The French, trailing by 3-1 comintointhethe race, won the start narrowly, but the Swedes had the faster boat and got all the shifts, to win by 2 34.
The nightwalk seems the right thing to do there – it gives a nod to the city's edge, to the fact that it's in transition and that it is different from the other cities on the French tourism trail.
The survey covering the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy and Spain found that the French lead Europe in terms of online television consumption with 59% of people choosing to watch previews and episodes of their favorite shows via the web with the Germans trailing at 33%.
In Europe, the French company trails only Volkswagen in unit sales.
These have started to appear, but the majority are provided by small, independent companies such as the British-run, French-based Trail Addiction (07904 359780; trailaddiction.com), which has accommodation, bikes and guiding trips to Les Arcs in France, Pila in Italy and Grenada in Spain.
It's also a manageable enough distance but with loads of climbing (running past ski stations and through resorts repeatedly, which is a nice kick), plus all the cheese you can eat, as you'd expect from any self-respecting French ultra-trail.
The French side trailed 26-8 when Saints ran in their fourth try five minutes after the break.
The French called this trail the Great Portage because it was so long.
They are consistently ranked in the French national competitive trail riding championships, and in 1998, a Mérens finished second in the European Championships.
Kuerten, winner of this year's French Open, was trailing Hrbaty, of Slovakia, 7-6 (6), 2-6, 0-3.
