Rollerski: Victor Lafrasse takes gold in the U18 mass-start classic
A few minutes after the U18 women’s race, dominated by Méaudra’s Anja Vittoz, it was Bornandin’s Victor Lafrasse, the favourite, who won the men’s U18 mass-start classic at the French Rollerski Championships in Autrans (Isère).
In this 13.3km event, with two laps of the circuit to cover, the decision was made in the final pack, where the Montblanc rider proved to be the strongest, beating Savoyard Paul Rousset Vachon by 2 sec 8 and Autran’s Basile Grosleziat by 4 sec 2.
It shows that the work we put in over the summer is working and that we’re in good shape going into the winter, even if there’s still a long way to go,” he explained to Nordic Magazine. Nobody wanted to ski in the first round, so it was a war of positioning.
Louis Maquart, Gaby Thomas, Lilian Jaussaud, Alex Laroche, Axel Iung, Simon Calandry and Lucas Bailly-Basin, the last member of today’s top 10, follow in the rankings.
Full results
Resultat_Mass-Start_U18_Hommes_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 stages 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
