Mountain Attack

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The "Mountain Attack" is an annual Austrian ski mountaineering competition, carried out near Saalbach since 1999.

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The competition is separated in a short distance and a long distance course, each offered for a female and a male racer class. There is a separate ranking of racers, older than 45 years. The marathon track passes six summits, and includes an altitude difference of 3,000 meters for the total ascent and for skiing down.

Best marathon racers

(since 2004: "Mountain Man")

yearparticipantcountrytotal time
(h:min:sec)
1999 Omar Oprandi Flag of Italy.svg Italy 3:05:39
2000 Fabio Meraldi Flag of Italy.svg Italy2:59:51
2001Luciano Fontana Flag of Italy.svg Italy2:57:35
2002 Mirco Mezzanotte Flag of Italy.svg Italy2:52:01.0
2003 Martin Hornegger Flag of Austria.svg Austria 2:45:05.0
2004 Andreas Ringhofer Flag of Austria.svg Austria2:40:28
2005Andreas Ringhofer Flag of Austria.svg Austria2:39:42
2006 Guido Giacomelli Flag of Italy.svg Italy2:27:36.7
2007Guido Giacomelli Flag of Italy.svg Italy2:32:00.0
2008Andreas Ringhofer Flag of Austria.svg Austria2:30:51.7
2009Guido Giacomelli Flag of Italy.svg Italy2:32:06.9
2010 Konrad Lex Flag of Germany.svg Germany2:36:27.0
2011 Kílian Jornet Burgada Flag of Spain.svg Spain2:33:32.0
2012 Kílian Jornet Burgada Flag of Spain.svg Spain2:17:14.22

Best female racer was Simone Hornegger from 2002 to 2006 (in a row), and from 2007 to 2009 Francesca Martinelli won the race in series. In 2010, Michaela Eßl placed first, [1] in 2011 Mireia Miró Varela, [2] and in 2012 Michaela Eßl [3] once again.

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