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The Alpes-Maritimes Nice-Cannes Marathon 2024 takes place on Sunday, November 3, 2024. It is undoubtedly one of the most famous marathons, bringing together this year 2024, some 17,000 runners for all events.
The Alpes-Maritimes Nice-Cannes Marathon
This marathon, 42.195km long as it should be, takes in the Promenade des Anglais and skirts the sea all the way to Cannes. It's one of the most beautiful courses in the world.
If you feel like it (and are physically fit), try to beat the event's records:
- Men: Abrha Millaw Abrha (Ethiopia) in 2h07'25'' (2018)
- Women: Zenebu Fikadu (Ethiopia) in 2h28'15'' (2022).
All events during the Alpes-Maritimes Nice-Cannes Marathon
Many events take place during the marathon.
- The marathon itself, 42.195km
- The 2 times 21.1km, so a marathon but for 2, relay in Antibes
- The 20km, a half-marathon, finish in Villeneuve-Loubet
- The marathon relay, so several people, in 6 stages
Distances between each relay:
- From Nice to Saint-Laurent-du-Var: 8.7 km
- From Saint-Laurent-du-Var to Cagnes-sur-Mer: 3 km
- From Cagnes-sur-Mer to Villeneuve-Loubet: 5.1 km
- From Villeneuve-Loubet to Antibes Juan-les-Pins: 8.5 km
- From Antibes Juan-les-Pins to Vallauris Golfe-Juan: 10.8 km
- From Vallauris Golfe-Juan to Cannes: 6 km
Practical information
All departures are from the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, opposite the Albert 1er gardens.
All runners take the same route as the Marathon.
Finishings, depending on the event, are held at different locations, precise above.
Jean-Marc Foulquier