	FRA
134	F	21	Carole Aerts	1:58:12	12'6 carbon	FRA
135	M	114	Sebastien Bonnet	1:58:59	12'6 inflatable	FRA
136	M	115	Alexandre Musso	1:59:34	12'6 inflatable	FRA
137	F	22	Sophie Le Ven	1:59:56	12'6 inflatable	FRA
138	F	23	Aude Spindler	1:59:57	12'6 carbon	FRA
139	M	116	Franck Brasseur	2:00:01	12'6 carbon	FRA
140	F	24	Lylou Haettel	2:00:45	12'6 carbon	FRA
141	F	25	Eleonore Roux De Lusignan	2:01:23	12'6 carbon	FRA
142	M	117	Mike Philippy	2:01:44	12'6 carbon	SUI
143	M	118	Robert Bunet	2:03:09	12'6 inflatable	FRA
144	F	26	Helen Percival	2:03:14	12'6 inflatable	UK
145	F	27	Melodie Kolan	2:03:19	12'6 inflatable	FRA
146	F	28	Sandra Trouvé	2:04:17	12'6 carbon	FRA
147	M	119	Vinzio Thierry	2:04:31	14' carbon	SUI
148	M	120	Damien Haettel	2:04:46	12'6 carbon	FRA
149	M	121	Christophe Briere	2:05:05	12'6 inflatable	FRA
150	M	122	Denis De Anna	2:05:36	12'6 inflatable	FRA
151	M	123	Frederic Le Diabat	2:08:26	12'6 carbon	FRA
152	M	124	Xavier Joly	2:08:54	12'6 inflatable	FRA
153	F	29	Stephanie Guéneuguès	2:09:28	12'6 inflatable	FRA
154	F	30	Anaïs Quelen	2:09:29	12'6 inflatable	FRA
155	F	31	Carine Colombani	2:09:54	14' inflatable	FRA
156	M	125	Damien Ustache	2:10:00	12'6 inflatable	FRA
157	M	126	Gregory Maury	2:10:23	12'6 inflatable	FRA
158	F	32	Nathalie Guigné	2:10:26	12'6 inflatable	FRA
159	F	33	Vanessa Boulou	2:13:21	12'6 inflatable	FRA
160	M	127	Guillaume Pain	2:14:43	12'6 inflatable	FRA
161	M	128	Fabien Brusson	2:16:03	12'6 inflatable	FRA
162	M	129	Olivier Copin	2:21:51	12'6 inflatable	FRA
163	F	34	Laetitia Lambert	2:27:42	Tandem	FRA
164	F	35	Pascale Tessier	2:28:33	12'6 inflatable	FRA
165	F	36	Anita Anton	2:28:34	12'6 inflatable	FRA
166	F	37	Juliette Bouvier	2:31:30	12'6 carbon	FRA
167	F	38	Emeline Barat	2:35:39	12'6 inflatable	FRA

 

2017 GlaGla Race – 5km results

coming soon

 

2017 GlaGla Beach Race

#	M/F	Name		Time
1	M	Leonard Nika		0:30:52
2	M	Martin Letourneur		0:30:54
3	M	Matthieu Chauvel		0:30:56
4	M	Nico Schenk		0:31:39
5	M	Yanis Maire		0:32:21
6	M	Samuel Carbillet		0:33:00
7	M	Philippe Lachenal		0:33:04
8	M	Leandro Cruz		0:33:09
9	M	Nick Crettenand		0:33:15
10	M	Matthieu Thiolet		0:33:17
11	M	Vincent Jouhanneaud		0:33:43
12	M	Yoann Le Ven		0:33:59
13	M	Laurent Guyout		0:34:03
14	M	Pierre Adrien		0:34:11
15	M	Ugo Clay		0:34:17
16	M	Antoine Ribault		0:34:57
17	M	Stive Lener		0:35:07
18	M	Wolfgang Guetg		0:35:31
19	M	Alain Morotti		0:36:07
20	F	Melanie Lafenetre		0:36:27
21	F	Ines Blatge		0:36:35
22	M	Olivier Comazzi		0:36:40
23	M	Vincent Wouters		0:36:46
24	M	Pierre Guerre Berthelot		0:36:54
25	M	Jeremy Laugerat		0:36:58
26	M	#176 ?Dossard		0:37:03
27	M	Ghislain Romé		0:37:06
28	M	Thierry Martinet		0:37:12
29	M	Laurent Chenivesse		0:37:17
30	M	Mathieu Ackermann		0:37:21
31	F	Marie-elphege Julienne		0:37:26
32	M	Didier Scovron		0:37:42
33	M	Serge Paulin		0:37:49
34	M	Didier Varon		0:38:01
35	M	Antoine Badin		0:38:11
36	M	Alexandre Wack		0:38:17
37	M	Loic Gourmelen		0:38:21
38	M	David Vandenbossche		0:38:41
39	M	Lionel Geldreich		0:39:04
40	M	Jean-pierre Billant		0:39:10
41	F	Sigrid Baumgartner		0:39:11
42	M	Jerome Vasquez		0:39:14
43	F	Lidvina Champendal		0:39:19
44	F	Barbara Grollimund		0:39:29
45	M	Mabel Eugster		0:39:36
46	M	Eric De Maulde		0:39:37
47	M	Jean-yves Cann		0:40:03
48	M	Vincent Marti		0:40:13
49	F	Emmanuelle Marcon		0:40:47
50	F	Cecile Jan		0:41:05
51	F	Sandrine Genet		0:41:11
52	M	Pierrick Wattecamps		0:41:36
53	M	Jean Gaudin		0:41:50
54	M	Jerome Dujardin		0:42:09
55	M	Fred Pierreuse		0:42:34
56	F	Segolene Delattre		0:42:47
57	M	Bryan Bachelard		0:42:54
58	F	Shara Dubeau		0:43:10
59	M	Guillaume Ferment		0:43:15
60	M	Gregory Gonzalez-Reffe		0:43:49
61	M	Alexandre Musso		0:43:54
62	M	Thibaut Zwolinski		0:44:32
63	M	Adrien Chereau		0:46:59
64	F	Laetitia Lambert		0:48:31

 

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