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Chianti was the first of two UTMB World Series events this past weekend, Valhöll Fin del Mundo in Argentina the other. The Chianti Castles 120K race, a Western States Golden Ticket event had folks talking for weeks. Several elite men found themselves in Italy’s wine country of Tuscany to chase their hope of getting to race Western States this year. Among them Jim (who didn’t need the ticket as previous year’s winner) Walmsley, Kilian (just became a father for the 3rd time) Jornet and Vincent (now we know who he is) Bouillard. They finished in this order and that big exciting race didn’t really happen, but everyone who wanted it got their Golden Tickets. For everyone else, there were a lot of rolling hills, vineyards, and lots and lots of muddy pre-season trails.

Ultra Trail Chianti Castles 120K (100M – 4 Stones)

Women:

  1. Fiona PASCALL – Great Britain – 12:34:59
  2. Johanna ANTILA – Finland – 12:53:22
  3. Azara GARCIA DE LOS SALMONES – Spain – 13:12:31

Men:

  1. Jim WALMSLEY – USA – 09:59:48
  2. Kilian JORNET BURGADA – Spain – 10:27:27
  3. Vincent BOUILLARD – France – 10:27:57

Chianti Ultra Trail 73K (100K – 3 Stones)

Women:

  1. Gemma HILLIER MOSES – Great Britain – 07:02:09
  2. Rosanna BUCHAUER – Germany – 07:04:27
  3. Emily SCHMITZ – USA – 07:27:58

Men:

  1. Germain GRANGIER – France – 06:11:26
  2. Davide CHERAZ – Italy – 00:06:13
  3. Dimitri MOREL-JEAN – France – 06:18:00

Chianti Marathon Trail 46K (50K – 2 Stones)

Women:

  1. Judith WYDER – Switzerland – 03:43:20
  2. Ida Amelie ROBSAHM – Norway – 03:51:18
  3. Maëlle BEAUVIR – France – 04:00:30

Men:

  1. Francesco PUPPI – Italy – 03:16:57
  2. Mattia BERTONCINI – Italy – 03:24:09
  3. Marcos RAMOS GONZALEZ – Spain – 03:25:45

Chianti Half Trail 20K (20K – 1 Stone)

Women:

  1. Sophie MASCHI – Italy – 01:38:27
  2. Aleksandra BAZUŁKA – Poland – 01:41:05
  3. Axelle VICARI – Italy – 01:42:30

Men:

  1. Elhousine ELAZZAOUI – Morocco – 01:16:32
  2. Luciano ROTA – Italy – 01:17:14
  3. Hannes PERKMANN – Italy – 01:23:12

Below are the numbers broken down by distance and gender:

  • Ultra Trail Chianti Castles Starters: 590. DNF: 123 + Finishers: 470. Women 56 (12%), Men 414 (88%).
  • ‌Chianti Ultra Trail Starters: 964. DNF: 53 + Finishers: 911. Women 151 (17%), Men 760 (83%).
  • Chianti Marathon Trail Starters: 1016. DNF: 99 + Finishers: 918. Women 190 (21%), Men 728 (79%).
  • Chianti Half Trail Starters: 922. DNF: 17 + Finishers: 905. Women 316 (35%), Men 589 (65%).
  • Chianti Wine Trail Starters: 250. DNF: 0 + Finishers: 250. Women 121 (48%), Men 129 (52%).

All in all Chianti Ultra Trail by UTMB saw a total 3,742 starters and 3,454 finishers. 834 (24%) women and 2,620 (76%) men reached the finish line and earned themselves their respective stones and an UTMB index (or directly punched their ticket to the Finals in Chamonix for 2025).

Next up is Tenerife Bluetrail in Spain on March 27-29, 2025.

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