Red Bull X-Alps 2017, the countdown has begun

For the first time ever a turnpoint on Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia. But also, and perhaps above all, for the first time Switzerland is bypassed almost completely… it’s worth noting that this is where the four-times winner, incredible Christian Maurer, comes from. These are only two of the most important novelties of Red Bull X-Alps, the competition that every two years crosses the Alps by paraglider or on foot. All the way from Salzburg in Austria to a tiny raft off the coast of the Principality of Monaco

Ever since 2003 when the first edition took place this competition has emerged into the world’s toughest adventure race, and once again the challenge that lies in store for the 32 athletes in enormous. Take, for instance, the fact that the route is new and also the longest it’s ever been: 1,138 km in a straight line. In 2005 Maurer won after 8 days, 4 hours and 37 minutes of flying and… running. A gruelling battle, worth watching as it unfolds minute by minute. Stay tuned!

Past winners
2015 1. Christian Maurer (SUI) 2. Sebastian Huber (GER) 3. Paul Guschlbauer (AUT)
2013 1. Christian Maurer (SUI) 2. Clément Latour (FRA) 3. Antoine Girard (FRA)
2011 1. Christian Maurer (SUI) 2. Toma Coconea (ROM) 3. Paul Guschlbauer (AUT)
2009 1. Christian Maurer (SUI) 2. Alex Hofer (SUI) 3. Honza Rejmanek (USA)
2007 1. Alex Hofer (SUI) 2. Toma Coconea (ROM) 3. Martin Müller (SUI)
2005 1. Alex Hofer (SUI) 2. Urs Lötscher (SUI) 3. Kaspar Henny (SUI)
2003 1. Kaspar Henny (SUI) 2. David Dagault (FRA) 3. Stefan Bocks (GER)

Athletes 2017
ARG Claudio Heidel Schemberger
AUS Che Golus
AUT1 Paul Guschlbauer
AUT2 Stephan Gruber
AUT3 Pascal Purin
AUT4 Simon Oberrauner
BEL Tom de Dorlodot
CAN Richard Brezina
CZE Stanislav Mayer
ESP Jose Ignacio Arevalo Guede
FRA1 Antoine Gerard
FRA2 Gaspard Petiot
FRA3 Nelson de Freyman
FRA4 Benoit Outters
GER1 Sebastian Huber
GER2 Manuel Nübel
HUN Pál Takáts
ITA1 Aaron Durogati
ITA2 Tobias Grossrubatscher
KOR Chikyong Ha
MEX David Liano Gonzalez
NLD Ferdinand van Schelven
NZL Nick Neynens
POL Michal Gierlach
ROU Toma Coconea
RSA Duncan Kotze
RUS Evgenii Griaznov
SUI1 Christian Maurer
SUI2 Krischa Berlinger
USA1 Gavin McClurg
USA2 Jesse Williams
USA3 Mitch Riley