The Ski Classics Challengers event, Les Belles Combes, took place this Sunday with a 39km long-distance race in classic technique in Les Moussières, France.

After a day full of action, the Ski Classics Challengers event in France saw Solène Faivre, FFLD, and Théo Schely, CS La Clusaz, winning their respective races.

Les Belles Combes – Women’s Race

In the women’s competition, the winner was Solène Faivre, FFLD, with a total time of 2:12:38.0. 

Hanna Fine, Team Vercors Isère, finished in second place, with a time of 2:12:40.0, followed by Laurie Flochon Joly, Team Nordic Expérience, with a total time of 2:15:02.0, and completing the podium in the third position. 

Les Belles Combes – Top 3 Women

1. Solène Faivre, FFLD, 2:12:38.0
2. Hanna Fine, Team Vercors Isère, +2.0
3. Laurie Flochon Joly, Team Nordic Expérience, +2:24.0

Les Belles Combes – Men’s Race

In the men’s race, the winner Théo Schely, CS La Clusaz, completed the race in a time of 1:47:08.0.

Matis Leray, Team Nordic Expérience, finished in second place, with a total time of 1:47:22.0, followed by Bastien Poirrier, Team Nordic Expérience, completing the podium in the third position and a total time of 1:47:49.0.

Les Belles Combes – Top 3 Men

1. Théo Schely, CS La Clusaz, 1:47:08.0
2. Matis Leray, Team Nordic Expérience, +14.0
3. Bastien Poirrier, Team Nordic Expérience, +41.0

As Les Belles Combes is a Ski Classics Challengers event, Pro Team registered athletes could collect points for the Ski Classics Champion and Youth competitions in their respective gender. 

Complete results of Les Belles Combes can be found here and here, and you can check a list of the upcoming Challengers events on skiclassics.com.  

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