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Press Release 28 May 2017 Salomon Gore-Tex® MaXi-Race: Exertion and emotion in extreme heat Over the weekend, around 7500 runners from 46 countries took to the trails in the mountains around lake Annecy, with around 20,000 visitors to MaXiVillage and its 42 exhibitors promoting various outdoor sports brands and races. The heat and the glorious sunshine reigned throughout all the races of the Salomon GoreTex ® MaXi Race, and with the runners taking a welldeserved, refreshing dip in the lake, there was a true holiday atmosphere at plage d'Albigny. On Sunday morning, all the finishers, from races that had started either the previous day or on the morning itself, were happy to cross the finish line since despite all the recommendations, a lot of runners suffered dehydration and many were not able to finish. The public was there in force to cheer them on applaud their efforts. A great accomplishment for all the runners and the 500 volunteers on the ground! A successful first partnership with Salomon GoreTex ®. Saturday 27 May UltraRace 110 km – 7000 m+ The French runners François D’Haene and Caroline Chaverot dominated the first UltraRace (110 km and 7000 m+). Both were in the lead almost from start to finish despite the presence of strong outsiders such as Max King of the USA and Andréa Huser of Switzerland. Numbers Starters: 774 of which 51 ladies (6.59% of starters) Finishers: 478 (61.76% of starters) of which ladies: 37 (7.74% of finishers) (72.55% of ladies’ starters) Nonfinishers: 291 (37.60% of starters) MaXiRace 83 km – 5200 m+ After 2014, an emotional Sébastien Spehler took the victory in the MaXiRace for the second time. It was a tough race, which made winning all the more important to him. Michel Lanne was never far behind, but Sébastien was the stronger of the two. Perrine Tramoni of La Réunion won the ladies race. She dominated throughout and in 10h50 took the first major win of her career. Numbers Starters: 1366 of which 110 ladies (8.05% of starters) Finishers: 907 (66.40% of starters) of which 72 ladies (7.94% of finishers) (65.45% of ladies’ starters) Total nonfinishers: 459 (33.60% of starters) MarathonRace 42 km and 2800 m+ Set off Sunday at 7.30am from Dousssard, the heat was oppressive right from the start. Five French runners led the race: Clément Molliet, Pierre Baque, Gédéon Pochat, Clément Ripoll and

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Page 1: Salomon Gore-Tex® MaXi-Race: Exertion and emotion in ...€¦ · Press Release 28 May 2017 Salomon Gore-Tex® MaXi-Race: Exertion and emotion in extreme heat ! Over!the!weekend,!around!7500!runners!from46!countries!tookto!the!trailsinthe!mountains!around!

 Press Release 28 May 2017

Salomon Gore-Tex® MaXi-Race: Exertion and emotion in extreme heat

 Over  the  weekend,  around  7500  runners  from  46  countries  took  to  the  trails  in  the  mountains  around  lake  Annecy,  with  around  20,000  visitors  to  MaXi-­‐Village  and  its  42  exhibitors  promoting  various  outdoor  sports  brands  and  races.      The  heat  and  the  glorious  sunshine  reigned  throughout  all  the  races  of  the  Salomon  Gore-­‐Tex®  MaXi-­‐Race,  and  with  the  runners  taking  a  well-­‐deserved,  refreshing  dip  in  the  lake,  there  was  a  true  holiday  atmosphere  at  plage  d'Albigny.      On  Sunday  morning,  all  the  finishers,  from  races  that  had  started  either  the  previous  day  or  on  the  morning  itself,  were  happy  to  cross  the  finish  line  since  despite  all  the  recommendations,  a  lot  of  runners  suffered  dehydration  and  many  were  not  able  to  finish.    The  public  was  there  in  force  to  cheer  them  on  applaud  their  efforts.  A  great  accomplishment  for  all  the  runners  and  the  500  volunteers  on  the  ground!  A  successful  first  partnership  with  Salomon  Gore-­‐Tex®.      Saturday  27  May  Ultra-­‐Race  -­‐  110  km  –  7000  m+  The  French  runners  François  D’Haene  and  Caroline  Chaverot  dominated  the  first  Ultra-­‐Race  (110  km  and  7000  m+).  Both  were  in  the  lead  almost  from  start  to  finish  despite  the  presence  of  strong  outsiders  such  as  Max  King  of  the  USA  and  Andréa  Huser  of  Switzerland.      Numbers  Starters:  774  of  which  51  ladies  (6.59%  of  starters)    Finishers:  478  (61.76%  of  starters)  of  which  ladies:  37  (7.74%  of  finishers)  (72.55%  of  ladies’  starters)    Non-­‐finishers:  291  (37.60%  of  starters)    MaXi-­‐Race  -­‐  83  km  –  5200  m+  After  2014,  an  emotional  Sébastien  Spehler  took  the  victory  in  the  MaXi-­‐Race  for  the  second  time.  It  was  a  tough  race,  which  made  winning  all  the  more  important  to  him.  Michel  Lanne  was  never  far  behind,  but  Sébastien  was  the  stronger  of  the  two.    Perrine  Tramoni  of  La  Réunion  won  the  ladies  race.  She  dominated  throughout  and  in  10h50  took  the  first  major  win  of  her  career.    Numbers  Starters:  1366  of  which  110  ladies  (8.05%  of  starters)    Finishers:  907  (66.40%  of  starters)  of  which  72  ladies  (7.94%  of  finishers)  (65.45%  of  ladies’  starters)    Total  non-­‐finishers:  459  (33.60%  of  starters)    Marathon-­‐Race  -­‐  42  km  and  2800  m+  Set  off  Sunday  at  7.30am  from  Dousssard,  the  heat  was  oppressive  right  from  the  start.    Five  French  runners  led  the  race:  Clément  Molliet,  Pierre  Baque,  Gédéon  Pochat,  Clément  Ripoll  and  

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Robin  Cattet.  At  Menthon,  the  27th  km,  Clément  Molliet  took  the  lead.  But  in  the  final  kilometres,  Elie  Besson  Pithon  made  an  impressive  surge  and  stirred  things  up.  He  finished  in  4h04’40’’,  just  2  minutes  behind  the  winner  Clément  Molliet  (4h02’27’’).    In  the  ladies,  the  favourite,  Wenrong  Zheng  of  China,  a  young  marathon-­‐runner  with  a  record  of  2h32,  was  in  the  lead  at  the  first  two  check  points.  But  at  Villard-­‐dessus  Cécile  Clet  of  France  overtook,  leaving  the  others  13  minutes  behind  her  by  the  time  she  reached  Menthon.  Cécile  arrived  at  plage  d’Albigny  in  04h58’23’’,  20  minutes  ahead  of  Christelle  Bassereau.      Numbers  Starters:  1549  of  which  317  ladies  (20.46%  of  starters)    Finishers:  644  (41.58%  of  starters)  of  which  82  ladies  (12.73%  of  finishers)  (25.87%of  ladies’  starters)    Total  non-­‐finishers:    78  (5.04%  of  starters)  at  3pm    The  runners  will  continue  to  flood  over  the  finish  line,  to  the  crowd’s  cheers,  until  6pm.    Find all the results here:  http://www.maxirace.livetrail.net/ Photos of the Salomon Gore-Tex® MaXi-Race Royalty-­‐free  HD  photos  are  available  on  our  server:  Host:  maxirace.mont-­‐blanc.tv  User:  presse  Password:  nilobstat    Highlights upon request from Infocimes

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press kit, press releases, accreditation on:  www.maxi-race.org  

HD Photos upon request from Infocîmes  

CONTACTS  

Race Director  

Stéphane AGNOLI -MaXi-Event’s - 583 Rt de la Montagne - 74330 Poisy France  [email protected] - Tel: +33 (0)6 60 18 38.15  

Press Relations - Infocimes  Tel: +33 (0)4 50 47 24 61  

Anne Gery: +33 (0)6 12 03 68 95 - [email protected]  Geneviève Cadot: +33 (0)6 700 823 38- [email protected]  

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