At 06:30 yesterday morning, 700 mountain bikers gathered for the 2017 edition of the Mountain of Hell, Les 2 Alpes' biggest event of the summer.
The event is a mass start mountain bike race, 25km long, from the top of the glacier in Les Deux Alpes at 3400m altitude, all the way down to Venosc village.
The race starts on around 5 kilometres of snow, so it's not your average kind of bike race...
As you'll see from the video below by Fabien Cousinié (Team UR) the visibility on the glacier was pretty poor, making for an interesting start to this year's race.
2017 MOH Results
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Men's Results & Prize Money
1 – Rémy ABSALON / FR – 33 :31 – 700€
2 – Stefan PETER / SUISSE– 33 :36 – 500€
3 – Kilian BRON / FR – 33 :42– 350€
4 – Fabien COUSINIE / FR – 34 :21 – 150€
5 – David JONEAU / FR – 35 :11 – 100€
Women's Results & Prize Money
1 - Morgane SUCH / FR – 43 :26 - 300€
2 – Emilie SERRE / FR – 52 :59 – 200€
3 – Kristien NELEN / FR – 57 :17 – 100€
Take a look at the full 2017 result list.
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If you want to take part in next year's race keep the first week of July free and check back here to find out what the dates are for next year. Registrations normally open each February.
Read my review of taking part in the 2016 Mountain of Hell.
Also see: Mountain Biking in Les 2 Alpes, France
Location: 2 Alpes
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