Red Bull X-Alps 9 July - 대회일정

For Immediate Release July 9th, 2013 It's day three of the Red Bull X-Alps and the race is wide open with teams spread out over 200km across the German and Austrian Alps. It's been a day of mixed fortunes for the athletes as they battled to dodge afternoon thunderstorms that made flying all but impossible. Race leaders Christian Maurer (SUI1) and Antoine Girard (FRA2) managed to escape the hail-storms that rained down on the Zugspitze, Germany's highest mountain. Maurer hiked up the summit, the fourth turnpoint in the race at first light, launched at 07:00 and had flown 25km before 09:30. However he was taking nothing for granted. "It's a long race and anything can still happen so I just have to go as best as I can," he said. Other teams meanwhile who arrived later on the Zugspitze found difficult conditions to launch due to the bad weather. Meanwhile the picture at the back just got interesting as the prospect of elimination looms. The team in last place at 06:00 local time on July 10th will be knocked out. Iñigo Gabiria (ESP) and Babu Sunuwar (NPL) both pulled Night Passes in a bid to stay in the race. Thomas de Dorlodot (BEL), Lars Budack (GER2) and Stephan Haase (USA2), who were all in similar positions, have also decided to hike through the night. It was also a bad day for Raul Penso (VEN). The 39-year-old received another penalty, this time for infringing air space around Zell am See and received a 48 hour penalty. It comes on top of the 12 hour penalty he received for endangering himself on the Dachstein. Not everyone had a bad day. Jon Chambers (GBR) managed to avoid a lot of the storm clouds by flying further north of the pack and was able to move up to fourth place as of 16:00hr. For what happens next in the drama, go to Red Bull Mobile Live Tracking (http://www.redbullxalps.com/live-tracking.html), which lets you follow the athletes in real time on redbullxalps.com. Follow the race on: www.redbullxalps.com/live-tracking, Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/redbullxalps), Twitter (https://twitter.com/RedBullXAlps) More Information: Uploaded every day on the Red Bull X-Alps' dedicated newsroom, www.redbullxalpsnewsroom.com, you will find: o High res images cleared for editorial usage in connection with Red Bull X-Alps o Web clips o Daily summaries o Background info, athlete biogs, route details and more We only ask that you send us a copy or link of the article to zooom productions, Felderstrasse 12, 5330, Fuschl am See, Austria. Image credits should read: ©photographer name (found in metadata)/ Red Bull Content Pool ABOUT THE RED BULL X-ALPS The Red Bull X-Alps 2013 will be the sixth edition of the world's toughest adventure race. It starts on July 7th and will see 31 athletes from 21 countries battling over 1,000km across the Alps from Salzburg to Monaco via 10 mandatory turnpoints, in the fastest time possible. Every kilometer must be covered either on foot or flown by paraglider. Each team consists of one athlete and up to two supporters. No technical or outside assistance is allowed. Athletes can race between the hours of 05:00 to 22:30 but can each pull one 'Night Pass' that allows them to push-on through the night on foot. The race requires expert paragliding experience and a very high level of endurance fitness - it's not uncommon for athletes to hike up to 100km in a day. The 2011 edition was won by Christian Maurer (SUI) in 11 days, 4 hours and 22 minutes. The 2013 edition comes on the ten-year anniversary of the first Red Bull X-Alps held in 2003. For all image, interview requests and other media enquiries, please contact: Tarquin Cooper zooom productions gmbh media@redbullxalps.com tel: +43 6226 8848-25 / mob: +43 664 544 9241