Recognised as being Europe’s largest Volcano, the Massif Cantalien offers a superb "recreational terrain" for nature sports enthusiasts, featuring varied, breathtaking scenery, a host of singletracks and ridgeways, significant altitude differences, and much more besides...
The Cantal offers a different experience, wide-open spaces and requires technical skills that will suit participants in the Oxygen Challenge.
Le Lioran at the heart of the event
A mountain resort located at an altitude of 1,200m, Le Lioran is at the very core of the Oxygen Challenge. Situated at the foot of the Plomb du Cantal and close to Puy Mary, Le Lioran offers a peerless setting for a broad spectrum of nature sports: trail running, mountain biking, trekking, paragliding… It is unquestionably the ideal spot to organise the first nature sports meeting and bring together competitors in different disciplines on the same site over several days.
They were all unanimous about the quality of the courses and the beauty of the scenery: Plomb du Cantal, Cascade de Faillitoux; col du Pertus...
Centrally situated in France, Le Lioran is a 3- to 5-hour drive away from most of the country’s big cities.
In addition, we chose to organise the Oxygen Challenge over the long Ascension holiday weekend so as to give riders & runners the opportunity of bringing family or friends along to discover the tracks and pathways of the Massif Cantalien.
In 2011, the Oxygen Challenge will be proposing 12 events (6 in Trail Running and 6 in MTB) intended for a wide range of competitors...
The Oxygen Challenge proposes 6 MTB Cross-Country events between the 2 and 5 June 2011. Compose your à la Carte Challenges!
The Massif Cantalien provides the ideal backdrop for the 6 Trail Running events of the Oxygen Challenge.
