The Pays Voironnais Trails Series is a collaboration of 6 passionate organizations that joined forces in 2024 to bring you the best trail running, all year round, in the region, with the support of the Pays Voironnais destination. The challenge includes 7 races 🙂
The first edition of the PVTS in 2024 was a resounding success across its six races! With a seventh race added to the challenge, the 2025 edition was also a great success!
What is it ?
The PVTS Challenge
- 7 races on a human scale, 7 organizations and 7 very distinct identities, shared values,
- short trail formats, from 19 to 32 km, accessible to a large majority of trail runners,
- Elevation gain, elevation loss, trails, a varied technical skillsbreathtaking views,
- A multitude of hills, an approach to the Chartreuse and a splendid Paladru lake,
- Un 7-step challenge spread throughout the year, early March to late October,
- An innovative ranking, a reward system for the elite at the end of the peloton,
- An opportunity to also develop as part of a team thanks to its business challenge,
- New for 2025: Enhance your athletics club with the Club Challenge,
- From competition and convivialityIn short, pure bliss!
Find the PVTS 2025 regulations online in which you will also find the possibilities of reducing your total points by completing races close together in time: the combos of the individual challenge.
How to participate in the challenge?
To take part in the individual challenge, you need participate in at least 4 of the 7 races of the Pays Voironnais Trail Series with prizes for everyone! In practice, all you have to do is register for the races of your choice from the 7 organized from March to October.
The Challenge Club
New for the 2025 edition, athletics clubs can now participate in the PVTS 😉
To be classified, the athletics club must provide at least 1 classified licensee (Finisher) for
1 race. Good to know: the same runner can be ranked individually AND participate in the Corporate and/or company challenge.
The Corporate Challenge
To be ranked, the company must have participated and been ranked (finisher) in at least 1 race out of the 7 and provide a different runner (employee) for each race. Good to know:
- A runner can be ranked individually AND participate in the Company ranking and/or the Club challenge.
- A company can field multiple teams. A single rider cannot be part of multiple teams.
And the rankings?
4 categories for classification
The Pays Voironnais Trail Series uses a 4-category ranking system for the individual challenge. It aims to recognize more trail runners by rewarding the first finishers in "groups," from the elite to the back of the pack:
- Category 1: ELITE (The first 10% to arrive)
- Category 2: PRESTIGE (10 to 40% arrivals)
- Category 3: CHAMPION (40 to 70% finish rate)
- Category 4: MERIT (70 to 100% completion rate)
This means that out of 100 participants, the first in the ELITE category (from 1st to 10th finish), the first in the PRESTIGE category (from 11th to 40th finish), the first in the CHAMPION category (from 41st to 70th finish), the first in the MERIT category (from 71st to 100th finish) are rewarded.
In 2025, 14 trophies were awarded: 12 Individual Trophies*, 1 Corporate Trophy, and 1 Club Trophy. A special trophy will be awarded to the finisher who achieves the feat of obtaining the best negative score. And of course, a PVTS 2025 Finisher Certificate for every finisher!
*Individual trophies are not cumulative.
2025 results
Check out the results of the various rankings for the 2025 edition of the Pays Voironnais Trail Series: