{"id":658,"date":"2024-06-16T10:18:47","date_gmt":"2024-06-16T10:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monterosaskymarathon.com\/whatever-the-weather-theres-no-stopping-the-monte-rosa-skymarathon-with-athletes-from-five-continents-competing\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T11:53:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T11:53:14","slug":"whatever-the-weather-theres-no-stopping-the-monte-rosa-skymarathon-with-athletes-from-five-continents-competing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monterosaskymarathon.com\/en\/whatever-the-weather-theres-no-stopping-the-monte-rosa-skymarathon-with-athletes-from-five-continents-competing\/","title":{"rendered":"Whatever the weather, there\u2019s no stopping the Monte Rosa SkyMarathon with athletes from five continents competing"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5284\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5284\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5284 size-full\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monterosaskymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1290\" height=\"860\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5284\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Today&#8217;s epic Monte Rosa SkyMarathon featuring blue skies and deep snow. \u00a9 iancorless.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">With a day\u2019s postponement due to bad weather, today\u2019s <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Monte Rosa SkyMarathon<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> &#8211; <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Europe\u2019s highest race<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> \u2013 paid off with blue skies, but knee-deep snow&#8230;cold and wind in <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Alagna Valsesia<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">, <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Piedmont, Italy<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>As usual, the athletes raced in pairs of two, roped together for safety over the snowline where <strong>174 teams<\/strong> from across the world took part in the <strong>35 km long <\/strong>race with a massive <strong>7,000m vertical climb<\/strong>. However, conditions were not the best for new records although <strong>Italians William Boffelli<\/strong> and <strong>Tadei Pivk<\/strong> who set the ascent and round-trip records last year, took the win again, crushing the competition. The women\u2019s winners were also <strong>Italian<\/strong>, <strong>Martina Valmassoi<\/strong> and <strong>Giuditta Turini<\/strong>, who placed an incredible <strong>eighth overall<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5278\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5278\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5278\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monterosaskymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Boffelli-Pivk.-\u00a9iancorless.com_-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1290\" height=\"860\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5278\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A second win for Italians Tadei Pivk and William Boffelli. \u00a9 iancorless.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u201c<\/span><em style=\"font-size: 16px;\">We felt great and really enjoyed the race,\u201d <\/em><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">commented Boffelli. \u201c<\/span><em style=\"font-size: 16px;\">The snow conditions were perfect on the lower part, but as soon as we passed the couloir, we understood we couldn\u2019t push as the snow was too soft. When it became clear we couldn\u2019t get the record, we just ran to enjoy this perfect day.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>I have to admit William was too strong today\u201d <\/em>Pivk confessed.<em> \u201cI had a hard time keeping his pace after the couloir. He was pushing and I was following all the time. That\u2019s maybe the reason I didn\u2019t feel the cold or wind &#8211; too tired!\u201d <\/em>\u00a0The duo closed in <strong>4h41\u201923\u201d<\/strong>, twelve minutes over last year\u2019s record time and <strong>29 minutes ahead<\/strong> of the second team, <strong>Italians Daniel Antonioli<\/strong> and <strong>Lorenzo Rota Martir<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThis race is always amazing,\u201d <\/em>said Antonioli. \u201c<em>I thought we were in for a good battle with Tadei and William, but they were too strong today. We just kept our pace, knowing we couldn\u2019t win, but I\u2019m sure Lorenzo will be a contender for the victory soon!\u201d<\/em> Taking up Antonioli\u2019s prediction, Rota Martir commented, <em>\u201cToday I never felt 100%, so I want to come back and give it my everything and see what can happen when I\u2019m feeling OK!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5276\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5276\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5276 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monterosaskymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Antonioli-Rota-Martir.-\u00a9iancorless.com_-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1290\" height=\"860\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5276\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Italians Lorenzo Rota Martir and Daniel Antonioli.managed to hold on to second place in the face of strong competition. \u00a9 iancorless.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Third was the <strong>Italo\/Swiss team<\/strong> comprising <strong>Edoardo Albrighi <\/strong>and <strong>Roberto Delorenzi<\/strong>. Delorenzi, <strong>Skyrunning World Champion<\/strong> and <strong>Skyrunner\u00ae World Series<\/strong> <strong>ranking leader<\/strong>, was fresh from his win the previous day in the <strong>AMA VK2 <\/strong>double Vertical Kilometer\u00ae but had enough power in his legs to push and clinch the podium from a 12<sup>th<\/sup> position at the half-way point, fourth at the summit and third at the finish line.<\/p>\n<p>In the women\u2019s race everything was clear from the start. Italians <strong>Martina Valmassoi<\/strong> and <strong>Giuditta Turini<\/strong> had an eight-minute margin halfway up the course over <strong>American<\/strong> <strong>Hillary Gerardi<\/strong> and <strong>Italian Marina Cugnetto<\/strong>, and last-minute entries, <strong>Dimitra Theocharis<\/strong> and<strong> Iris Pessey<\/strong> who battled until Colle del Lys at 4,200m altitude, where Gerardi-Cugnetto were able to push and distance the Greek-French duo.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5269\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5269\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monterosaskymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Turini-Valmassoi.-\u00a9iancorless.com_-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1290\" height=\"860\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5269\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The winning women&#8217;s team, Italians Martina Valmassoi and Giuditta Turini pushing on the ascent. \u00a9iancorless.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>\u201cI won here in 2018 with Holly Page,\u201d <\/em>said Gerardi. \u201c<em>I always love to come back because it\u2019s a great race, it\u2019s exactly what I love and what I do in my free time, that is, start at the base in the valley and go up the mountain and back \u2013 pure skyrunning.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cOne of the things that I love is that you can really tell that it\u2019s something that\u2019s appreciated by the locals. When we were up on the glacier there were literally thousands of people up there, spectators, alpinists, skiers \u2013 everyone was warm, encouraging and cheering.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt was a great experience to run with Marina [Cugnetto] who had a hard time at the beginning of the race but she\u2019s tough as nails and I think she actually felt better the higher we got. It was so cool to share it with her as a partner of the SCARPA team. When we think about the brand and its values and being main sponsor here, it all fits perfectly.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5267\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5267\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5267 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monterosaskymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Gerardi-Cugnetto.-\u00a9iancorless.com_-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1290\" height=\"860\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5267\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">American Hillary Gerardi and Italian Marina Cugnetto nearing the 4,554m summit, took an excellent second. \u00a9iancorless.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The concomitant <strong>Monte Rosa Vertical<\/strong>, <strong>5 km long <\/strong>with<strong> 1,150m vertical climb<\/strong> wasn\u2019t short of excitement, with <strong>Italian Andrea Rostan<\/strong> and <strong>New Zealander Sophie Grant<\/strong> conquering the victory. Rostan set the new race record in <strong>46\u201951\u201d<\/strong>, slicing 9\u2019 off the previous one.<\/p>\n<p>Summing up the weekend\u2019s events, <strong>544 athletes<\/strong> from <strong>27 countries<\/strong> across <strong>five continents <\/strong>took part, underlining the ever-increasing popularity of this event \u2013 the birthplace of skyrunning and Europe\u2019s highest race.<\/p>\n<p>The events are supported by <strong>Monterosa 2000,<\/strong> <strong>MICO, Guidi, SCARPA, WeRoad, Nortec<\/strong>,<strong> La Piemontina, <\/strong>and<strong> Institutional Partners: Piedmont Region, Vercelli Province, <\/strong>the<strong> Alagna Valsesia <\/strong>and <strong>Gressoney la Trinit\u00e9 Councils <\/strong>and<strong> Consorzio Turistico Walser Monte Rosa Valsesia<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5303\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5303\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5303 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monterosaskymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Sophie-Grant-NZL.-\u00a9Damiano-Benedetto-Photo-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1290\" height=\"860\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5303\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">All the way from New Zealand, Sophie Grant takes the Monte Rosa Vertical win. \u00a9Damiano Benedetto Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Monte Rosa SkyMarathon results<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Men<br \/>\n<\/strong>1. William Boffelli (ITA) \u2013 Tadei Pivk (ITA) 4h41\u201923\u201d<br \/>\n2. Daniel Antonioli (ITA) \u2013 Lorenzo Rota Martir (ITA) 5h10\u201959\u201d<br \/>\n3. Roberto Delorenzi (SUI) \u2013 Edoardo Albrighi (ITA) 5h38\u201906\u201d<br \/>\n4. Robert Oberhollenzer (ITA) \u2013 Stefan Ungericht (ITA) 5h40\u201942\u201d<br \/>\n5. Andy Symonds (GBR) \u2013 Gautier Airiau (FRA) 5h48\u201930<\/p>\n<p><strong>Women<br \/>\n<\/strong>1. Giuditta Turini (ITA) \u2013 Martina Valmassoi (ITA) 6h13\u201901\u201d<br \/>\n2. Hillary Gerardi (USA) \u2013 Marina Cugnetto (ITA) 6h37\u201909\u201d<br \/>\n3. Iris Pessey (FRA) \u2013 Dimitra Theocharis (GRE) 7h16\u201942\u201d<br \/>\n4. Giulia Zanovello (ITA) \u2013 Karin Bieler (ITA) 7h28\u201920\u201d<br \/>\n5. No\u00e9mie Grandjean (FRA) \u2013 Camilla Calosso (ITA) 7h39\u201951\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/trailive.wedosport.net\/it\/monte-rosa-skymarathon-ama-2024\/monte-rosa-skymarathon-ama\/classifica\">Race results<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Monte Rosa Vertical results<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Men<br \/>\n<\/strong>1. Andrea Rostan (ITA) 46\u201951\u201d<br \/>\n2. Mattia Bertoncini (ITA) 50\u201931\u201d<br \/>\n3. Alessandro Civitiello (ITA) 56\u201937\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Women<br \/>\n<\/strong>1. Sophie Grant (NZL) 1h08\u201934\u201d<br \/>\n2. Clara Defilippi (ITA) 1h10\u201939\u201d<br \/>\n3. Greta Banfi (ITA) 1h12\u201936\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wedosport.net\/vedi_classifica.cfm?gara=56199\">Race results<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With a day\u2019s postponement due to bad weather, today\u2019s Monte Rosa SkyMarathon &#8211; Europe\u2019s highest race \u2013 paid off with blue skies, but knee-deep snow&#8230;cold and wind in Alagna Valsesia, Piedmont, Italy. 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