Lyon SaintéLyon 2026
The forecast arrives five days before the start.
Here you'll find the elevation profile, an estimated finish time based on your UTMB Index and details of the 10 aid stations to plan your nutrition and hydration segment by segment.
What's your time based on your UTMB?
Times estimated by the RAVIT model, learned from real ultra-trail finish times. Enter your UTMB Index (utmb.world) to get a personalized estimate.
Cut-off times and crew - Lyon SaintéLyon · 2026
Data from the official race rules, checked for every edition. The race rules prevail. Positions are interpolated along the GPX track and are a guide, not official course marking.
What you'll find at each aid station
| Product | Soucieu-en-Jarrestkm 19.0 | Sainte-Catherinekm 48.0 | Saint-Christo-en-Jarezkm 62.0 | Saint-Étienne (arrivée aller)km 82.0 | Saint-Christo-en-Jarezkm 99.0 | Sainte-Catherinekm 114.0 | Le Camp-Saint-Genoukm 130.0 | Soucieu-en-Jarrestkm 142.0 | Chaponostkm 149.0 | Lyon (arrivée)km 164.0 |
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Elevation profile
The course and its aid stations
Lyon SaintéLyon: times, aid-station stops and fuelling needs by UTMB® Index
Between a UTMB® Index of 500 and 800, the estimated finish time on this race runs from 29h23 to 18h09, and the aid-station stop budget from 2h12 to 0h44. The longer the race, the more stops weigh: this is time you should plan to spend standing still, not only running.
Below a UTMB® Index of roughly 475, the overall cut-off of 31h00 is no longer reachable at the estimated pace.
| UTMB® Index | Estimated time | Of which stops | Night hours | Carbs | Fluid | Sodium | Cut-off margin |
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| 500 | 29h23 | 2h12 | 10 | 1,763 g | 20.6 L | 14,688 mg | +1h37 |
| 550 | 28h01 | 1h51 | 10 | 1,681 g | 19.6 L | 14,010 mg | +2h59 |
| 600 | 25h29 | 1h30 | 10 | 1,529 g | 17.8 L | 12,739 mg | +5h31 |
| 650 | 23h06 | 1h13 | 10 | 1,386 g | 16.2 L | 11,550 mg | +7h54 |
| 700 | 21h30 | 1h02 | 9.5 | 1,290 g | 15 L | 10,746 mg | +9h30 |
| 750 | 19h52 | 0h53 | 7.9 | 1,192 g | 13.9 L | 9,936 mg | +11h08 |
| 800 | 18h09 | 0h44 | 6.2 | 1,089 g | 12.7 L | 9,073 mg | +12h51 |
Figures based on 60 g of carbohydrate, 700 mL of fluid and 500 mg of sodium per hour, "average" preparation and mild conditions (15–25 °C). Above 25 °C, count on roughly 900 mL/h and 700 mg/h. Carbohydrate intake is trained: 60 g/h is a floor, 90 g/h assumes a glucose-fructose blend and a gut used to it.
Edition 2025 measurements
Edition 2025 measured 156.7 km, vs 164 km for this one: its times aren't included here.
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Lyon SaintéLyon over the years
Sources and method
- Time projection — les temps par cote sont repris des passages réels des coureurs de chaque tranche sur les éditions précédentes de cette course, arrêts aux ravitaillements compris. Aucune formule n'intervient tant que ces résultats existent.
- Trail nutrition — hourly targets for carbohydrate, fluid and sodium follow the commonly accepted ultra-endurance guidance. La Clinique du Coureur — Fuelling in trail running
- Course, aid stations and cut-offs — taken from the event's official rules, which prevail in case of any discrepancy. Official site — Lyon SaintéLyon
Weather for Lyon SaintéLyon
The weather for Lyon SaintéLyon will appear here as soon as the forecast models reach that date, around five days before the start: feels-like temperature, rain, snow, wind and storms, section by section and at your passage time.
Detailed weather for Lyon SaintéLyon, hour by hour on the courseFrequently asked questions
How many checkpoints?
Lyon SaintéLyon has 11 checkpoints: 10 aid stations and 1 checkpoint with undocumented contents. Details are in the two tables above.
What's the longest segment without aid?
The one leading to Sainte-Catherine: 29.0 km and 939 m elevation gain. That's the one to load up for first.
How do I find the exact location of an aid station?
The Google Maps icon in the “Access” column opens the aid station's location: handy for planning your crew's routes.
What distance and elevation gain?
Lyon SaintéLyon is 164 km long with 4239 m of elevation gain.
How long to finish?
With a UTMB Index of 600 (average runner), the estimated time is around 25h29 for Lyon SaintéLyon.
What's the weather forecast?
The weather for Lyon SaintéLyon will be published on this page around five days before the start, once the forecast models reach the race date. It will be detailed section by section: feels-like temperature, rain, snow, wind and storms.
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