Chianti Ultra Trail 2024 Results

Here are the results for Chianti Ultra Trail in Tuscany, Italy on March 23-24, 2024, the second UTMB event on the 2024 UTMB World Series Calendar, and the first of the year in Europe. (For full results visit the UTMB website):

Ultra Trail Chianti Castles (103km – 3 Stones)

Women:

1. Azara GARCIA DE LOS SALMONES – Spain – 10:12:29
2. Heidi Annemarie SCHWARTZ – Germany – 11:34:08
3. Nicoletta GOSSA – Italy – 12:15:10

Men:

1. Andreas REITERER – Italy – 08:40:33
2. Sébastien SPEHLER – France – 08:52:02
3. Paul CORNUT CHAUVINC – France – 08:52:37

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Chianti Ultra Trail (73KM – 3 Stones)

Women:

1. Emily HAWGOOD – Zimbabwe – 07:22:14
2. Tara GROSVENOR – Great Britain – 07:28:17
3. Paula BARBOSA – Portugal – 07:48:32

Men:

1. Aleix TODA MAS – Spain – 05:55:41
2. Davide CHERAZ – Italy – 05:56:38
3. Andres GARCIA BLANCO – Spain – 05:59:10

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Chianti Marathon Trail (43KM – 2 Stones)

Women:

1. Nuria GIL CLAPERA – Spain – 03:20:45
2. Camilla MAGLIANO – Italy – 03:23:14
3. Theres LEBOEUF – Switzerland – 03:27:09

Men:

1. Robbie SIMPSON – Great Britain – 02:50:42
2. Simon PACCARD – France – 02:52:43
3. Bertie HOUGHTON – Great Britain – 02:56:56

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Chianti Half Trail (20KM – 1 Stone)

Women:

1. Anna HOFER – Italy – 01:34:44
2. Franziska ALTHAUS – Germany – 01:40:07
3. Simona CARGNINO – Italy – 01:43:02

Men:

1. Matteo ROSSI – Italy – 01:21:40
2. Vincent LOUSTAU – France – 01:22:01
3. Fleury ROUX – France – 01:23:40

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Chianti Wine Run (15KM – 1 Stone)

Women:

1. Irina MANIC – Moldovia – 01:17:44
2. Marcela VILLALOBOS MARTINEZ – Mexico – 01:19:57
3. Lara PARON – Italy – 01:24:34

Men:

1. Alvïn ALEXANDRE – France – 01:02:00
2. Karl MIDLANE – Zambia – 01:02:31
3. Thomas REICHL – Austria – 01:03:08

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Combined, the events had 3,026 racers and 2,917 finishers broken down by distance and gender:

• Ultra Trail Chianti Castles Starters: 412 – DNF 30 – Finishers 365. Women: 52 (14%) – Men: 313 (86%)
• Chianti Ultra Trail Starters: 694 – DNF: 39 – Finishers: 655. Women: 111 (17%) – Men: 544 (83%)
• Chianti Marathon Trail Starters: 822 – DNF: 16 – Finishers: 806. Women: 181 (22%) – Men: 625 (78%)
• Chianti Half Trail Starters: 768 – DNF: 5 – Finishers: 763. Women: 268 (35%) – Men: 495 (65%)
• Chianti Wine Run Starters: 330 – DNF: 2 – Finishers: 328. Women: 161 (49%) – Men: 167 (51%)

In total the event saw 2,917 finishers, 773 (27%) women and 2,144 (63%) men reached the finish line and earned themselves stones and an UTMB index (or directly punched their ticket to the Finals in Chamonix for 2025¹).

Just like with most races and especially the big European ones the longer distances see a fairly uneven (and very sad) gender split. With the shorter distances the numbers reach the ballpark averages we see across most major races. So while the event weekend might start to feel reasonably even in numbers there’s still lots of work to be done to encourage women to aim for the stars and push themselves to achieve the bigger distances.

Chianti also saw a relatively low DNF rate (just over 100 across all events combined!), which is an indicator that this race might be pretty tame and a good way to get some “easy” stones.

Next up on the UTMB World Series Calendar: Istria 100 on April 4-7 in Croatia.

Why do I just count finish line numbers, you ask?
The UTMB Live webpage shows these numbers easily, and I don’t want to wait until full results are posted to share these numbers.

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Something I learned just recently: If you come in one of the top spots (1-3) at one of the World Series Events you don’t punch you ticket for this year’s Finals, but for the following year. So runners listed above get entry to the Finals in 2025.