RMB Ultra-Trail Cape Town closes out the first year of the Gran Canaria World Trail Majors, the world’s leading long-distance trail race series. In a thrilling race near Cape Town, the Capital City of South Africa, the winners of the race have been crowned. Hugo Deck and Jazmine Lowther were the fastest over 98 Km and 4972 m of elevation.
The grand finale of the Gran Canaria World Trail Majors takes place next weekend in Cape Town, South Africa, at the RMB Ultra-Trail Cape Town event. Its flagship race, 98 kilometres and 4972 metres of elevation gain, will determine the final classification of the circuit in which €47,000 in cash prizes will be awarded, plus what each race awards individually. After nine races in Hong Kong, United States, Spain, Japan, Portugal, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Canada and France, the top positions in the rankings are undecided and there is scope for a major shake-up in the rankings. The mathematics of Gran Canaria World Trail Majors.
RMB Ultra-Trail Cape Town will be the final race in the first edition of the Gran Canaria World Trail Majors Series. The feature race is 98 Km with 4972 m of elevation gain, taking in the spectacular scenery surrounding Cape Town. With the series rankings still to be finalised, the competition is expected to be highly competitive as some of the best runners in the world challenge to be listed on the honours board in the inaugural edition of this long-distance trail running series. The final party is here.
Since the Grand Raid des Pyrenees (race report, beautiful video) to the build up of the upcoming RGB Ultra-Trail Cape Town on the 22-24 November we have not stood still, it might seem that way as we have been quiet and not spreading news, but we are busy behind the scenes. In this case, no news is good news.
