Marseille-Cassis Classique Internationale
| Marseille-Cassis Classique Internationale | |
|---|---|
| File:Parcours Marseille Cassis 2016.jpg Marseille-Cassis race course | |
| Date | late October |
| Location | Marseille–Cassis, France |
| Event type | Road |
| Distance | 20km |
| Established | 1979 |
| Course records | Men: Ethiopia Atsedu Tsegay 58:11 Women: Kenya Edith Chelimo 1:05:58 |
| Official site | Marseille-Cassis 20KM |
| Participants | 18,762 (2018) |
The Marseille-Cassis Classique Internationale (Occitan: Classica Internacional la Marselha-Cassís) is an annual half marathon which follows a course from Marseille to Cassis in France during the last weekend in October. It has the silver label of the IAAF Road Race Label Events and is thus among the ten more prestigious half marathon races in the world. First organised by the SCO Sainte-Marguerite sports club in 1979, the event has grown into a large international competition, with around 20,000 runners competing every year.[1] The course distance of 20,308 metres falls slightly short of the true half marathon distance (21,097.5 m). Since 2012, the course has been shortened by 308 metres so the total distance of the course became exactly 20 kilometres.[2] Still, the race is made more difficult by a long 327 m rise up a hill—the Col de la Gineste—at the midpoint of the course, which eventually follows back down into the port of Cassis.[3] The annual race is usually held in the month of October.
The course records are held by Atsedu Tsegay, who has the men's race record with 58:11 minutes, and Edith Chelimo, who has the women's record with 1:05:58.[4]
There are also two other races which complement the main competition: first organised in 1990, the "L'Autre Marseille-Cassis" (The Other Marseille-Cassis in English) is a mountain hike which negotiates the Massif des Calanques area. The second complementary competition is a racewalk, launched in 2006, which seeks to celebrate the sports festival through an alternative sporting means.[5]
List of winners
[edit | edit source]Key: Course record
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- All winners information taken from official website[5]
- (*)Course records not valid due to race shortened by about 400 metres in the days before the race.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Vazel, P-J (2008-10-24). Can Disi, fastest in the field, wrest title from Kenyans in Marseille?. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-10-22.
- ^ Course map without the additional 308 metres Marseille-Cassis. Retrieved on 2015-8-14.
- ^ Vazel, P-J (2009-10-22). Disi, the pre-race favourite in Marseille - PREVIEW. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-10-22.
- ^ Vazel, Pierre-Jean (2011-10-30). Tsegay and Cheromei crush course records in Marseille-Cassis Classic. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-30.
- ^ a b Historique Il était une fois … Archived 2009-04-16 at the Wayback Machine (in French). Marseille-Cassis. Retrieved on 2009-10-22.
- ^ Vazel, Pierre-Jean (2013-10-27). Chepkoech and Wasihum win tactical races at Marseille-Cassis 20km. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-10-28.
External links
[edit | edit source]- Official website (in French)