X-Alps 16 July - 대회일정

For Immediate Release July 16th, 2013 They had raced for nine days straight. They had not slept for almost 24 hours. They had covered a total distance of 2,500km. Despite sores, aches and physical fatigue, the race for second place between French athletes Clement Latour (FRA1) and Antoine Girard (FRA2) turned into an epic duel early Tuesday morning. Despite flying different routes 200km down the Alps Maritimes from St Hilaire, they arrived within an hour of each other at the final turnpoint of Peille. Latour arrived first. Then Girard arrived with his supporter, arms raised, to cheers at exactly 4am and was immediately congratulated by Latour who approached him and the pair shook hands. A few hours later they both flew to the finish line on a floating platform in the Monaco Harbor. "It's a dream. It's just incredible," an exhausted but elated Latour told well-wishers. "I'm very happy to be third but just to make the finish line was important for me," Girard said. It will mean much soul-searching for Britain's Jon Chambers, who was just behind the French at the last turnpoint but dramatically fell back after taking a different route to Monaco. He eventually made Peille at 16:44. Further back in the pack, Peter Gebhart (ITA2) put in a great flight, closing the gap behind Chambers. Also well-positioned to make Monaco before the race finishes on Friday 12:00 were Martin Muller (SUI2), who has pulled a Night Pass, and Aaron Durogati (ITA1) who has already used his. Heavy rain was forecast by Wetter.tv, so athletes such as Paul Guschlbauer (AUT1), Toma Coconea (ROM) and Ferdinand van Schelven (NED) will have to pull out all the stops to make goal. Other teams to pull Night Passes Tuesday were Max Fanderl (CAN), Paul Guschlbauer (AUT1) and Mike Küng (AUT2). For what happens next in the drama, go to Red Bull Mobile Live Tracking (http://www.redbullxalps.com/live-tracking), which lets you follow the athletes in real time on redbullxalps.com. Click here (https://stipple.com/photos/51375294) to embed our interactive Stipple image of Christian Maurer's win. 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