Chartres half-marathon: which favorites in the three races this Sunday?

Who will succeed the September 2021 winners, Tura Bechere and Leïla Bessalem (semi), Sylvain Dodé and Camille Mortamet (10 km) and Arnaud Jahier and Réjane Prioux (5 km), Sunday March 20, on the finish line of the Grands- Close ? The combinations are multiple and suspended for last minute registrations, as every year. Non-exhaustive screening on the eve of the 24th edition of the Chartres half-marathon.

Half-marathon: Lazaar but not only

Winner in 2015, 2017 and 2018, Saïd Lazaar remains a formidable opponent over 21.1 km. 15th in France in cross country at the Masters, the Nogentais from Perche Running Passion could nevertheless be challenged by Essonnien Nicolas Valentin (Orsay / Gif), 19th in the French half-marathon championships last year, in Les Sables-d’ Olonne (Vendée), with a nice 1h07’43. The Auvergnat Simon Pimenta, to be credited with 1h09’33 during the last half of Boulogne-Billancourt, last November, could also spice up the race.

Among the women, Magalie Véron (JA Montfort-le-Gesnois) seems the best armed. His 38’45 over 10 km at Sargé-lès-Le Mans, at the start of the year, could allow him to flirt with 1h27 at Grands-Prés. Gaëlle Gauthier (OCCBA), 1h28’42 in 2021, and Lucie Basdevant (Verneuil-sur-Avre), who knows the area well, could threaten her supremacy.

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Increased competition

10 km from Aclam: the unbeatable Chuberre-Dodé?

Crowned French cross champions last weekend at the Masters 0, Julie Chuberre-Dodé and her husband Sylvain Dodé will be arch-favorites this year.

For the first, the competition will come down to the Rambolitaine Aurélie Bouquet (39’38 in 2020) or the non-licensed Maëva Forêt, 2nd in the 5 km, on September 12.

Among the men, Sylvain Dodé, 2021 winner (in 39’40), should not find major competition except among local runners Gabriel Bridet (AS Lèves) or Benjamin Lesage (Aclam), whose references are beyond 33 minutes.

A wind of freedom on the 24th edition

5 km from the Echo: young people in power?

On the race stamped The Republican Echoa format adapted to young categories that gives pride of place to speed, the promising Geoffrey Halouin, 3rd in 2021 (16’52) and Brieuc de Kersabiec, 25th in the last French cross-country championships, or Stephen M’Passi, all de l’Aclam, will try to give a hard time to the stainless Loïc Chuberre (Saran Loiret AC), whose last references date back to 2019 but who remains capable of going under 16 ‘.

Among the women, Angélique Zanon (OCCBA), three times national Masters vice-champion in the 800 and 1,500 m, will try to put her experience to use against the members of Aclam: Camille Rebour, qualified for the recent France junior cross races, and Lise Cerisier, spent almost 19 minutes (19’15) in 2021.

Chartres half-marathon: a challenge born among physiotherapists

David Berthelem

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