The Grand Raid des Pyrenees is one of the most well established, challenging races on the ultra-running calendar. It all started back in 2008 with +400 runners and two races, 75 and 150 km. Now, at the end of August, over 6000 runners come to enjoy 7 race distances from 40 Km to 160, the “GRP” as it’s commonly called in France is a race weekend with pure French DNA, that includes a warm and friendly atmosphere.

Located in the South West of France, just 2 hours from Toulouse, near the border to Spain, is the superb, unspoilt and wild massif of the central Pyrenees, the routes use trails and mountain passes (cols) including world famous sites such as the Pic du Midi de Bigorre and the Cirque de Gavarnie, which became a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1997.

Previous winners include Carlos Sá (Portugal), Iker Karrera (Spain), Hillary Giraldi (USA), Dawa Sherpa (Nepal) and French athletes Patrick Bohard, Maxime Cazajous and Jocelyne Pauly, among others.

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First Edition: 2008

World Trail Majors (Ultra Tour): 160 km/+10 000 m

Short Series by World Trail Majors (Tour du Néouvielle): 40 km/+2400 m

Other races (km): 40/50/60/80/120/4×40 relays

Total participants: 7500

Dates: 2025/08/20-24

Notable previous winners: Patrick Bohard, Maxime Cazajous, Anne Champagne, Rémi Gillie, Hillary Giraldi, Iker Karrera, Jocelyne Pauly, Carlos Sá, Dawa Sherpa, Junyue Zheng.

Location: Vielle-Aure, central French Pyrenees.

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