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Wikipedia / Mountain Attack

The "Mountain Attack" is an annual Austrian ski mountaineering competition, carried out near Saalbach since 1999.

The competition is separated in a short distance and a long distance course, each offered for a female and a male racer class. There is a separate ranking of racers, older than 45 years. The marathon track passes six summits, and includes an altitude difference of 3,000 meters for the total ascent and for skiing down.

Best marathon racers

(since 2004: "Mountain Man")

year

participant

country

total time(h:min:sec)

1999

Omar Oprandi

Italy

3:05:39

2000

Fabio Meraldi

Italy

2:59:51

2001

Luciano Fontana

Italy

2:57:35

2002

Mirco Mezzanotte

Italy

2:52:01.0

2003

Martin Hornegger

Austria

2:45:05.0

2004

Andreas Ringhofer

Austria

2:40:28

2005

Andreas Ringhofer

Austria

2:39:42

2006

Guido Giacomelli

Italy

2:27:36.7

2007

Guido Giacomelli

Italy

2:32:00.0

2008

Andreas Ringhofer

Austria

2:30:51.7

2009

Guido Giacomelli

Italy

2:32:06.9

2010

Konrad Lex

Germany

2:36:27.0

2011

Kílian Jornet Burgada

Spain

2:33:32.0

2012

Kílian Jornet Burgada

Spain

2:17:14.22

Best female racer was Simone Hornegger from 2002 to 2006 (in a row), and from 2007 to 2009 Francesca Martinelli won the race in series. In 2010, Michaela Eßl placed first, in 2011 Mireia Miró Varela, and in 2012 Michaela Eßl once again.

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