VO2 Trail is the 17.8km trail race at Festival HOKA Les Templiers 2026 (Domaine St Estève, Millau, France). The race starts on October 17, 2026 at 04:00 PM. It starts in Domaine St Estève, Millau and finishes in Millau.
Run the climb at race pace, build your speed on the downhill, and go all out at the finish.
The course climbs 689m+. With 39m/km of climbing, this is a rolling, mostly runnable course. By gradient, 30% of the distance is uphill, 30% downhill and 40% flat. The longest climb runs 6.7km at an average 7.7% grade (519m of vertical). The longest descent runs 10.9km at an average 5.3% grade (577m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 29.7% over 0.4km. The steepest descent drops at 17.7% over 1.2km. Surface: 52% trail, 34% smooth, and 14% road. Flat-equivalent effort: 23.0 FlatKM.
Poles bring little benefit here: only about 1.8km of pole-friendly terrain.
Quad damage risk is low (index 9 of 100): a few descents worth noting, none of them decisive.
On race day, start temperatures have historically ranged from 13°C to 23°C, with around 15°C at the highest point; the chance of precipitation is about 43%. Heavy rain of 10.0mm or more falls on about 12% of days around this date.
1,248 finishers completed the 2026 edition. Men's winner: Noé Daviaud (France) in 1:10:48. Women's winner: Charline Bise (France) in 1:32:20.
This page has the full results and splits, a pacing and nutrition planner, a gradient matrix, an interactive elevation profile and historical weather for VO2 Trail.
Other distances of Festival HOKA Les Templiers 2026L'Endurance Trail (101km)·Le Grand Trail des Templiers (80.0km)·L'Intégrale des Causses (60.1km)·La Rock'Voizine (50.5km)·La Boffi Fifty (46.5km)·Le Marathon des Causses (33.6km)·Marathon du Larzac (33.5km)·La Monna Lisa Trail (31.5km)·La Dourbie Formi (23.0km)·Les Troubadours (13.2km)
Other editions of VO2 Trail2027
Official websitewww.festivaldestempliers.com
