Rollerski: Annette Coupat takes the crown (again) in Autrans
Annette Coupat from Forézienne had a perfect weekend in Autran at the 2025 French Rollerski Championships. Already golden on Saturday afternoon in the skate sprint, the cross-country skater from Le Bessat Sport d’Hiver also won the 20km mass-start classic on Sunday.
However, going into the final, it was Montblanc’s Anouchka Neuville who seemed to be heading for the title. But she crashed out and had to settle for fourth place at the finish line. Annette Coupat took advantage to win the race, beating silver-haired Agathe Margreither and tanned Marguerite Couval in the final.
“It’s really cool to do the double! I was a bit down after yesterday’s race [on Saturday]. It was a wait-and-see race, even if there were occasional jolts. The second lap was quite fast, but we were really looking at each other at the end of the third [and final] lap. It came down to the end,” she explained to Nordic Magazine. Anouchka [Neuville] crashed in front of us and we managed to avoid her. It was still a great day!
Pom’ Rives, at 7 sec 0, rounded off the top 5, then Romane Nappey, Lucile Coutaz, Clémence Valette, Louise Marguet and Marie Demor finished in the day’s top ten, all within 30 seconds of each other.
Full results
Resultat_Mass-Start_U20_Dames_05-10-20251- A skate sprint followed by a classic mass-start: the full programme for the French summer cross-country skiing championships and the U15 national summer challenge in Autrans.
- Challenge national U15 d’Autrans: Eva Belkhir-Caliste and Louan Perl Huin win the free sprint qualifier
- Autrans: Elsa Marvillet and Nino Rimailho win the U16 sprint skate qualifying round of the French championships
- French Championships in Autrans: Guillemette Baisle and Paul Rousset Vachon the fastest U18 sprint skating qualifiers
- Autrans U15 National Challenge: final phases cancelled after injury to a competitor, qualifying times taken into account
- Autrans: Giulia Lathuraz and Elio Faivre crowned French U16 freestyle sprint champions
- French Championships in Autrans: Guillemette Baisle and Paul Rousset Vachon win gold in the U18 free sprint
- Autrans: Julie Pierrel first in the sprint skate qualifier for the French championships, Chloé Missillier ahead in the U20s
- French Championships in Autrans: Sabin Coupat wins the free sprint qualification, Gaspard Cottaz first U20
- French Championships in Autrans: U20 sprint skate gold medals for Annette Coupat and Luigi Biancolli
- Autrans: Liv Coupat French freestyle sprint champion ahead of Justine Gaillard and Daphné Patois
- French Championships: Jules Chappaz goes gold in the Autrans sprint skating event, Rémi Bourdin and Sabin Coupat on the podium
- “It was a good day’s work”: Jules Chappaz reflects on his title in the sprint skate at the French Championships in Autrans
- “I didn’t expect to be at this level at all”: back from Covid, Liv Coupat won the skateboard sprint at the French championships in Autrans.
- “Summer’s work pays off for the whole family”: two gold medals and a bronze… A look back at the Coupat siblings’ crazy day at the French Championships in Autrans.
- Autrans: Anaë Remillon dominates the mass-start classic of the U15 National Challenge
- Challenge national U15 d’Autrans: Savoyard Jules Boiron wins the mass-start classic ahead of Taïg Baffert and Valentin Gaillard
- Autrans: Eliott Maury crowned French U16 mass-start classic champion
- French Championships in Autrans: gold in the U16 mass start classic for Manon Pradel Mayer from Auvergne
- Autrans: Anja Vittoz becomes French U18 mass-start classic champion, Lison Brouart and Lou Rives win medals
- French Championships in Autrans: Victor Lafrasse wins the U18 mass-start classic, Paul Rousset Vachon and Basile Grosleziat follow suit
- Autrans: Valentin Berna from the Vosges is the new French U20 mass-start classic champion
