The North Face Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc is a magnificent race through the mountains traversing three countries France, Italy, Switzerland and back into France. Chamonix is the epicenter for this race of 168km in which over 2,300 runners have 46 hours and 9,600 metres of vertical gain to complete.
The mens race was won by Xavier Thevenard in a course record breaking time of 20:34:57, closely followed by Miguel Heras 20:54:08 and Javier Dominguez 21:17:38.
Even more stunning and my personal favourite performance of this weekend was Rory Bosio smashing the course record by over 2 hours in 22:37:26. Seeing her at the top of Tete Aux Vents singing away was just awesome. Second place was taken by a strong Nuria Picas in 24:32:20 and third was Emma Roca 24:32:20.
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- Chorier at les Houches
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- Thevenard at les Houches
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- Heras at Les Houches
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- Olson at Les Houches
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- Bragg at Les Houches
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- Sproston at Les Houches
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- Arbogast at Les Houches
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- Thevenard at St Gervais
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- Olson at St Gervais
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- Chaigneau at St Gervais
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- Krupicka at St Gervais
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- Wolfe at St Gervais
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- Foote at St Gervais
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- Picas at St Gervais
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- Heras at Notre Dame
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- Foote at Notre Dame
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- Picas at Notre Dame
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- Chorier at Notre Dame
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- Thevenard at Notre Dame
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- Canepa at Notre Dame
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- Krupicka at Courmayeur
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- Krupicka at Courmayeur
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- Team Krupicka/Grant
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- Chorier Courmayeur
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- Buud kit Courmayeur
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- Buud Pancakes Courmayeur
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- Olson Courmayeur
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- Gault Courmayeur
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- Foote Courmayeur
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- Bosio in a rush Courmayeur
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- Wolfe down and out Courmayeur
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- Picas Grand Col de Ferret
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- Grand Col de Ferret
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- Tete aux Vents
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- Thevenard speeding up Tete aux Vents
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- Heras Tete aux Vents
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- Olson Tete aux Vents
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- Foote Tete aux Vents
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- Chorier Tete aux Vents
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- Bosio Tete aux Vents
All images are copyright – Ian Campbell – Photography
