Tor des Géants Endurance Trail - TDG 2015 - Relato de uma prova seguida à distância
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O Tor Des Géants é uma prova maior do que a vida.
A lista atualizada dos Finalistas Portugueses do Tor des Géants com 332 km e 24.000 mD+, desde a primeira edição em 2010, é a seguinte:
Tor des Géants 2015 - Ora aqui está uma corrida para velhos (rapazes da minha idade :)
Senão vejamos:
Top 1 - escalões:
V2 M - 1 (vencedor: 51 anos)
Top 3 - escalões:
SEN M - 1
V1 M - 1
V2 M - 1
Top 5 - escalões:
SEN M - 2
V1 M - 1
V2 M - 2
Top 10 - escalões:
SEN M - 6
V1 M - 2
V2 M - 2
Top 20 - escalões:
SEN F - 2
SEN M - 8
V1 M - 5
V2 M - 5
Nota:
SEN F < 40 anos
SEN M < 40 anos
V1 M > 40 anos
V2 M > 50 anos
NOTÍCIAS
IKER KARRERA- KING OF THE TOR DES GÉANTS® 2013
FRANCO COLLÉ IS THE KING OF TOR DES GÉANTS 2014
"NIGHT BEFORE THE EXAM"
SIXTH EDITION OF TOR JUST STARTED!
PATRICK BOHARD AND SONIA LOCATELLI FIRST IN VALGRISENCHE
EAUX-ROUSSES E COL LOSON
TIME DEADLINES POSTPONED OF 3 HOURS
AN INTENSE MONDAY
AN UNCERTAIN RACE FINISH
EVERYONE IS ON HIS “WAY BACK”
TOR 2015 PODIUM!
RACE IS SUSPENDED
RACE IS STILL SUSPENDED
THE RACE IS CANCELLED
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Tor des Géants 2015
FOTOS:
O Tor Des Géants é uma prova maior do que a vida.
É toda ela
excessiva, exuberante, barroca, gigante.
330 km com 24.000 mD+ (desnível positivo) para serem completados num tempo máximo de 150 horas (6 dias e 6 horas).
Com passagem em picos com altitude superior a 3.000 m, em terreno difícil, sob condições climatéricas adversas.
330 km com 24.000 mD+ (desnível positivo) para serem completados num tempo máximo de 150 horas (6 dias e 6 horas).
Com passagem em picos com altitude superior a 3.000 m, em terreno difícil, sob condições climatéricas adversas.
Vale D'Aosta |
Acompanhei esta
edição de 2015 com o maior interesse e emoção. Vivi cada minuto como se
estivesse lá, em prova, com todos os Gigantes que se atreveram a desafiar a
montanha, o Vale D’Aosta e os seus 4 ferozes guardiões: Le Grand Paradis, Le
Mont Blanc, Le Mont Cervin e Le Mont Rose.
Segui de perto a
Magnífica Armada Lusa, com os nossos Heróis Nacionais, e com eles sofri as
desventuras e alegrias do caminho.
Armada Lusa |
Runner – Equipa – Dorsal
Miguel Pereira - Monsanto Running Team – 562
Eduardo Santos - O Mundo da Corrida – 723
Diogo Simão - BA&N – 941
Manuel Maria Correia - O Mundo da Corrida – 1004
Hélder Manuel Martins Tomé - O Mundo da Corrida – 1019
Joaquim Sampaio - Desnível Positivo – 1064
Este ano a prova
foi marcada por condições meteorológicas particularmente inclementes, que
tornaram o percurso ainda mais duro do que noutras edições anteriores e
forçaram a organização a decretar duas interrupções na prova em dois momentos
especialmente penosos. A segunda interrupção seria convertida em cancelamento,
uma vez que as condições meteorológicas não faziam menção de melhorar.
Esteve parada das
04:00 às 07:00 de 2ª feira dia 14.
E novamente suspensa
ao fim do dia de 4ª feira, dia 16, quando ainda só tinham cruzado a meta os 6
primeiros classificados.
Foi cancelada
definitivamente às 08:30 de 5ª feira, 94,5 horas depois do início.
Os vencedores
masculinos, que completaram todo o percurso, foram:
1 - Patrick Bohard -
80:20:35
2 - Galeati Gianluca - 80:44:34
3 - Christophe Le Saux - 81:19:25
2 - Galeati Gianluca - 80:44:34
3 - Christophe Le Saux - 81:19:25
Os femininos
foram:
1. Denise Zimmermann ( Switzerland)
2. Lisa Borzani ( Italy)
3. Marina Plavan ( Italy)
2. Lisa Borzani ( Italy)
3. Marina Plavan ( Italy)
Os nossos bravos
Gigantes que ganharam o colete de Finisher foram:
Diogo Simão e Miguel Pereira |
Miguel Pereira |
109º - Miguel Pereira………(Valtournenche 236 km) 78:52 -
2015
288º - Diogo Simão………..(Gressoney 200 km) 81:44 - 2015
Finishers |
A lista atualizada dos Finalistas Portugueses do Tor des Géants com 332 km e 24.000 mD+, desde a primeira edição em 2010, é a seguinte:
13º - João Colaço………………...89:51 - 2014
19º - Armando Teixeira……….....93:31 - 2014
40º - Jorge Serrazina…………..110:40 - 2011
109º - João Faustino…………...127:33 - 2011
148º - Gonçalo Silva…………...143:11 - 2010
149º - Pedro Alves……………..143:11 - 2010
338º - Jorge Mimoso…………...143:26 - 2014
222º - Jorge Mimoso…………...144:59 - 2011
262º - Célia Azenha……………147:15 – 2011
19º - Armando Teixeira……….....93:31 - 2014
40º - Jorge Serrazina…………..110:40 - 2011
109º - João Faustino…………...127:33 - 2011
148º - Gonçalo Silva…………...143:11 - 2010
149º - Pedro Alves……………..143:11 - 2010
338º - Jorge Mimoso…………...143:26 - 2014
222º - Jorge Mimoso…………...144:59 - 2011
262º - Célia Azenha……………147:15 – 2011
Em 2012 devido à meteorologia e para garantir a
segurança, os últimos 30 km foram anulados (a partir de Saint-Rhemy en-Bosses
303 km).
217º - Jorge mimoso………..(Saint-Rhemy en-Bosses 303 km) 125:14 - 2012
312º - José Morgado………..(Saint-Rhemy en-Bosses 303 km) 133:43 – 2012
312º - José Morgado………..(Saint-Rhemy en-Bosses 303 km) 133:43 – 2012
Em 2015 devido à meteorologia e para garantir a segurança, a
prova foi cancelada quando se tinham cumprido oitenta e poucas horas de prova,
e apenas 6 atletas tinham cruzado a meta em Courmayeur. Todos os que
chegaram à base de vida de Gressoney (km 200) foram classificados.
109º - Miguel Pereira………(Valtournenche 236 km) 78:52 -
2015
288º - Diogo Simão………..(Gressoney 200 km) 81:44 - 2015
Tor des Géants 2015 - Ora aqui está uma corrida para velhos (rapazes da minha idade :)
Senão vejamos:
Top 1 - escalões:
V2 M - 1 (vencedor: 51 anos)
Top 3 - escalões:
SEN M - 1
V1 M - 1
V2 M - 1
Top 5 - escalões:
SEN M - 2
V1 M - 1
V2 M - 2
Top 10 - escalões:
SEN M - 6
V1 M - 2
V2 M - 2
Top 20 - escalões:
SEN F - 2
SEN M - 8
V1 M - 5
V2 M - 5
Nota:
SEN F < 40 anos
SEN M < 40 anos
V1 M > 40 anos
V2 M > 50 anos
Top 20 |
De seguida seguem
as notícias publicadas pela organização, no site da prova, e por ordem
cronológica com um flash-back (analepse) inicial para os resultados das duas edições
anteriores.
NOTÍCIAS
IKER KARRERA- KING OF THE TOR DES GÉANTS® 2013
Iker Karrera just entered into the exclusive circle of the
winners of the Tor des Géants®, the hardest endurance trail of the world.This
morning at 8.21, the Spanish runner has concluded his fantastic, 330 km long ,
solitary run, arriving at Courmayeur with the record
time of 70h 04’
15’’. Almost 6 hours less than Oscar Perez, who has won the edition of 2012
arriving at 13.56 then.
Second behind Karrera is actually Oscar
Perez who stopped
the chronometer at 70h e 29’, just 25 minutes after the
winner.Fantastic third place for the native athlete Franco
Collè, arriving at 10.22. Collè for a certain moment also was
in head of the competition.
Iker
Karrera celebrated in a very moderate way his victory, remembering with
tenderness and emotion the deceased Chinese runner Yuan Yang.He dedicated his
victory at his wife who had assisted him during the race.
FRANCO COLLÉ IS THE KING OF TOR DES GÉANTS 2014
Franco
Collé is the king of 2014 Tor : the Gressoney runner wins his first
Tor des Géants in 71h and 49 minutes!
Congrats!!!
"NIGHT BEFORE THE EXAM"
2 pm was
the time for the bibs given out, but, at the Forum Sport Centre of Dolonne
there was a (rapid and fluent) line from 12.30.
It was an intense afternoon, today: checks of compulsory materials that every runners has to take in his backpack, interviews with athletes and organizations from international tele- visions ( as the Japanese NHK), sponsors and, from 8 pm, the pasta party and the briefing where the final weather forecast are to be presented to the athletes.
It was an intense afternoon, today: checks of compulsory materials that every runners has to take in his backpack, interviews with athletes and organizations from international tele- visions ( as the Japanese NHK), sponsors and, from 8 pm, the pasta party and the briefing where the final weather forecast are to be presented to the athletes.
At 6, at
Jardin de l’Ange, took place a crowded ceremony for the given out of the bibs
to the Top Runner Athletes of this edition. Women first, as it should be:
Cecilia Mora, world trail running champion, Marina Plavan, 4th place last year
and, of course, Denise Zim- mermann ( Swiss, 3rd in 2014 and at the recent
UTMB) and Lisa Borzani ( 2nd in 2014). As for men, a big group of aficionados
such as Pablo Criado, Oscar Perez, Christophe Le Saux ( who has been on Tor podium)
and the Japanese Masahiro Ono, Schogo Mo- kizuchi and Lini Wataru (at his debut
at Tor but who won several international races). Then, big Irish name: Dan
Doherty and Eoin Keith. There is also a French: Patrick Bo- hard. He defined
Tor a “devil race”, but a lot of people think he is going to be the one who is
going to take the devil for the horn. It is one of the favorite, but, of
course, the race will decide. Last but not least, Matteo Pigoni and Gianluca
Galeati: they will be able to shine. And the, naturally, the beloved athletes
from Aosta Valley: Abele Blanc, Giancarlo Anno- vazzi, Giuseppe Grange and the
always strong Bruno Brunod.
SIXTH EDITION OF TOR JUST STARTED!
This
edition of Tor des Géants started at 10 am sharp, preceded, for the second year
in a row, from the colorful start of I Maratonabili.
Even if
it is raining, the race has no variations for now: if there will be any
different indications, they will be given to the runners at Rifugio Deffeyes.
PATRICK BOHARD AND SONIA LOCATELLI FIRST IN VALGRISENCHE
Luck is
with the brave. At least for now.
After a
start at 10 am under an heavy rain, low clouds and a not so bright weather in
sight, the 760 runners found in La Thuile, 17 km after, some rays of sun.
Clouds went high and so it was no trouble for the first runners to go up and
down from Col de la Crosatie; in fact, there was no need to go for plan B and
change the “normal” path of Tor.
At the
check point of La Thuile the first two withdrawals: bibs number 988 and 989. In
La Joux, just before going up to Deffeyes, Christophe Le Saux took the head of
the race, while Lisa Borzani was the first woman with no big effort. In the
next few km of up and down the head of the race experienced some changes.
In Valgrisenche, first life basis at 48,6 km from the start, among
a great number of people, Patrick Bohard was the first runner to check- in at
5.30 pm. Just the time to change clothes, with his assistance, in a scene that
seemed to be pretty common for them. Four minutes later, it was time for Gianluca
Galeati: smiling and quiet, he even found time for some short
interviews. In third place Dan Doherty,
three minutes later: without any assistance, he immediately managed to eat
something.Christophe Le Saux was in 4th position at 5.40 pm.
Bohard left Valgrisenche a at 5.41pm with Le Saux yelling and smiling: “
Patrick wait for me!”. The 51 years old from Au Chauffaud, Villers Le Lac, just
didn’t pay him attention and continued his long journey. It was then time for Pablo
Criado and Peter
Kienzl ( 27th in La Thuile). In 7th place,Matteo Pigoni, athlete from Lambrusco.
As far as women are concerned, up at Col de La Crosatie women were
close one to each other and in this posi- tions: Denise Zimmermann ( Swiss),
Sonia Locatelli and Lisa Borzani. Down at the life basis of Valgrisenche
something changed. In first position, with a huge support of the whole crowd, Sonia
Locatelli, at 6.32 pm. Denise Zimmermannfollowed
her six minutes later: a little bit tired in her legs, she said, due, maybe, to
the recent 3rd position in Utmb ( or maybe remembering that last year that leg
was bitten from a dog...thing that did not stop her to get the 3rd place in the
women ranking). Lisa Borzani,
from Padova, arrived quickly in 3rd position and went in for a brief rest at
6.42.
Pics: Patrick Bohard, first in the overall ranking, at his
entrance in Valgrisenche.
THE
RACE STARTED AGAIN WITH THE SUN
At 7am, with a mostly sunny day, the race started
again regularly after a 3 hour stop tonight in order to check the water of a
stream between Col Fenetre and Rhemes. The stream went dangerously big after
the heavy rain of the night, so the guides went up to create a safer way for
the runners.
The chief of the healthcare coordination
communicate that there has been no significant intervention.
The head of the race was already after that point
as they already reached Cogne and left it after a brief stop.
Today, as said, it is a sunny day so it should be a
warmer and drier race day. Time deadlines will be postponed to regain the three
hour stop of the night.
EAUX-ROUSSES E COL LOSON
We would
like to communicate to everyone who is following friends and relatives that Col
Loson is, from the beginning of the race and until the transit of the last
runner, controlled by 3 men of the State Forestry Corps and 2 Alpine Guide in
order to guarantee the safety of all the athletes.
Tor Organization would also like to thank the managers of Hotellerie Du Paradis ( Eaux - Rousses) that, tonight, gave the hall and some hotel rooms to guarantee a warm and dry place for the runners who were forced, for safety reason, to stop in Eaux Rousses. Eaux- Rousses refreshment points was, at that point, overcrowded and their nice gesture had been truly appreciated!
Tor Organization would also like to thank the managers of Hotellerie Du Paradis ( Eaux - Rousses) that, tonight, gave the hall and some hotel rooms to guarantee a warm and dry place for the runners who were forced, for safety reason, to stop in Eaux Rousses. Eaux- Rousses refreshment points was, at that point, overcrowded and their nice gesture had been truly appreciated!
TIME DEADLINES POSTPONED OF 3 HOURS
Time
deadlines, due to the 3 hours stop of last night, are postponed of 3 hours for
all the runners.
AN INTENSE MONDAY
First
runners already passed the half race and are going back running towards
Courmayeur; they are going to battle for the first place until Wednesday
morning.
In the
meantime the “heart” of the race is going down to Donnas, the most east part of
the path, while the last athletes are still dealing with the high pass of
Entrelor and Loson ( more than 3000 meters high, with their peak white with
snow).
On the
high passes last night there was a three hour stop of the race in order to
allow the alpine guide to reach a critical point, a stream with overbearing
water. In that time runners
(with the
exception of the head of the race who already passed that point before) were
forced to stop at the refreshments of Eaux Rousses on in the previous life
basis. This made refreshments points extremely crowded: a nice hotel manager
even opened up the hall and some rooms of his hotel in order to give a warm and
dry place to stay for the runners. Very much appreciated from runner and
organization, signature of the great involvement of the whole Aosta Valley.
This
three hours stop obviously led to the decision of postponing all the time
deadlines of three hours.
The race
started again at 7am allowing all the athletes to go up to Col Loson ( 3299
meters) where, since the beginning of the race, 3 State Forestry Corps and 2
Alpine Guide are looking after the safety of the runners. There were no big
injury or issues during this night, just some runner slipping because of the
fatigue or because of lack of concentration.
During
the day, a Portuguese runner was taken from Col Entrelor to the Aosta Hospital
with signs of hypothermia: he was checked-in as a white code, and his
conditions do not race concern.
In Cogne, Sonia Locatelli withdrew due to stomach pain. She left the
battle for the first place in the hand of the Swiss Zimmermann and the Italian
Borzani who are running almost at the same speed. Of course, the race is still
long.
Withdrawals
are around 50 now, mostly due to too much fatigue and cold of the highest
passes.
Race keep
going: an eye is still up to the sky for the uncertain weather condition.
Pics:
Stefano Jeantet
AN UNCERTAIN RACE FINISH
Tor lost today one of its main character, the Irish Dan
Doherty, who
withdrew on the path who went from Valtournenche to Rifugio Barmasse, around
the 240 km.
The withdrawal was due to a knee injury. The first in the ranking
is always Patrick Bohard:
no issues for him, he is just proceeding a little bit slower.
After him, Masahiro Ono ( Japan) and Oscar
Perez ( Spain) are speeding up and are gaining
positions. Perez himself two years ago did a huge recovery and arrived in
second position.
Between them and the first, Gianluca Galeati who is
now in a virtual third position on the podium when less then 100 km are left
for him to the finish line. The arrival of the first is expected around the
half morning of tomorrow: time of the race is around 2 hours more than last
year.
So, the
podium is still uncertain: this end of the race is gonna be breathtaking!
In the women ranking Denise Zimmermann is always leading, now 13th in the
overall ranking, followed from Lisa Borzani ( 20th overall) and then Marina Plavan.
Of course
everything can still change: previews are of little value in a race like that.
The weather forecast are talking about rain for tomorrow with snow above 2800
meters.
Luckily
just Col Malatrà is above this highness with its 2963 mt.
Security
men are already looking after Malatrà to make it safe for the arrival of the
runners if snow should come.
As far as
the other part of the race is concerned, no big issues a part from some natural
tiredness. Athletes seems to be for the most in great shape, sign of a good
physical and mental preparation to the race. The medical equipe did not have
much work today too: just two rescue on the paths for knee injuries or too much
fatigue. Everyone was seen and released, included the Portuguese runner that
two days ago had signs of hypothermia.
So,
everyone keep running. Eyes to the sky, eyes on the weather. As usual, on this
edition of Tor.
Foto:
PillowLab
EVERYONE IS ON HIS “WAY BACK”
All the athletes are now on the second half of the race, on their
“way back” to Courmayeur: Donnas life base was in fact closed this morning at
6am. The last part of the runners is going up towards Rifugio Coda and from
there down to Gressoney, while the first, Patrick Bohard,passed
Ollomont ( 283, 5 km) and Col Champion ( 2709 meters) before dealing with a
slope down to Saint Rhémy en Bosses. From there up to Malatrà ( 2936 meters),
the highest peak on the “way back” but also the last the big descended towards
Bonatti, Val Veny and finally Courmayeur.
Denise Zimmermann left Rifugio Cuney ( 256,7 km) at 8.40, first
woman in the ranking.
It rains
on the paths, but the snow did not come fon now.
The
highest peak is already under the control of the Organization. Last night,
quite a bunch of withdrawal due to cold, humidity and tiredness.
The race
keeps going even if, of course, slower than the last years.
Foto: Stefano Jeantet
TOR 2015 PODIUM!
Patrick Bohard, 51 years old from Villers Le Lac ( Le Jura)
is the winner of Tor des Géants 2015 with the time of 80 hours and 20 minutes,
almost a record, if you match it with the hostile weather.
The French athlete was among the protagonists of Tor 2013, when he
finished the race in 5th position with a time of 78h47m after a beginning of
the race that he defined “a catastrophe”.
This year he run with more attention to alimentation and with a strategy that
was to do the first part of the race with more cau- tions and give it all in
the second part. This is more or less what happened during his Tor, even if, of
course, the bad weather changed his plan a bit.
Patrick was in Aosta Valley in July to train on the path between
Courmayeur and Donnas and in August for the part between Donnas and Courmayeur.
“I came mostly to get used to the high quote; in Jura, where I live, peaks do not go higher than 1700 meter. Tor des Géants, instead, is 100% mountain.” Bohard, anyway, trained all year long on the Jura, including a cross-country ski performance of 272 km in 22 hours.
“I came mostly to get used to the high quote; in Jura, where I live, peaks do not go higher than 1700 meter. Tor des Géants, instead, is 100% mountain.” Bohard, anyway, trained all year long on the Jura, including a cross-country ski performance of 272 km in 22 hours.
This
French athlete, who for a living is a Hotel Manager and who started run- ning
just in 2008 ( thing that teaches that there is no need to be young to arrive
to big achievement), arrived at the finish line tired but happy. Not a big
talker in general, he was not at the finish line either. Great was the
commotion and the thanks to the whole Aosta Valley which supported him all along
the race.
Second position for Gianluca Galeati,
born in 1983, member of Team Tecnica and coming from San Pietro Terme (
Bologna) He started running 7 years ago, passing briefly from the road to the
paths. In the big international races, such as 2013 Utmb, he has always been in
the first positions among the Italians. At Tor he already was 7th last year,
position that he definitely improved this year arri- ving just 24 minutes after
the winner. It looks like a lot, but it is a very small di- stance in a 330 km
race.
For a
living, he is a quality controller: here, he showed all his own quality. At the
finish line a very special dedication to his next coming daughter and a big
thanks to the organization and the volunteers that helped him realize a dream
in truly hard conditions. To welcome him, his companion and Franco Collè, win-
ner last year, who seemed to be even more moved than his “colleague” in the
race.
On the third place of the podium another French, Christophe
Le Saux, welcomed with huge applauses, with a total time of 81
hours and 19 minutes. The French runner is almost home here: he trains on this
paths, he takes part in lot of races around the Mont Blanc and he was on Tor
podium 4 times.
The three
can now finally rest, but the road is still very long for all the other
Giants!
RACE IS SUSPENDED
The race is temporarily suspended due to bad weather conditions.
RACE IS STILL SUSPENDED
Race is still suspended due to poor visibility on some part of The paths.
THE RACE IS CANCELLED
The race has been cancelled at 8.30 am: the weather forecasts are still prohibitive and they are gonna get worst during the day.
The priority is and it is always been the safety of the runners. The race direction is organizing transfer to get everyone back to Courmayeur or to allow them to reach their own transfers.
An official ranking will be drafted anyway, based on the timing of the runners in the last check point they passed through. There will be an award giving ceremony, probably on Saturday: more information about that later, now the focus is to get every athletes to Courmayeur.
VíDEO:
TOR DES GEANTS 2015 - Daily HighLights
"Focus Tor"
Montura: Obiettivo TDG
Ferrino Real Tor @ Tor des Geants 2015
Tor des Géants 2015
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Fantástica reportagem!
ResponderEliminarObrigado meu amor!
EliminarBem, extraordinário!
ResponderEliminarTudo, desde os que se propõem a fazer esta corrida, bem como os locais da mesma.
E a reportagem também está muito boa.
Eu aqui a pensar se conseguirei fazer MIUT e depois vejo um senhor com 51anos a ganhar uma prova de 330 em 80 horas! :)