page_title: Gap, Hautes-Alpes
section_title: Sports
hierarchical_section_title: Gap, Hautes-Alpes / Population and society / Sports
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Stade de glace Alp'Arena
context_page_description: Gap is a commune in southeastern France, the capital and largest town of the Hautes-Alpes department. At a height of 750 m above sea level, it is France's highest prefecture.
  Together with other Alpine towns, Gap engages in the Alpine Town of the Year Association for the implementation of the Alpine Convention to achieve sustainable development in the Alpine Arc.
  Gap was awarded Alpine Town of the Year in 2002. In 2013 Gap was named the sportiest city in France by the national sports newspaper L'Équipe.
context_section_description: Clubs:
  Ice hockey club, the Rapaces de Gap [Gap Raptors], which plays in Ligue Magnus and has more than 30 titles of champion of France in all categories.
  The Gap FC football team, which plays in the 1st division of the Alps District.
  The athletic club, the Gap Hautes-Alpes athletics (GH2A).
  Cross-country ski club, Ski club Gap-Bayard.
  Road cycling and mountain biking club, the UCPG.
  Mountain biking club, the PJPC.
  Gap Hautes Alpes Rugby club plays in Fédérale 3.
  Gap basketball for Pre-nationale.
  Gap Handball playing in Pre-nationale.
  Gap volleyball which plays in the Regional Championship.
  The Gapencais Sasquatches, club allowing the discovery or the practice of American Football.
  The town of Gap regularly hosts stages of the Tour de France and the Critérium du Dauphiné in cycling, as well as the Monte Carlo Rally in motorsport.
  The town of Gap is known for its mountain bike trek the Paths of the Sun, between Saillans and Gap.
  The sports facilities in Gap include stadiums, gymnasiums, swimming pools, ice rink, multi-purpose room (bowling), and tennis courts.
  The fitness centre Gap-Bayard, located on the Bayard plateau, has an 18-hole golf course that operates in summer and is a base for cross-country skiing in winter.
  In October 2004, the association Objective JO 2018 worked for a French candidacy of the Alpes du Sud, at the 2018 Winter Olympics. The town of Gap was approached to run in the race. Gap withdrew in October 2008 and was replaced by the municipality of Pelvoux and the Communauté de communes du Pays des Écrins.
  In 2009, the town of Gap won the competition of the Intervilles sports show during the final against Dax.
  The town of Gap hosted the final of the Coupe de France des rallyes amateurs during the autumn of 2012.
  In 2013, the town of Gap was elected the sportiest city of more of 20,000 inhabitants in France by L'Équipe newspaper.
caption: The Patinoire Brown-Ferrand (ice rink) in Gap
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