Biography
Sebastien Vergnaud, 46, was born and raised in France. He began mushing 22 years ago and has been interested in running the Iditarod since he ran the Finnmarksløpet in 2009. He says he moved from France “a long time ago” to train dogs in Scandinavia and after that in Canada and Alaska. He lists his hobbies as Motocross, super cross and mountain biking.
Awards
Jerry Austin Rooke of the Year — Sponsored by Jerry Austin Family
2017 Standings
| Checkpoint | Time In | Dogs In | Time Out | Dogs Out | Rest Time | Previous | Layover | Status | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enroute Time | Speed (mph) | 8hr | 24hr | ||||||||
| Fairbanks | 3/06 11:22:00 | 12 | |||||||||
| Nenana | 3/06 17:05:00 | 12 | 3/06 19:56:00 | 12 | 2h 51m | 5h 43m | 10.50 | 60 | |||
| Manley | 3/07 09:37:00 | 12 | 3/07 14:03:00 | 12 | 4h 26m | 13h 41m | 6.58 | 90 | |||
| Tanana | 3/07 22:15:00 | 12 | 3/08 04:05:00 | 12 | 5h 50m | 8h 12m | 8.05 | 66 | |||
| Ruby | 3/09 00:33:00 | 12 | 3/09 08:46:00 | 11 | 8h 13m | 20h 28m | 5.81 |  |
119 | ||
| Galena | 3/09 14:36:00 | 11 | 3/10 16:36:00 | 11 | 26h 0m | 5h 50m | 8.57 | |
|
50 | |
| Huslia | 3/11 03:04:00 | 11 | 3/11 08:58:00 | 11 | 5h 54m | 10h 28m | 7.83 | |
|
82 | |
| Koyukuk | 3/12 00:12:00 | 11 | 3/12 05:45:00 | 11 | 4h 33m | 15h 14m | 5.65 | |
|
86 | |
| Nulato | 3/12 08:10:00 | 11 | 3/12 08:15:00 | 11 | 0h 5m | 2h 25m | 9.10 | |
|
22 | |
| Kaltag | 3/12 12:43:00 | 11 | 3/12 17:30:00 | 9 | 4h 47m | 4h 28m | 10.52 | |
|
47 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/13 05:22:00 | 9 | 3/13 09:37:00 | 9 | 4h 15m | 11h 52m | 7.16 | |
|
85 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/13 15:31:00 | 9 | 3/13 15:42:00 | 8 | 0h 11m | 5h 54m | 6.78 | |
|
40 | |
| Koyuk | 3/13 23:34:00 | 8 | 3/14 06:45:00 | 8 | 7h 11m | 7h 52m | 6.36 | |
|
50 | |
| Elim | 3/14 13:44:00 | 8 | 3/14 18:20:00 | 8 | 4h 36m | 6h 59m | 6.87 | |
|
48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/15 02:12:00 | 8 | 3/15 10:14:00 | 8 | 8h 2m | 7h 52m | 5.85 | |
|
46 | |
| Safety | 3/15 17:39:00 | 8 | 3/15 17:39:00 | 8 | 0h 0m | 7h 25m | 7.42 | |
|
55 | |
| Nome | 3/15 20:27:53 | 8 | 2h 48m | 7.86 | |
|
22 | ||||
