Dourbie Formi
The Dourbie Formi starts inside the archaeological site of La Graufesenque in Millau on Saturday 17 October 2026, in two waves at 07:10 and 07:35.
La Graufesenque → Millau
- Distance
- 23.1 km
- Ascent
- +1,303 m
- High point
- 764 mMas de Bru (P82)
- Stations
- 4
- Start
- 07:10 AMSat, Oct 17
The course
The whole race, as a ridgeline
▲ high point
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The organiser keeps it minimal on purpose: 23 kilometres and 1,229 metres of climb, a single aid station at Massebiau, and only 350 bibs. Two barriers apply, at Mas de Bru (km 8.4) by 09:00 and at Massebiau (km 17.7) by 11:10, and by Mas de Bru, after 8.5 kilometres, the course has already climbed 550 metres.
Finishers receive a dated medal and a Causses buffet in a traditional barn, and bibs are collected at the Salon du Trail on Thursday 15 and Friday 16 October. The start sits in the place where sigillata pottery was made for the whole Roman Empire, and the finish is back in Millau.
With one aid station in 23 kilometres there are few places for supporters to wait. A runner who shares their Livebib broadcast lets family follow the climb to Mas de Bru, the run along the Dourbie and the descent from the Pouncho, with the distance covered and a finish estimate that updates as they go. Official times stay with the organiser’s timing on LiveTrail.
About Festival des Templiers Dourbie Formi 2026
Festival des Templiers Dourbie Formi 2026 starts on Saturday, October 17, 2026 at 07:10 AM in La Graufesenque.
Dourbie Formi: 23.1 km, 1,303 m of climbing, from La Graufesenque to Millau.
There are 4 stations on the course, 2 of them with a cutoff time.
Official website: festivaldestempliers.com
Dourbie Formi
The Dourbie Formi starts inside the archaeological site of La Graufesenque, a centre of the sigillata pottery traded across the Roman Empire. It opens with 3.6 km of rolling flat on the left bank, 80 metres up, before the Roubelier climb to Mas de Bru after 8.5 km and 550 metres of climb, then the Gazel ravine toward the cliffs of La Clapade and the bottom of the Laumet ravine, with a view over the gorges.
The organiser says the race lives up to its name on the long, easy stretch along the river that follows, before the second climb onto the Larzac and a very technical descent, only 1.1 km for 400 metres down. Runners catch their breath crossing Massebiau, then go straight up again by the Rocher Troué and the Faux Monnayeur, and past the corniche of the Pouncho simply let themselves glide down to the finish.
Sources: festivaldestempliers.com
The climbs
The climbs that decide the day
The course
On the map
Open the full-resolution mapThe roadbook
Stations
Every station on the course. Life bases carry a barrier clock in race-local time.
La Graufesenque
22.8 km to Arrivée Millau
0 km359 m
- Mas de Bru (P82)8.4750Sat 09:00 AM
- Massebiau17.4367Sat 11:10 AM
- Arrivée Millau22.8393
Getting there
Nearest airports
Nearest airports
- RDZRodez–Aveyron AirportRodez/Marcillac, France · 60 km
- MPLMontpellier-Méditerranée AirportMontpellier/Méditerranée, France · 91 km
- TLSToulouse-Blagnac AirportToulouse/Blagnac, France · 148 km
- MRSMarseille Provence AirportMarignane, Bouches-du-Rhône, France · 185 km
Airports with scheduled flights. Distances are in a straight line, not by road. Sources: OurAirports and Wikidata.
Course data verified October 16, 2026
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