Trail enthusiasts will be able to follow the UTMB week, and its various races, live and free of charge on La Chaîne L'Equipe and on the Equipe Live platform from Thursday 25 August.
Broadcast program
From Thursday 25 August to Sunday 28 August 2022: three races will be broadcast on L'Equipe Live: the OCC, the CCC and the UTMB.
Friday August 26: La Chaîne L'Equipe will offer a summary of the OCC, then the start of the UTMB from 5:00 p.m.;
Saturday August 27: from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. the race live, then its arrival around 1:45 p.m
An unprecedented device concerning the Haute-Savoie event
"We are more than delighted to partner with the group L'Équipe, which becomes the official broadcaster of two of our events, including the legendary UTMB Mont-Blanc", welcomed Frédéric Lénart, general manager of UTMB Group in a press release.
The stars of the UTMB 2022
- Pau Capell (Spain); best result: 1st in 2019. In 2022: winner of the Patagonia Run (Argentina, 160 km).
- Aurélien Dunand-Pallaz (Savoie); best result: 2nd in 2021. In 2022: 2nd in the Maxi-Race of Lake Annecy (88 km).
- Mimmi Kotka (Sweden); best result: 3rd in 2021. In 2022: 1st in the Ultra trail of Lavaredo (Italy, 121 km), 2nd in the Marathon race of the MaXi-Race (Haute-Savoie, 40 km).
- Mathieu Blanchard (Vaucluse); best result: 3rd in 2021. In 2022: 4th in the Ultra trail on the island of Madeira (Portugal, 115 km); 5th in the Ultra Trail of Lavaredo
- Germain Grangier (Isère); best result: 5th in 2021. In 2022: 1st in the ultra trail of Val d'Aran (Spain, 160 km), 1st Skyrace des Matheysins (41 km).
- Jim Walmsley (USA); best result: 5th in 2017. In 2022: 1st in the Ultra trail on the island of Madeira (Portugal, 115 km).
- Audrey Tanguy (Savoy); 1st in the TDS in 2019. In 2022: 2nd in the Ultra trail du Ventoux (Vaucluse, 47 km) and the Ultra trail on the island of Madeira (Portugal, 115 km).
- Hannes Namberger (Germany); best result: 6th in 2021. In 2022: 1st in the Ultra trail of Lavaredo (Italy, 121 km) and the Penyagolosa trails (Spain, 110 km).
- Dmitry Mityaev (Russian); 2nd in the TDS in 2019. In 2022: 1st in the Montagn'hard (53 km), 2nd in the High Trail Vanoise (61 km).
- Tim Tollefson (USA); best result: 3rd in 2016 and 2017. In 2022: 1st in the Western States 100 (United States, 161 km).
- Katie Schide (United States); best result: 6th in the UTMB in 2019. In 2022: 1st in the Marathon race of the MaXi-Race (Haute-Savoie, 40 km); 1st in the ultra trail of Val d 'Aran (Spain, 105 km).
- Kilian Jornet (Spain); best result: 1st in 2008-2009-2011. In 2022: 1st in the Ultra trail of Tjörnarparen (Sweden, 162 km); 1st in the Hardrock 100 (USA, 161 km).
The champion François D'Haene will not be in the UTMB this year.
Source: @Le Dauphiné Libéré