New Ultra Race Series Links Together 10 Races On 5 Continents
Press Release
January 16, 2014
The Vibram® Hong Kong 100 is openning the 2014 Ultra-Trail® World Tour
10 races, 5 continents, 150 world elites… the 2014 Ultra-Trail® World Tour is grouping together all superlatives to offer at everybody a world tour of the most famous races into the wild. The start of this new circuit will be done this week-end in China during the 4th Vibram® Hong Kong 100.
By their specificities, the races of the Ultra-Trail ® World Tour show the diversity of the trail running. Their sport formats require participants have a real capacity of adaptation. They must have various qualities for the win!
Although fundamentally different, the races of this World Tour share the same values??????, they are proud to promote. Ethics, sporting fairness, respect (of oneself, others, the environment …)
Join in the Ultra-Trail ® World Tour will allow everyone to discover cultural and sporting characteristics. All continents will be visited: Africa, America, Asia, Europe, Oceania. Provide opportunities to enrich its sporting culture, create new friendships and live on emotions, and to be “finisher” of all events, one day!
WORLD ELITES
For this first edition, 150 world elites were contacted by the # UTWT to take part in this great adventure!
With the combined efforts of the organizers of the 10 races of the 2014 #UTWT and the organization: 40 plane tickets, 60 rooms and more than 100 bibs will be assigned to 50 women and 100 men who represent the world elite of XL format trail running (ranking based on the performance index ITRA – www.i-tra.org);
The Vibram® Hong Kong 100, first step of the 2014 #UTWT, brings together the elite athletes very promising :
– Jez Bragg, UK
– Dave Mackey, USA
– Yun Yan-Giao, China
– Shunsuke Okunomiya, Japan
– Antoine Guillon, France
– Yang Jiagen, China
– Jeremy Ritcey, Hong Kong
– Vincent Delebarre, France
– Ram Kumar Khatri, Népal
– Dave James, USA
– Cyril Cointre, France
– Christophe Le Saux, France
– Stone Tsang, Hong Kong
– Nerea Martinez Uruzzola, Spain
– Claire Price, UK
– Lizzy Hawker, UK
– Nora Senn, Hong Kong
– Francesca Canepa, Italy
– Olya Korzh, Hong Kong
– Chow Pui-yan, Hong Kong
RACES
Vibram® Hong Kong 100 Place: Hong Kong, China Year of creation: 2011 Web: www.vibramhk100.com/ Contact: Janet Ng – hk100janet@gmail.com |
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The North Face® Transgrancanaria Place: Las Palmas, Grande Canarie Island (Spain) Year of creation: 2003 Web: www.transgrancanaria.net Contact: Fernando González Díaz – info@transgrancanaria.net |
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Vibram® Tarawera 100km Ultramarathon Place: Bay of Plenty, North Island (New-Zealand) Year of creation: 2009 Web: www.taraweraultra.com.nz Contact: Paul Charteris – pcharteris@gmail.com |
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Marathon des Sables Place: South Sahara (Marocco) Year of creation: 1985 Web: www.marathondessables.com Contact: Patrick Bauer – news@marathondessables.com |
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Ultra-Trail Mt.Fuji® Place: Yamanashi, Chubu (Japan) Year of creation: 2012 Web: www.ultratrailmtfuji.com Contact: Tsutomu MIURA – info@ultratrailmtfuji.com |
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The North Face® 100 Australia Place: Katoomba, Blue Mountains (Australia) Year of creation: 2008 Web: www.thenorthface100.com.au |
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The North Face® Lavaredo Ultra Trail Place: Cortina d’Ampezzo, Dolomites (Italy) Year of creation: 2007 Web: www.ultratrail.it Contact: Cristina Murgia – cris@ultratrail.it |
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The Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run Place: Squaw Valley, California (USA) Year of creation: 1973 Web: www.wser.org Contact : Craig Thornley – rdthornley@gmail.com |
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The North Face® Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc® Place: Chamonix Mont-Blanc (France, Italy, Switzerland) Year of creation: 2003 Web: www.ultratrailmb.com Contact: Catherine Poletti – catherine.poletti@autmb.com |
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La Diagonale des Fous Place : La Réunion Island (France) Year of creation: 1994 Web: www.grandraid-reunion.com Contact: Robert Chicaud |