Roux and Bon Mardion win the Marmotta Trophy

Under picture-perfect conditions with blue skies and pleasant spring-like temperatures, a record number of 350 athletes registered for the “Marmotta”. Ultimately, almost 300 athletes tackled the difficult, technically demanding route. And like last year, it was the top athletes from the ISMF World Cup who started the race first, followed by the numerous participants in the FISI race.

In the men's category, William Bon Mardion won ahead of last year's winner Killian Jornet Burgada from Spain. In the women's category, places one and two also went to France and Spain: Letizia Roux won ahead of Mireia Miro' Varela. The French triumph was completed by Matheo Jaquemoud, third in the absolute ranking and first in the Espoir special ranking. In addition to the elite class, youth categories also took part in the “Marmotta”, for which it was also the last World Cup stage. There was a German victory in the juniors with Anton Palzer, who relegated the Italian Nadir Maguet to second place, more than 4 minutes behind, and once again demonstrated why he is considered one of the greatest young talents in ski mountaineering. In the junior category, first place went to Jennifer Fiechter from Switzerland. One category lower, among the younger Cadets, there were two Swiss victories with Thomas Corthay and Alba De Silvestro.

In the women's race there was a neck-and-neck race from the start between Letizia Roux and Mireia Mirò Varela. While the latter repeatedly set the pace on the climbs and put Roux under pressure, she was unable to follow her on the descents due to a knee injury and ultimately had to settle for second place. Behind them were two Italians, Francesca Martinelli and Roberta Pedranzini. They competed in the entire competition as a “couple” and in the final sprint Pedranzini was able to win by the narrowest of margins and secure a place on the podium.

William Bon Mardion wins the men's event

As expected, the most exciting decision came in the men's World Cup. The entire world elite was at the start and there were several contenders for victory. Above all, of course, Killian Jornet Burgada, last year's winner and World Cup leader. But the South Tyrolean Manfred Reichegger, William Bon Mardion from France and the Italian Lorenzo Holzknecht Pietro Lanfranchi were also considered hot candidates for the day's victory in advance. From the start, the Spaniard and the Frenchman took the lead and it was clear that none of the other favorites could keep up with their pace. They kept taking turns at the top. While Bon Mardion was faster on the descents, the former extreme runner Burgada was always ahead on the climbs, especially in the carrying sections. He was the first to go into the long final descent, but was immediately overtaken by former alpine skier Bon Mardion. He finally came out of the last descent with a lead of 22 seconds and was the first to cross the finish line after the last, short climb. There was a duel for third place between Manfred Reichegger from Ahrntal and the Frenchman Jaquemoud, who ended up a few seconds ahead of the South Tyrolean. Behind them were three “Azzurri”: Holzknecht, Lanfranchi and Antonioli.

In the separately rated FISI race, Alessandro Follador was able to secure the day's victory with a very good time. He would have finished in an excellent 12th place in the World Cup. Ivo Zulian and Davide Galizzi placed behind him.

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Roux and Bon Mardion win the Marmotta Trophy

The absolute world leaders in this fascinating sport took part in the Ski Touring World Cup in Martell today. At the 5th Marmotta Trophy there were exciting competitions and many happy faces on the French team.

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