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The North Face® Transgrancanaria – Results

 

The North Face® Transgrancanaria marked the 3rd visit of the Ultra-Trail® World Tour in 2015.

 

 

Conditions proved to be quite challenging this year. With warm temperatures and strong winds blowing sand over from the Saharan desert to Gran Canaria, the runners had to be at their best.

 

The elite athlete field was even stronger in 2015 compared to the last edition. And with so many potential TOP3 runners in the front, there had to be some carnage. Elites like Yan-Long Fei & Iker Karrera had to abandon the race due to fatigue or other issues.

 

 

But it wasn’t only the temperatures that challenged the trail runners. The course of The North Face® Transgrancanaria is known to be a rather technical one. With long climbs and ascents riddled with cacti and loose stones, nobody could afford to neglect focus.

 

 

In the end Lithuanian Gediminas Grinius took out the competition in a stunning new course record of 14:23:37.

 

He was followed by Didrik Hermansen (NOR) in 14:30:07 & Antoine Guillon (FRA) in 14:39:35 to complete the podium.

 

 

MALE TOP10:

Ranking		Family name	Name	Nationality	Birthdate		Team/Club	Time
1		GRINIUS	Gediminas	LTU	1979		Inov-8	14:23:37
2		HERMANSEN	Didrik	NOR	1980		Asics Norway	14:30:07
3		GUILLON	Antoine	FRA	1970		WAA Team	14:39:35
4		AMDAHL	Sondre	NOR	1972		Gore	15:06:37
5		COINTRE	Cyril	FRA	1982		WAA Team	15:28:22
6		KRUPICKA	Anton	USA	1983		Buff / New Balance	15:29:49
7		QUERAL-IBANEZ	Remi	ESP	1975			15:59:11
8		THEVENIN	Freddy	FRA	1977		Prudence Creole	16:07:06
9		ZANCHI	Marco	ITA	1976			16:25:13
10		HERCOG	Piotr	POL	1976		Salomon	16:30:45

 

 

In the womens competition Núria Picas (ESP) once again proved to be unbeatable when she’s at her best. Finishing the race in 16:53:27 (14th overall), she was able to open a 23min gap to runner up Caroline Chaverot (FRA).

 

Dong Li, an uprising young ultra runner from China, also showed a strong performance finishing 3rd in a time of 18:15:55.

 

FEMALE TOP10:

Ranking		Family name	Name	Nationality	Birthdate		Team/Club	Time
1		PICAS-ALBETS	Nuria	ESP	1976		Buff Pro Team	16:53:27
2		CHAVEROT	Caroline	FRA	1976		Hoke One One	17:16:48
3		LI	Dong	CHN	1989		Salomon China	18:15:55
4		HUSER	Andrea	SUI	1973			18:37:53
5		VILASECA	Manuela	BRA	1979		The North Face	18:42:59
6		ALVES-SANTOS	Ester	POR	1981		Salomon	19:11:45
7		DOS SANTOS-SOUSA	Lucinda	POR	1971			19:25:46
8		LAPIERRE	Aliza	USA	1980		Salomon	19:58:48
9		RIVERO-DELGADO	Raquel	ESP	1976			20:24:16
10		TRIGUEROS-GARROTE	Silvia	ESP	1976		Team Race Land	20:38:18

 

 

 

In the overall ranking of the UTWT Sondre Amdahl (377) now leads the pack. But with only 2 points behind Antoine Guillon (375) is not far off. Cyril Cointre from France follows (345).

 

For the women Núria Picas (395) has now taken over the lead. With her second appearance in the UTWT 2015 Dong Li (379) is currently in 2nd place, followed by Caroline Chaverot (237).

 

 

With just 4 weeks to go until the Marathon des Sables in Morocco many runners are already preparing for their next adventure. This race is also a SERIES event in the UTWT calendar and provides another chance to elite runners to gather a solid number of points for the overall UTWT ranking.

Keep up the great work!

 

The full results of The North Face® Transgrancanaria 2015 as well as the overall UTWT ranking are now available HERE!

 

NEXT UP: Marathon des Sables