Final standings in Chamonix.,
1.
Kilian Jornet(Spain) 20:56:59
2.
Dachhiri-Dawa Serpa (Nepal) 21:56:52
3. Julien Chorier (France) 22:31:35
4. Tsuyoshi Kaburaki (Japan) 23 :10 :47
5. Jesus Maria Romon (Spain) 23:41:28
6. Antoine Guillon (France) 23:57 :28
7. Aurelio Olivar (Spain) 24:07:05
8. Matthieu Girard (Switzerland) 24:19:57
9.
Nemeth Csaba (Hungary) 24:21:05
10. Uli Calmbach (Germany) 24:21:20
11. Massimo Tagliaferri (Italy) 24:24:22
12.
Topher Gaylord (USA) 24:55:31
13. Ulrich Gross (Germany) 25:06:04
14.
Salvador Calvo (Spain) 25:08:05
15.
Lizzy Hawker (UK) 25:19:41 First lady runner.
Marco Olmo finally abandoned just before the final pass and with only about 15 kms left ….
Jaquerod and
Jens Lukas packed it in too. And the Americans
Karnazes and
Meltzer didn’t even race. Who said they were racing anyway?
There was a spot of controversy at the end. The winner has been accused of not carrying the mandatory equipment for the race. In fact some say he wasn’t carrying any equipment at all. He could even be disqualified which would be a bit of a bummer after 166 gruelling kilometres. A final decision will be made tomorrow.
Some videos here:
http://www.chamonix.com/page.php?page=12...08&ling=fr
At this very moment some 35 athletes have finished and more than 1000 more plod on with the prospect of a second night on the mountain. The time limit for finishing is 48 hours and many won’t make it.
And that ladies and gentlemen is the Ultra Tour Mont Blanc 2008. You can forget the Olympics and your first week of the Premier League and whatever, here is where the real romance is although it probably won’t make many headlines in the sports press.. (except perhaps in Chamonix). And it’s goodbye granddad Olmo and hello young Catalan pretender.
166 kms
9404 metres height gain
20 hours 56 minutes 59 seconds
And he’ll probably be disqualified for not carrying a rucksack.
