News14 May 2010


Rancon and Dumergues prevail in Grand Ballon – WMRA Grand Prix, Race 1

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Julien Rancon en route to his victory in the Grand-Ballon in 2010 (© WMRA)

WillersurThur, FranceJulien Rancon and MarieLaure Dumergues of France took the victories at the Grand-Ballon mountain race, the opening contest of the WMRA Grand Prix, on Thursday.

More than 500 runners participated  - with Robert Krupicka (CZ), Timo Zeiler (GER), Roman Skalsky (CZE), David Schneider (CH), Markus Kroll (A) and the French national team with Julien Rancon, Manu Meyssat and Said Jandari at the start, a high level competition and a very hard race was expected. There was no rain but a deep mist was awaiting the runners at the top of the Vosges.

The French runners who are fit for their national championships on 6 June at Mura, lead by Jandari, started with a brisk pace. After the Moulin, Rancon bolted to the head of the pack. At the Goldbach pass, he led alone with Meyssat and Burrier already well back, and Krupicka, Skalsky, Zeiler and Kroll even further adrift. Only the Swiss Schneider succeeded in keeping contact with Meyssat and Burrier.

Meyssat joined Rancon and the other two French and together the climbed Grand-Ballon. Rancon clinched his second success at the Grand-Ballon, after his victory in 2007, on the downhill stretch to the finish line, winning with an excellent time of 1:00:26, four seconds faster than Jonathan Wyatt’s winning performance from last year. Meyssat finished second as in 2008, while Burrier was third and Schneider as the fastest foreigner, taking fourth.

In the women’s race, success for last year’s French champion, Marie-Laure Dumergues. Constance Devillers, second at the European championship in Zell in 2008, finished second and Kate Goodhead (GBR) was third.

Jean-Alain Haan (WMRA) for the IAAF

Leading Results –
WOMEN (8,5km / 830m)
 1. DUMERGUES Marie-Laure Fra 48:52
 2. DEVILLERS Constance Fra50:09
 3. LA FERRARA Loïc Fra  51:12
 4. GOODHEAD Kate Gbr 51:50
 5. POIROT Cédric Fra 52:07
 6. MILESOVA Iva Cze 52:08
 7. GERMAIN Hugo Fra 52:21
 8. KUSTER Line Fra 52:54
 9. KUSTER Simone Fra 52:55
10. OLIVERAS Carmen Fra 55:03

MEN (13,2km / 1240m)
 1. RANCON Julien Fra 1:00:26
 2. MEYSSAT Emmanuel Fra 1:00:31
 3. BURRIER Georges Fra 1:01:58
 4. SCHNEIDER David Sui 1:02:39
 5. JANDARI Said Fra 1:03:30
 6. VICENTE Laurent Fra 1:03:49
 7. ZEILER Timo Ger 1:04:23
 8. KRUPICKA Robert Cze 1:04:27
 9. SKALSKY Roman Cze 1:04:55
10. BURRIER Edouard Fra 1:06:10
11. FOURNIER Pierre Sui 1:06:11


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