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1st Mathias Wibault (FRA):

It’s just wonderful. I was pretty frustrated after I wasn’t selected for the Olympic Games. I was looking for other goals then and winning La Transjurassienne, this mystic French long distance race, was really something very tempting. That it even worked out in the end it just amazing and I am very, very happy!!! It was a hard race and I knew that everything would be decided in the last part of the course which was still new to me. When I attacked at the last uphill and the others couldn’t follow I was still not sure that I could keep them in distance. Therefore I pushed really hard and my legs got cramps. But then, finally, there was the finish line and I received this wonderful bell.

2nd Benoit Chauvet (FRA):

Of course I would have liked to win this fantastic race for the third time this year. But I am also very satisfied with my second place today. In the end, I got cramps in the legs and therefore I am happy that I could still make it into the finish as second. I am also very happy that I could improve my standing in the overall FIS Marathon Cup. The race was hard, but I had good skis – Mathias was very strong today and he really earned this victory.

3rd Toni Livers (SUI):

I have missed the part in Switzerland! No, joke aside…it was a very demanding course today and the changing snow conditions didn’t make it easy either. I knew that the last part of the course would be decicive and so I tried to stay in the first group all the time. It was a bit harder in the end because of the different finish, and it felt very long in the end and I got tired. Therefore I am happy that I am third and could still make it onto the podium. Unfortunately the second woman skied in the middle of the track in the last uphill part and Benoit and me we tried to ski around her. It didn’t work out well for me, so I am happy that I could still keep the followers apart. Now, I will concentrate on the Olympics – I am really looking forward to ski there – it will be very interesting!

1st Aurélie Dabudyck (FRA):

I am really happy! It’s fantastic to win La Transjurassienne, this famous long distance skiing race! It was a hard race, but luckily we had the wind in the back! I felt very good and I just skied my race. I noticed that after the Risoux I was already alone. But I felt good and just kept on skiing my race right until the end.

2nd Olga Rotcheva (RUS):

I hoped to be on the podium today of course, but I had raced the last five weekends so I am a bit tired right now, therefore I wasn’t sure, what would be possible. I skied a long time together with Célia, but in the end she had to stay behind, so I just kept going. It was very hard also in that was today, that we didn’t have a lot of people on the track from our team to do the feeding, but I had really good skis which helped a lot. I also really enjoyed the course – it’s a very interesting and nice one! Now I am happy to head home and take some rest before I will go to Sweden and the Vasaloppet.

3rd Célia Bourgeois (FRA):

Of course it would have been nice to redo my victory from last year, but I just didn’t have the same strength as last year. Therefore I am really satisfied with my third place today. I tried to stay with Olga but around Pré Poncet I had to let her go. I knew that Antonella was coming from behind so I kept on pushing. Therefore I am really happy that it still worked out with the podium today! It was a tough race, but I had good skis.