Prologue (long sprint)

Date : Thursday 20 February 2025

Time-schedule:

  • Event office is open: 8:30-18:30
  • Start times: 15:00-17:16
  • Start times for classes Open, M10, W10, MW10 Shadowed, Leisure (Loisirs): 15:00-17:00
  • Competition closure: 18:15
  • Prize-giving ceremony: 18:15

Location : Sisteron (04200)

Arena : 44.194256, 5.948427

Parking campers/vans/minibuses : 44.194256, 5.948427
Parking cars : 44.186948, 5.945817

Information :

  • Urban Sprint
  • SPORTident Air+ punching will be used
  • Possibility to register on site (event centre) for the leisure courses “loisir” (difficult 3.0 km or easy 1.5 km) – price €10

Course director : Laurent Champigny
Referee :
Matthieu Brun
Controller :
Eva Jurenikova
Course planner :
Matthieu Puech
GEC :
Richard Heyries
Map maker :
Matthieu Puech

Distance parking – arena/event center : 1500m (cars) and 0m (campers/vans/minibuses)
Dropping off a bag is possible in the GEC room (however without specific supervision).


Distance Arena- Start : 1.2km, 90m+
Marked route, first along the river Durance and then on a staircase (258 stairs) carved in the rock up to the citadelle.
Do not stay longer than necessary in the staircase. Once in the Citadelle, a warm-up area near the start awaits you, with a breathtaking view of the landscape.
Only runners are allowed to access the Citadelle (stairs open at 14:20). Accompanying persons (non-competitors) will not be allowed to use the staircase in the rock.
The leisure courses will allow access to the citadelle in the same way as for the other competitors.
Please note, there are no toilets in the Citadelle, nor on the way to the start. Use the toilets at the arena.


Distance Finish-Arena : 250m

Terrain : 1st part in the Citadelle (exceptionally open for the competition) and 2nd part in the town centre.
Citadelle: stairs, lawns and grassy slopes (sometimes steep and potentially slippery).
Town: mainly pedestrian area with numerous alleys, staircases and covered passages.
40% citadelle, 60% town
80% paved surface, 20% grass
PLEASE RESPECT THE TRAFFIC RULES, PRIVATE ZONES AND OTHER PEOPLE IN THE AREA.
www.citadelledesisteron.fr/en

Map :
Matthieu Puech
Citadelle : 2024 – 1/1500 – 2m
Sisteron : 2021 (update 2025) 1/3000 – 2.5m

Map sample :

From car park to arena / course center
Arena Sisteron Prologue
Teaser Prologue