| Royal Ultra Sky Marathon | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Date | July |
| Location |  Ceresole Reale |
| Event type | Ultra SkyMarathon |
| Distance | 55 km / 4,141 m |
| Established | 2008 |
| Official site | Royal Ultra Sky Marathon |
The Royal Ultra Sky Marathon (also known as Royal Gran Paradiso), is an international skyrunning competition held for the first time in 2008. It runs every two years (the SkyRace from 2011) in Ceresole Reale (Italy) in July and consists of two races, the Ultra is valid for the Skyrunner World Series. [1]
| Royal Ultra Sky Marathon 2008 (46 km – 3600m D+) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Men | Women | ||
| 1st | Marco Aima Boot | 5h 55min | Raffaella Miravalle | 6h 42min |
| 2nd | Roberto Giacchetto | 6h 40min | Lara Cuneo | 9h 13min |
| 3rd | Mauro Saroglia | 6h 58min | ||
| Royal Ultra Sky Marathon 2009 (46 km – 3600 m D+) | ||||
| 1st | Gian Maria Actis Grosso | 6h 09′ 17” | Raffaella Miravalle | 6h 03′ 04′ |
| 2nd | Simone Milano | 6h 20′ 17” | Rosanna Mattè | 8h 23′ 30” |
| 3rd | Giuseppe Di Toma | 6h 25′ 41” | Mara Salgarella | 8h 47′ 31” |
| Royal Ultra Sky Marathon 2010 (54 km – 2000m D+) | ||||
| 1st | Roberto Giacchetto | 7h 40′ 30” | Raffaella Miravalle | 8h 04′ 24′ |
| 2nd | Francesco Zucconi | 7h 57′ 17” | Rosanna Mattè | 11h 35′ 12” |
| 3rd | 8h 08′ 12” | |||
| Royal Ultra Sky Marathon 2011 (54 km – 4000m D+) | ||||
| 1st | Giuliano Cavallo | 7h 19’06” | Raffaella Miravalle | 8h 11′ 13” |
| 2nd | Marco Zanchi | 7h 19′ 31” | Simonetta Castelli | 9h 56′ 39” |
| 3rd | Maurizio Fenaroli | 7h 22′ 23” | Stefania Albanese | 11h 29′ 05” |
| Royal Ultra Sky Marathon 2013 (52 km – 4000m D+) | ||||
| 1st | Maurizio Fenaroli | 6h 31’49” | Emanuela Brizio | 7h 13′ 19” |
| 2nd | Clemente Berlinghieri | 6h 34′ 58” | Raffaella Miravalle | 7h 50′ 33” |
| 3rd | Claudio Garnier | 6h 37′ 20” | Cecilia Mora | 8h 01′ 15” |
| Royal Ultra Sky Marathon 2015 (52 km – 4000m D+) | ||||
| 1st | Fulvio Dapit | 6h 33’58” | Raffaella Miravalle | 7h 04′ 50” |
| 2nd | Giuliano Cavallo | 6h 42′ 04” | Emanuela Brizio | 7h 32′ 42” |
| 3rd | Claudio Garnier | 6h 43′ 13” | Emanuela Manzoli | 9h 16′ 36” |
| Royal Ultra Sky Marathon 2017 (55 km – 4141 m D+) | ||||
| 1st | Bhim Gurung | 6h 41′ 24” | Maite Maiora | 8h 05′ 28” |
| 2nd | André Jonsson | 6h 51′ 37” | Katie Schide | 8h 37′ 02” |
| 3rd | Pere Aurell Bové | 6h 52′ 48” | Ekaterina Mityaeva | 8h 48′ 23” |
| Roc Sky Race 2011 (27 km – 2000m D+) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Men | Women | ||
| 1st | Alfonso Bracco | 3h 52′ 14” | Marina Plavan | 4h 43′ 41” |
| 2nd | Francesco Scimadore | 4h 00′ 14” | Morena Almonti | 4h 48′ 42” |
| 3rd | Emanuele Gervasoni | 4h 07′ 50” | Raffaella Gianotti | 4h 49′ 47” |
| Roc Sky Race 2013 (30 km – 2000 m D+) | ||||
| 1st | Andrea Basolo | 3h 40′ 46” | Lisa Borzani | 5h 43′ 23” |
| 2nd | Alfonso Bracco | 3h 40′ 46” | Martha Kazimierczak | 5h 43′ 50” |
| 3rd | Adrian Rodriguez Caballero | 3h 58′ 55” | Chiara Boggio | 6h 06′ 35” |
| Roc Sky Race 2015 (30 km – 2000 m D+) | ||||
| 1st | Maurizio Fenaroli | 3h 25′ 52” | Isabella Lucchini | 4h 50′ 15” |
| 2nd | Alfonso Bracco | 3h 37′ 05” | Morena Almonti | 5h 06′ 33” |
| 3rd | Luca Carrara | 3h 51′ 06” | Sara Ferraro | 5h 07′ 43” |
| Roc Sky Race 2017 (30 km – 2000 m D+) | ||||
| 1st | Luca Carrara | 3h 32′ 42” | Cecilia Basso | 4h 26′ 27” |
| 2nd | Emmanuel Ranchin | 3h 40′ 01” | Giuliana Arrigoni | 4h 45′ 44” |
| 3rd | Nicolas D’Oliveira | 3h 54′ 29” | Susan Ostano | 5h 02′ 31” |
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