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Transvulcania 2016

Au programme un Ultra Marathon long de 74km avec 4300m de denivelé positif et plus ou moins la même chose en descente.

1800 concurrents, le maximum autorisé, prendront le départ samedi sur l'Ile de La Palma.

La Transvulcania c'est aussi un Trail Marathon, un Trail semi-marathon et un Kilomètre Vertical qui ouvrira les hostilités jeudi 5 mai avec 7.6km de course et 1200m de dénivelé positif.

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Un plateau royal

Transvulcania Naviera Armas Ultramarathon

  • Luis Alberto Hernando (Spain, winner in 2014 and 2015)
  • Miguel Heras (Spain, winner in 2010 and 2011)
  • Xavier Thévenard (France, double UTMB winner in 2013 and 2015)
  • Sylvain Court (France, IAU World Trail Champion 2015, pictured)
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  • Andy Symonds (UK, runner-up in2012)
  • Sage Canaday (USA, 3rd in 2014 and 2013)
  • Dani García (Spain, runner-up in 2015)
  • Stephan Hugenschmidt (Germany, 5th in 2014)
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  • Dimitris Theodorokakos (Greece, 6th in 2015)
  • Cristofer Clemente (Spain, 9th in 2013 and 7th in 2015)
  • Yeray Durán (Spain, 13th in 2013)
  • Zaid Ait Malek (Morocco, 2nd Ultra Pirineu 2015)
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  • Pau Bartoló (Spain, winner of TDS 2015)
  • Julien Coudert (France, 9th in Transvulcania 2015)
  • Benoît Cori (France, winner of the Grand Trail des Templiers 2015)
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  • Other prime international runners to watch: 
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  • Sylvain Perrin and Aurelien Collet (France), Fulvio Dapit and Marco Zanchi (Italy), Marcin Swierc and Pawel Dybek (Poland), Remigio Huamán (Perú), Ricky Lightfoot (United Kingdom),
  • Pablo Ureta (Argentina), Vlad Ixel (Australia), Jan Bartas (Czech Republic), Nuno Silva (Portugal) and Florian Reichert (Alemania).

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Transvulcania Naviera Armas Ultramarathon, Dames

  • Anna Frost (New Zealand, winner, 2012 and 2014)
  • Anna Comet (Spain, runner-up in 2015)
  • Uxue Fraile (Spain, two-time 3rd, in 2014 and 2013)
  • Magdalena Laczak (Poland, 5th in 2015)
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  • Anne-Lise Rousset (France, 5th in 2014)
  • Kristina Pattison (USA, 6th in 2015)
  • Jodee Adams-Moore (USA, 6th in 2014).
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  • Other prime international runners to watch: Gemma Arenas (Spain), Adriana Vargas (Argentina), Ester Alves (Portugal), Ida Nilsson (Sweden), Juliette Benedicto (France) and Anna Mae Flynn (USA).

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Transvulcania H10 Hotels Marathon

  • Esteban García (Spain, winner in 2014)
  • Danilson Pereira (Spain, winner in 2015)
  • Manuel Merillas (Spain, 6th in the 2014 Ultramarathon)
  • Francisco José Rodríguez de Paz (runner-up in 2014)
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  • Other men bibs to watch: Domingo Juárez (Spain)
  • Other women bibs to watch: Oihana Kortazar (Spain, 3rd at Zegama-Aizkorri 2015) and Irene Fuertes (Spain, winner of Maratón del Meridiano 2016 26K).

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Half Marathon and Transvulcania Binter Vertical Kilometer

  • Saúl Padua (Colombia, winner of the KM Vertical du Mont Blanc 2013)
  • Jan Margarit (Spain, 3rd at Nit del Pirineu 2015)
  • Top local entrants:  José Manuel León, Alex Rodríguez Tynninen and Diego Gómez Simón.

Half Marathon and Transvulcania Binter Vertical Kilometer , Dames

  • Paula Cabrerizo (Spain, winner of the KM Vertical du Mont Blanc 2015)
  • Azara García (Spain, twice runner up of the Transvulcania Binter VK in 2015 and 2014)

Transvulcania Binter Vertical Kilometer 

  • Ferran Teixidó (Andorra, 3rd at the ISF Vertical World Series)
  • James Ouchterlony (United Kingdom, 3rd in 2015)
  • Arley Luque (Spain, 10th en 2015).