MaXi Race Annecy 2023 (26-28 MAY): LATEST INFO, FAVOURITES AND PROGRAMME

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MaXi Race Annecy 2023: LATEST INFO, FAVOURITES ADN PROGRAMME. Our  TRAIL RUNNING CALENDAR bring us today the latest information, favourites athletes and the proegram for the MaXi Race Annecy 2023.

Eight years after the Trail Running World Championships, the MaXi-Race is back for its 13^th edition with some of the world’s best international athletes.

MaXi Race ©Cyrille Quintard

MaXi Race Annecy 2023: LATEST INFO, FAVOURITES ADN PROGRAMME

Eight years after the Trail Running World Championships, the MaXi-Race is back for its 13^th edition with some of the world’s best international athletes on both the long race format (87 km) and the marathon race.

MaXi Race Annecy 2023: RACES & FORMATS

An incredible adventure around the lake with race formats suitable for whatever your goal might be.

• The Annecy lake loop
  – In one day: The MaXi-Race 87km and 4900m elevation gain
  – In two days: The XL-Race 93km and 4900m elevation gain
  – The team race: The R-Race SEPas impossible 87km and 4900m elevation gain
• The half-loop: The Marathon-Expérience 45km and 2400m elevation gain
• The secret race: The Marathon-Race 40km and 3300m elevation gain
• The quarter of a loop: 16km and 1000m elevation gain
  – 100% women: The Fémina-Race
  – For all: The Short-Race
• The orienteering race organised by ASO: MaXi et Semi Orientation
• The kids’ races: Between 50 and 800m: The Mini-Race
• The U18 WMRA World Cup (only if selected nationally prior) and the Open Race: 4,6 km et 230 de D+

THE ANNECY LAKE LOOP | 87KM – 4900M+  
In 2023 and for the first time in France, one of the races is part of the Spartan Trail World Championship. The MaXi-Race’s lake loop race (87 km) is to be the 3^rd leg of the World Tour.

Because of this, we’re expecting a large array of international athletes for which the numbers haven’t been met since the World Championships in 2015 : 21 of the athletes have a performance index above 800, two of which are even above 900.

MaXi Race ©Cyrille Quintard

The Russian athlete, Dmitry Mityaev (908) – champion of the Ultra-Trail Cape Town in 2022 – will be taking the start of the MaXi-Race for the 1^st time, as well as the Spanish runner, Andreu Simon Aymerich (902), winner of the Sainté Lyon last December and one of the top runners on the last Transgrancanaria.

The Spanish athlete, Pau Capell, 2019’s UTMB champion, will also be taking part in the race. Aurélien Dunand Pallaz, one of the local runners and 2^nd on the MaXi-Race’s 87 km race in 2022 as well as the UTMB in 2021, is also amongst the favourites. And amongst the serious outsiders, we’ll be keeping a close eye on the American athlete, Jared Hazen, 2^nd at the 2019 Western States; the Portuguese athlete, Miguel Arsensio (882), 2^nd at the 2023 Transgrancanaria; and the two French athletes, Simon Gosselin (874), 4^th at the 2022 Templiers race, and Martin Kern (857), 4^th at the 2022 TDS. Sylvain Court (FR), World Champion in 2015 and the current record holder on the race (8:15 hours), will also be taking the start of the Maxi-Race on May 27^th.

The women’s race is expecting a similarly impressive array of international athletes. The Spanish athlete, Claudia Tremps (757), 2^nd at the 2022 TDS, is this year’s favourite. She’ll be running along side the Russian athlete, Varvara Shikanova (737), 3^rd at the Salomon Ultra Pirineu.

The current champion, Julia Rezzi (686) from Haute-Savoie, will also be back to defend her title. French athletes, Fiona Porte (728), recent winner of the Nivolet Revard Trail, and Sylvaine Cussot (669) will also participate.

THE SECRET RACE | 40KM – 3300M+

The Marathon Race for which the itinerary will only be unveiled on the morning of the race, is the 2^nd leg of the Golden Trail Series National France. We are expecting some France’s best marathon distance runners on this race.

Amongst other women athletes, the GR20 record-woman, Anne-Lise Rousset (170 km and 13,000 m elevation gain in 35:50 hours) will be on the starting line, as well as the 2012 champion, Candice Fertin.

MaXi Race ©Cyrille Quintard

The men’s start-list is also quite impressive. The Spanish athlete, Antonio Martinez Perez, 2^nd on the 2022 OCC, is the only runner with a performance index over 900 (in his case, 902).

But a total of 10 other athletes, most of which are French, have a performance index between 850 – 900 : Arnaud Bonin, Kevin Vermeulen, Anthony Felber, Johann Baujard, Gautier Airiau, Romain Maillard… Jordi Gamito, the Spanish athlete that came in 2^nd on the MaXi-Race in 2018 and 3^rd on the UTMB in 2018, will also be present for this marathon distance race.

MaXi Race ©Cyrille Quintard

THE RACE PROGRAMME

Friday, May 26^th

5:00 – 6:00 pm: U18 World Cup opening ceremony on the shores of Annecy lake

7 pm – 8 pm: Start of the Mini-Race (3-10 years of age)

Saturday, May 27^th
2:50 to 3:30 am: race starts in waves for the MaXi-Race, the XL-Race (1^st day), and the R-Race

9:00 am: race start for the Femina-Race (Menthon-Saint-Bernard) MaXi and Semi orienteering (Les Puisots)

9:30 am: U18 Open Race on the World Cup itinerary (Semnoz)

11:00 am: Women’s U18 World Cup (Semnoz)

11:45 am: Men’s U18 World Cup (Semnoz)

11:55 am: First MaXi Race athletes start arriving

Sunday, May 28^th

6:30 am: Start of the Marathon Race (location kept secret, with access by bus from Annecy)
7:15 am: Start of the Short-Race (Menthon-Saint-Bernard)
8:30 to 9:15 am: Race starts for the Marathon-Experience and the XL-Race (2^nd day) (Doussard)

8:30 am: First Short Race athletes start arriving

10h45 am: First Marathon Race athletes start arriving

12:15 pm: First Marathon Experiences athletes start arriving

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