UTMB: Rossignol Introduces the Vezor Trail Runner

okay we're at Rossignol for the introduction of the Vezor and we're with

Benoit Chauvet who is a former World Cup Nordic skier and an outstanding trail

runner so he's gonna talk give us an introduction to the Vezor and go ahead

Benoit. I started testing the Vezor at the beginning of the year. I think I was one of the first

Rossignol testers from outside the company. For me, in my opinion, the Vezor

so I sent an email after testing many and many kilometres and I really

appreciate two things. It's a compact, very compact shoe. What do you mean by that

Like, you know, it fits very well. Okay, the drag and fly upper. Everything, you know. When you fit the shoe, your foot is very well settled in the shoe

And the third one, very good thing is energy. You know, it's like having a carbon shoe

And the plate, it's a nylon fiberglass plate in a fork and then to the rear

And it's very flexible. Yeah, very flexible. And you really feel that when you're running with it. You know, you can just feel that energy. When you push the shoe, you know, it gives you a lot of power

Now, it's 280 grams, we were told. So it's 9.88 ounces in a US 9. It's 30 millimeter heel. 24 millimeter forefoot

And generally, this shoe, you can run on a very short distance. And also, I ran it on the maxi race. It was 94 kilometres. And it was perfect also for this kind of race

So show us the outsole, Benoit. The outsole, the Michelin. Yeah. Tell us about your experience with that outsole

So it's a very good, very good one. And you know, you can see that, you know, and it definitely fits for every distance

You know, it has a good grip, you know, and different kind of conditions, even if it's wet

How is it on smooth terrain or hard terrain, like on the, you know, hard road or not road, but hard path

It's also good, you know, the 13 meters of cushion, you know, it's not too strong. You also have some good absorb

Now tell me, remind me the foam. I heard the one is a nitrogen infused. Is that the bottom? The bottom EVA and the top is a regular EVA

Oh, OK. So that's, that's really good. Yeah. Now, thank you. Now, what are you doing next in the shoe? Like soon

Like, what do you mean? What race are you going to do soon? Oh, what race? Yeah

So next race, the next big race will be the endurance grade of Tampier. Yeah, Tampier. Yeah

100K. And tell us a bit of some of your recent results in trail running

So I finished 9th at the maxi race. OK. At the beginning of the year, the level was very, very high

I was on the top 5 just before the finish, but I had some trouble on my feet because of the humidity

Oh, yeah. Yeah. And I won also the Echappée Belle last year, which is a very, very famous and very hard race in France

Excellent. So you and so you've transitioned from trail, from Nordic ski top level to trail running

C'est tout de bon et c'est tout du bon plaisir de courir et skier. Merci beaucoup, Benoît. Bonne chance sur tes courses. Good luck