Cross-country skiing: a predominantly French summer for Les Bleus
With the athletes gradually returning to training on their own at the start of May, Alexandre Rousselet, head of the French cross-country skiing team’s World Cup squad, has given Nordic Magazine the full preparation programme for his team.
As announced in our columns, the first real training camp for Les Bleus this summer will be in Tignes (Savoie) in June. The men, coached by Thibaut Chêne and Vincent Meilleur, will be there from 8 to 29 June, while the women, coached by Vincent Vittoz and Vincent Meilleur, will be there from 9 to 21 June.
After that, the schedules will be different. The ten cross-country skiers selected for the French national team will have a series of meetings in Prémanon (14-20 July), Norway (5-25 August), where they will take part in the Blink Festival and the Toppidrettsveka, Font-Romeu (17 September-3 October) and Prémanon (16-21 October) before hitting the snow at the Bessans snowfarm (2-12 November).
No foreign leg for Les Bleues
The fourteen French competitors will gather in Prémanon (7-11 July), La Féclaz (28 July-3 August), Prémanon (20-31 August), Font-Romeu (8-21 September) and a third and final time in Prémanon (13-21 October) before skiing in Bessans (1-11 November then 17-22 November).
It’s worth noting that the French team will not be training this summer on the Val di Fiemme slopes (Italy), the venue for the future Milan/Cortina 2026 Olympic Games. The French team are regulars at the venue, but will be there during the Tour du Ski preceding the quadrennial competition.
The full programme of French cross-country ski team training camps for the 2025/2026 training season
Men
- 26-30 May: CNOSF pre-Olympic gathering on the Presqu’île de Giens 🇫🇷
- 8-29 June: Tignes 🇫🇷
- 14-20 July: Prémanon 🇫🇷
- 5-25 August: Stavanger 🇳🇴 (5-10 August), Sandnes 🇳🇴 (10-15 August), Trondheim 🇳🇴 (15-25 August) with appearances at the Blink Festival and Toppidrettsveka
- 17 September-3 October: Font-Romeu 🇫🇷
- 16-21 October: Prémanon 🇫🇷
- 2-12 November: Bessans 🇫🇷
Ladies
- 26-30 May: CNOSF pre-Olympic gathering on the Presqu’île de Giens 🇫🇷
- 9-21 June: Tignes 🇫🇷
- 7-11 July: Prémanon 🇫🇷
- 28 July-3 August: La Féclaz 🇫🇷
- 20-31 August: Prémanon 🇫🇷
- 8-21 September: Font-Romeu 🇫🇷
- 13-21 October: Prémanon 🇫🇷
- 1-11 November: Bessans 🇫🇷
- 17-22 November: Bessans 🇫🇷
The official composition of the French cross-country ski teams for the 2025/2026 season
French women’s A and B teams
- Delphine Claudel – ARMÉE DE CHAMPIONS / La Bressaude Ski Section (Massif des Vosges) 🇫🇷
- Flora Dolci – ARMÉE DE CHAMPIONS / Association Sportive Edelweiss (Alpes Provence) 🇫🇷
- Léna Quintin – ARMÉE DE CHAMPIONS / Ski Club Grand Bornand (Mont Blanc) 🇫🇷
- Mélina Berthet – Vercors Ski de Fond (Dauphiné) 🇫🇷
- Heidi Convard – Club des Sports Courchevel (Savoie) 🇫🇷
- Liv Coupat – Bessat Sport d’Hiver (Forez) 🇫🇷
- Juliette Ducordeau – Club Ski Nordique Villard de Lans (Dauphiné) 🇫🇷
- Justine Gaillard – Ski Amical Méaudrais (Dauphiné) 🇫🇷
- Mélissa Gal – Ski Club Nordique Pays Rochois (Mont Blanc) 🇫🇷
- Cloé Pagnier – Risoux Club Chaux Neuve (Massif Jurassien) 🇫🇷
- Léonie Perry – La Bressaude Ski Section (Massif des Vosges) 🇫🇷
- Julie Pierrel – Ski Club Grand Bornand (Mont Blanc) 🇫🇷
- France Pignot – Ski Club d’Agy St-Sigismond (Mont Blanc) 🇫🇷
- Margot Tirloy – Club des Sports La Clusaz (Mont Blanc) 🇫🇷
France A men’s team
- Rémi Bourdin – POLICE NATIONALE / Ski Club Frasne Drugeon (Massif Jurassien) 🇫🇷
- Lucas Chanavat – ARMÉE DE CHAMPIONS / Ski Club Grand Bornand (Mont Blanc) 🇫🇷
- Jules Chappaz – ARMY OF CHAMPIONS / Club des Sports La Clusaz (Mont Blanc) 🇫🇷
- Mathis Desloges – POLICE NATIONALE / Club Ski Nordique Villard de Lans (Dauphiné) 🇫🇷
- Richard Jouve – ARMÉE DE CHAMPIONS / Club des Sports de Méribel (Savoie) 🇫🇷
- Hugo Lapalus – ARMÉE DE CHAMPIONS / Club des Sports La Clusaz (Mont Blanc) 🇫🇷
- Jules Lapierre – ARMY OF CHAMPIONS / Nordic skiing Chartreuse (Dauphiné) 🇫🇷
- Victor Lovera – Ski Nordique Chartreuse (Dauphiné) 🇫🇷
- Clément Parisse – DOUANE / Club des Sports Megève (Mont Blanc) 🇫🇷
- Théo Schely – Club des Sports La Clusaz (Mont Blanc) 🇫🇷
- The composition of the French national teams for the 2025/2026 season
- For three weeks from 8 June, the French team will be launching its Olympic preparations on the Tignes glacier.
