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''Rosa del Nord'' Night Race

We remember people persecuted in search of freedom, crossing rivers and mountains

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In the Coll de Jou, in view of Sant Juli� de L�ria

On the night of November 29, 2021, the "Rosa del Nord" Walk and Race was held in memory of the people persecuted in the mountains of the Pyrenees in search of freedom during the Spanish Civil War of 1936-39 and the Second World War 1942-45.
We especially remember an expedition in which Saint Josemar�a Escriv� de Balaguer went and entered Andorra on the night of December 1, 1937.
La Rosa del Nord, which runs from Bellestar to Sant Juli� de L�ria, corresponds approximately to the last stage of this expedition: 22 km of route and 1,600 m of positive accumulated difference in altitude.
Runners participating in the North Rose identify with all the fugitives and persecuted by totalitarian ideologies around the world and that is why they run at night, without refreshments and in adverse weather conditions, as it is done at the gates of winter.
The race is for couples with three modalities: male, female and mixed.
After the race could not be held in 2018 and 2020 due to Covid, this year it has been restarted with a slightly weak turnout. 28 people took part in the Walk and 42 in the Race.
The organization was led by Gerard Riart and Maria Segarra, from the Andorran company VSL Sports, and Toni Cucurull, from the Friends of the Cam� de Pallerols de Rialb to Andorra Association. More than 15 volunteers took part in the success of the celebration.
The Race started at 17:30 and ended at 23:00. The winning pair took 2:30:25 and the last ones took a time of 5:13:59.
The volunteers were located in the Collada de la Torre, in the river Civ�s, in the village of Argolell, in the Mas d'Alins and in the Borda dels Ginebres (next to the Borda del Gast�), which very kindly leaves us every year Carles �lvarez Marfany, Ambassador of Andorra to the Vatican. Finally, at the Sant Juli� de L�ria sports center, there were other volunteers who prepared bread with tomato, cold cuts, cake, drinks, fruit, etc., to give a little something to the walkers when they arrived.
We must also thank Esther, the mistress of the house of the Pardines, who attended to the walkers with hot drinks as she passed in front of her house.

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The night of the "Rose of the North"
- The night of the

Runners passing through Coll de Jou
- Runners passing through Coll de Jou

Ready for departure
- Ready for departure

The first Kms.
- The first Kms.

Advancing on the route
- Advancing on the route

The male winners
- The male winners

Mixed winners
- Mixed winners

The female winners
- The female winners

Plan of the route
- Plan of the route

Profile of the route
- Profile of the route

The winners of the "Rosa del Nord 2021" Race were:
Male couples

1. Esteban Olivero and Ma�l Allaire 2:30:25
2. Marco Moreira and Jordi Gallego 2:43:23
3. Oscar Casal and Carlos Fern�ndez 2:48:43
Female couples

1. Roser Espa�ol and S�lvia Puigarnau 3:02:19
2. Teresa Forn and N�ria Villegas 4:18:45
3. Pili Sol� and S�nia Carrillo 4:38:44
Mixed couples

1. Ferm�n Azkargorta and Irati Azkargorta 3:25:43
2. Gen�s Calder� and Montse Benabarre 3:50:18
3. Ramon Llad�s and Georgina Carmeniu 3:51:36

Notes
1. For more information on the race: participants, classification, photos, etc., visit rosadelnord.org.
2. For information, we now give the rankings only of the best times used by the winners of the last 9 years:

Year 2021 (race with couples). Total Participants: 70 people1. Esteban Olivero and Ma�l Allaire 2:30:25
2. Marco Moreira and Jordi Gallego 2:43:23
3. Oscar Casal and Carlos Fern�ndez 2:48:43

Year 2020 Nothing was done, by Covid ------------------------

Year 2019 (Race with couples). Total Participants: 100 people1. Albert Escales and Mart� L�zaro 2:13:04 Current record
2. Tom Donnenwirth and Robin Juillaguet 2:18:26
3. Guillem Campeny and Xavier Jov� 2:26:32

Year 2018 Only Walk was done because of the Covid -------

Year 2017 (race with couples). Total Participants: 283 people1. Marc Alonso - Josep Cuadrat 2:23:55
2. Diego Cardozo - V�ctor Agreda 2:29:11
3. Carlos Fern�ndez - David M�ndez 2:40:26

Year 2016 (race with couples). Total Participants: 208 people

1. Adri� Duarri - Iu Escol� 2:26:47
2. Gerard Jov� - Francesc Jov� 2:34:58
3. Carlos Bartrina - Bernat Barn�s 2:36:31

Year 2015 (race with couples). Total Participants: 145 people

1. Gregory Doucende - Nathan Jovet 2:25:30
2. Eric Moya - Marc Traserra 2:27:22
3. Xavier Jov� - Gerard Jov� 2:29:56

Year 2014 (race with couples, with rain). Total Participants: 52 people

1. Xavier Jov� - Jan Margarit 2:34:48
2. Victor Agreda - Diego Cardozo 2:37:02
3. Xavier Guillam� - Joan Torn� 2:47:06

Year 2013 (individual race, with snow and cold). Total Participants: 28 people

1. Marc Alonso 2:53:10
2. Xavier Jov� 2:56:07
3. Gerard Jov� 3: 02.12

3 Comments


Author	Geraldo Moruj�o (Viseu � Portugal) \| 03/12/2021

Comment	Muitos parab�ns, valentes!

Author	IL \| 02/12/2021

Comment	Enhorabuena!!!Envidiable la verdad. A prepararse para hacerlo!! GRACIAS!!!

Author	Ram�n Matar� \| 02/12/2021

Comment	Enhorabuena por el evento.


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