UTMB _ 2023 Results

UTMB® _ 2023 Results: spotlight on the Cimalp team!

Every year, the UTMB® draws trail runners and trail women from around the world. High-profile names from the trail running scene — Zach Miller, Jim Wamsley, Courtney Dauwalter and Matthieu Blanchard — generate excitement well before the event even begins. Five athletes from the discreet but high-performance Cimalp Trail Team were in the mix, delivering exceptional times. UTMB®, 2023 results. During Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc week, the gun fires across several race formats:

• L'UTMB®: 171 km, 10,000 m D+
• La CCC®: 101 km, 6,100 m D+
• La TDS®: 145 km, 9,176 m D+
• L'OCC: 56 km, 3,500 m D+
• La MCC: 40 km, 2,300 m D+
• L'ETC: 15 km, 1,300 m D+
• La YCC: a challenge dedicated to young runners

The best-known being the first four on the list.

The global elite's quest for supremacy at the UTMB

The Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (UTMB) 2023 was an extraordinary spectacle as the world's trail elite gathered for an unprecedented competition. This race is the holy grail of the ultra-trail world. The 2023 UTMB winners are:

1. Jim Wamsley
2. Zach Miller
3. Germain Grangier

From the Cimalp Trail Team, ultra-trail runner Bastien Fleury among the 2023 UTMB favourites, on his first UTMB, delivered a superb performance! The Chamonix native, accustomed to high summits, had set himself the goal of completing the 171 km and 10,000 m D+ in under 24 hours — and he did exactly that in 23h47m43s.

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On the women's side at the UTMB, the 2023 results were equally extraordinary. American Courtney Dauwalter captured the spotlight, making trail history with a historic treble: first place at WSER (Western States Endurance Run), the Hardrock 100 and the UTMB!

1. Courtney Dauwalter
2. Katharina HARTMUTH
3. Blandine L'Hirondel

The TDS podium — a race every bit as demanding as the UTMB!

In 2023, the TDS, also known as "Sur les Traces des Ducs de Savoie", saw three exceptional women cross the finish line!

1. Maryline Nakache from the Cimalp team completed the 145 km and 9,176 m D+ in 23h37m57s. She had previously won the Harricana Trail 2022 and the Marathon Des Sables 2023 as first woman.
2. Fiona Porte: originally from the Drôme, she won the Lavaredo Ultra-Trail 2023
3. Flavie Bruyneel, also from the Cimalp Team, finished in 24h26m14s. This performance exceeded all expectations for the quietly determined young trail runner — a name that won't be forgotten any time soon.

A women's double for the Cimalp Trail Team on the demanding TDS at UTMB®! ©Cimalp

The Cimalp team athletes, on the rise!

Thanks to its incredible athletes, the French outdoor brand Cimalp, based in the Drôme, is making an ever greater mark in the world of trail. Other Cimalp trail runners who stood out during the epic week at the world summit of trail:

• Cimalp team manager Florian Olivier, on his second UTMB start, completed this outstanding race in the Top 100 in 27h20m34s (84th overall — 13th in his category), nearly 1h30 faster than in 2017 (107th place — 29h)!
• Christophe Anselmo, a determined runner on the TDS, finished in the Top 30 — holding his position among a high-calibre field and crossing the finish line in 23h54m40s!
• The remarkable Rémy Brassac on the CCC (100 km and 6,156 m D+ from Courmayeur-Champex-Chamonix) finished 14th in 11h33m43s (2nd in his category). His finish was one of the most memorable and moving of the event...

  These athletes went up against the elite from every corner of the globe. Impressive progress towards the summits for the athletes of a team on the rise. Cimalp, at the world summit of ultra-trail. And this is just the beginning!