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Event Previews & Reviews from La Plagne

Read reviews of the best La Plagne events

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Switch it up a gear for TDF 2016

July brings with it all sorts of sporting events. This year we have the EURO 2016 hosted in France at the start of the month, the annual tennis tournamant at Wimbledon and Formula 1 action at Silverstone, Budapest and Hockenheim.

Dom Harington Road to Sochi with Freestyle Team GB

Dom Harington is a Halfpipe Snowboarder from Leeds who has missed the last two Olympics due to injuries after winning the Europa Cup Halfpipe. Sochi is probably his last chance to be part of the Olympics and he's giving it everything he has.

Sky team in paris

British success in Tour de France

After four exciting days of racing in the Alps, Chris Froome emerged victorious in Paris for the third win of his career. Equalling the records of Philippe Thys, Louison Bobet and Greg LeMond who all have three Tour wins under their belts, and becoming Britain's first three-time winner.

What's On in La Plagne August 2018

April in La Plagne: What's on and weather

Spring is officially in the air as we enjoy longer sunnier days. Don't forget your sunscreen!

Road to Sochi with Freestyle Team GB Park & Pipe Team

How the team trains for the Olympics and how they came to be a team in the first place.

Freestyle World Cup Halfpipe Video, La Plagne 2011

Location
Plagne Bellecote

Reigning World Champion, four time X-Games gold medal winner and all round nice bloke Kevin Rolland busts out his best tricks and best Blue Steel for the cameras in the lead up to the 2011 World Cup in La Plagne.

a huge firework display in la plagne

Born to Be Show 2017 review

Location
Plagne Villages

La Plagne’s annual Born to Be Show attracted thousands to the Jean-Luc Crétier Stade de Slalom in Plagne Centre on Thursday evening as local skiers and snowboarders put on a spectacular winter sports display.

cyclists on a corner of the tour de france

Froome extends Tour de France 2016 lead

Stage 17 of the Tour de France 2016 took the riders from Bern, the capital of Switzerland, to Finaut-Emosson on the Swiss-French border, just around the corner from Chamonix-Mont-Blanc.

a cyclists winning a stage of the tour de france 2016

1st rest day Tour de France 2016

As 15,000 people cycled the penultimate stage of the Tour de France 2016, from Megeve to Morzine in the Etape du Tour on Sunday, the drama of the actual race was unfolding in the Pyrenees.

Ben Kilner Road to Sochi with Freestyle Team GB

Meet Ben Kilner one of Britian's best halpipe snowboarders. 

FISE BMX Final Video, La Palgne 2009

The Festival International Sport Extreme (FISE) tours the country each summer bringing, skaters, bikers and boarders of all kinds to towns throughout France to demonstrate their skills and compete against each other.

Cara Brown: Ski Racer

FIS Ski Races in La Plagne

Last weekend La Plagne hosted its annual FIS races. The French Europa Cup team and World Cup Speed team were both taking part so the competition was really tough. On Saturday and Sunday two Giant Slalom races were held on the Stade at La Plagne Centre. It is a tough piste as there are very steep parts and then flat sections with lots of rolls.

Jamie Nicholls Road to Sochi with Freestyle Team GB

Episode four of One Team to Sochi is out and it's all about the young lad from Bradford; Jamie Nicholls.

FISE Skate Final Video, La Plagne 2009

The Festival International Sport Extreme (FISE) tours the country each summer bringing, skaters, bikers and boarders of all kinds to towns throughout France to demonstrate their skills and compete against each other.

an image of fred syversen skiing in chamonix

Fred Syversen: Professional Skier With World Record for Highest Cliff Jump

As the best freeriders in the world gather in Revelstoke this weekend for the first stop on the all-new Swatch Freeride World Tour by The North Face, we were fortunate to be able to have a sit down with a free skiing legend, holder of the world record for the highest cliff jump and super nice guy - Fred Syversen.

Highlights of the 2011 London Freeze

The London Freeze is the ski and snowboard event that brings together international live music acts and some of the world's best riders. The two day festival is the last weekend in October and in 2011 we caught up with X-Games medalist James Wooods for a chat about his Olympic hopes.

Murray Buchan Road to Sochi with Freestyle Team GB

Murray Buchan a skier who grew up on the finger-snapping plastic of Edinburgh's Hillend made a choice to ski rather than play rugby and hopefully that choice will take hi to an Olympic medal.