All eyes are on the Ultra Trail Mont Blanc 2017 this weekend with some of the best runners in the world duking it out on the mountainous loop around Chamonix in France. The race begins at 6:30 p.m. local time (12:30 p.m. EDT) on Sept. 1, with 2,300 runners taking part.
The event features several races throughout the week :
- UTMB: Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (166 km +9,600 m)
- CCC: Courmayeur – Champex – Chamonix (101 km +6,100 m)
- TDS: Sur les Traces des Ducs de Savoie (119 km +7,250 m)
- OCC: Orsières – Champex – Chamonix (53 km +3,300 m)
- PTL: La Petite Trotte à Léon (approx. 300 km +28,000 m)
François D’Haene leads the men and Nuria Picas leads the women at the 13.5 hour point.
These are the current leading positions only for the UTMB. For details of actual position on the course, click on the Live Tracking link below.
| Pos | Name Men | Ctry | Time |
| 1 | François D’HAENE | FRA | 13:24:20 |
| 2 | Kilian JORNET BURGADA | ESP | 13:33:52 |
| 3 | Jim WALMSLEY | USA | 13:55:02 |
| 4 | Tim TOLLEFSON | USA | 13:22:57 |
| 5 | Dylan BOWMAN | USA | 13:30:16 |
| 6 | Pau CAPELL | ESP | 13:37:57 |
| 7 | Xavier THEVENARD | FRA | 13:38:47 |
| 8 | Zach MILLER | USA | 13:51:07 |
| 9 | Gediminas GRINIUS | LTU | 13:24:45 |
| 10 | Miguel Angel HERAS HERNANDEZ | ESP | 13:30:07 |
| Women | |||
| 1 | Núria PICAS | ESP | 13:52:58 |
| 2 | Andrea HUSER | CHE | 13:25:44 |
| 3 | Fernanda MACIEL | BRA | 13:23:39 |
| 4 | Beth PASCALL | GBR | 13:24:27 |
| 5 | Cristina BES GINESTA | ESP | 13:37:52 |
| 6 | Christelle BARD | FRA | 13:48:20 |
| 7 | Gemma ARENAS ALCAZAR | ESP | 13:54:48 |
| 8 | Anna-Marie WATSON | GBR | 13:55:36 |
| 9 | Kaori NIWA | JAP | 13:58:02 |
| 10 | Kellie EMMERSON | AUS | 12:51:52 |
Race links
UTMB homepage
Live tracking
Entrants
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