After Montmartre in mid-January, the Champs-Élysées to start February off right. For the second mass 10 km in Paris in 2026, the 20,000 participants will take their place in their starting area on the side of the most beautiful avenue in the world.
For its fourth edition, the first stage of the Paris Masters Circuit which also brings together the 10 km of the Panthéon (in May), the Trocadéro (in September) and the Eiffel Tower (in December) awaits a successor to Soufiyan Bouqantar, winner last year. The Moroccan completed the 10 km in 30′06″ but will not be present this Sunday.
Among the favorites, Mustapha Salmi, winner of the Run in Lyon marathon, and the Ethiopian Getinet Mele Gedamu are strong candidates.
Among the women, the Moroccan Hanane Bouaggad, victorious in 2025 in 34′27′’ could see a Spaniard succeed her like Paula Herrero or Angela Viciosa. Unless Émeline Delanis, the native of Villeneuve-Saint-Georges (Val-de-Marne), gets everyone to agree.
The start and finish will be at the same place, at the bottom of the Champs-Élysées, opposite the Concorde. “We’re going for a walk in the 8th arrondissement,” explains Éric Schwartz, of Sport Concept Organisation. It’s exactly the same route as last year. There is no hill but it goes up and down. »
The 20,000 participants (45% women) will pass through Boulevard Malesherbes, Parc Monceau, Boulevard de Courcelles, Boulevard Haussmann, Faubourg Saint-Honoré and Avenue Franklin Roosevelt before heading down Avenue des Champs-Élysées. They will branch off via Avenue Montaigne, Cours Albert-1er and the quays of the Seine before arriving at Concorde. Traffic restrictions have been put in place by the police headquarters.
Departures take place between 10:30 a.m. and 11:50 a.m. for the 6th and last SAS. Among these 20,000 participants, there will be the presence of five joëlette crews who are beginning their preparation on the Champs-Élysées for the Marathon des Sables Handi from October 1 to 10 in Morocco.
Each crew will be made up of the person with a disability, a pusher, a puller, a doctor, a volunteer and a Marathon des Sables employee. At the head of these five crews, we will find Lucie Nolet (31 years old), Margaux Léonard (29 years old), Yann Grandguillaume (35 years old) and two regionals of the stage, Olivia Morand (36 years old from Chatou) and Zarha Morrhad (34 years old from Paris).
