France’s François D’Haene, renowned ultrarunner and four-time UTMB champion, claimed his first-ever victory on Wednesday at the 330km Tor des Géants (TOR330) in the Italian Alps. The demanding course, boasting 24,000 metres of elevation gain over 200 miles, was tough enough—but D’Haene also faced an unexpected challenge. About 250km into the race, he was hit with a handwritten accusation of cheating from Switzerland’s Martin Perrier, the eventual third-place finisher...
As per D’Haene’s social media, he received a threat in the middle of the race from Perrier, who at the time was in sixth place. “To our great surprise, François was handed a threatening handwritten letter on the way to the race,” the post, shared to De’Haene’s Instagram stories, read. The accusatory note by Perrier read: “I have proof that you have pacers. If you don’t quit by midnight, I’ll release photos proving it..”.
Ultra experts, did Perrier ever released the photos? What do you all think of them?
PS. Speaking of cheating. Did the other UTMB champ Kilian Jornet lie on that Everest thing a few years ago or not?
