SkyRace Comapedrosa | |
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Date | July |
Location | Arinsal, La Massana |
Event type | SkyRace |
Established | 2014 |
Official site | Skyracecomapedrosa.com |
The SkyRace Comapedrosa is an international skyrunning competition held for the first time in 2014. It runs every year in Arinsal, La Massana (Andorra) in July and is a SkyRace part of the Skyrunner World Series. [1]
Although the first edition, with its current name, of this race is of the 2014 (and from 2016 inserted in the World Cup circuit), [2] since 2005 the SkyRace, which took place on Mount Coma Pedrosa, took place on a regular frequency every year, and almost always the race was valid for the Skyrunner World Series.
Eight times the race was valid as SkyRace for the Skyrunner World Series and one as Sky UltraMarathon. On another occasion it was part of the Skyrunner World Series Trails.
Year | Edition | Name | Distance/Climbing | Date | Men's winner | Time | Women's winner | Time | Notes | |
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2005 | 1st | Cursa d'Andorra | 26 km / 3000 m | 4 September | Raúl García Castán | 3:41:52 | Marta Vidal López | 4:32:42 | [3] | |
2006 | 2nd | SkyRace Andorra | 34 km / 3000 m | 3 September | Ricardo Mejía | 4:02:01 | Ester Hernandez Casahuga | 5:02:02 | [4] | |
2007 | 3rd | SkyRace Andorra | 23 km / 2748 m | 22 July | Kílian Jornet Burgada | 2:25:40 | Angela Mudge | 2:58:54 | [5] | |
2008 | 4th | SkyRace Andorra | 23.7 km / 2850 m | 29 June | Kílian Jornet Burgada | 2:43:29 | Rosa Madureira | 3:22:15 | [6] | |
2009 | 5th | SkyRace Andorra | 35 km / 2700 m | 28 June | Kílian Jornet Burgada | 3:32.21 | Emanuela Brizio | 4:21:31 | [7] | |
2010 | 23rd | Travessa de Canillo | 12 km / 1400 m | 6 June | Sebastian Sanchez Saez | 1:32:44 | Anna Frost | 1:41:18 | [8] | |
2011 | 24th | Travessa de Canillo | 23.5 / 1800 m | 26 June | Luis Alberto Hernando | 2:34:48 | Laura Orgué | 3:02:22 | [9] | |
2012 | This season no racing in Andorra was valid for the Skyrunner World Series | |||||||||
2013 | 5th | Ronda dels Cims [10] | 184 km / 12,200 m | 21 June | Julien Chorier | 28:41:06 | Francesca Canepa | 36:18:55 | [11] | |
2014 | 1st | SkyRace Comapedrosa | 21 km / 2300 m | 23 August | Brice Delsoullier | 2:58:22 | Rosa Valls | 3:50:01 | [12] [13] | |
2015 | 2nd | SkyRace Comapedrosa | 21 km / 2300 m | 26 July | Pere Aurell | 2:46:42 | Oihana Kortazar | 3:21:15 | [14] | |
2016 | 3rd | SkyRace Comapedrosa | 21 km / 2300 m | 31 July | Tom Owens | 2.40:02 | Laura Orgué | 3:12:27 | [15] | |
2017 | 4th | SkyRace Comapedrosa | 21 km / 2300 m | 30 July | Jan Margarit Solé | 2:35:36 | Sheila Avilés Castaño | 3:17:16 | [16] | |
2018 | 5th | SkyRace Comapedrosa | 21 km / 2300 m | 29 July | Kílian Jornet Burgada | 2:33:18 | Lina El Kott Helander | 3:03:07 | [17] | |
2019 | 6th | SkyRace Comapedrosa | 21 km / 2300 m | 28 July | Jan Margarit Solé | 2:36:32 | Sheila Avilés Castaño | 3:01:38 | [18] |
Andorra is a small, landlocked country in southwestern Europe, located in the eastern Pyrenees mountain range and bordered by Spain and France. With an area of 468 km², it is the sixth smallest country in Europe and also the largest of the European microstates.
La Massana is one of the seven parishes of the Principality of Andorra. It is located in the northwest of the country. La Massana is also the name of the main town of the parish. The name Massana derives from the Latin name mattianam for a variety of apple. Other settlements in the parish are Pal, Arinsal, Erts, Sispony, Anyós, L'Aldosa de la Massana, Puiol del Pui, Escàs, Els Plans, Mas de Ribafeta, Xixerella and Pui.
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Coma Pedrosa is the highest mountain in the principality of Andorra. It is popular with mountain climbers, its ascent being technically straightforward, although strenuous. From Arinsal to Camp de Refuge is considered moderate meanwhile the last 862 m is considered to be difficult. Several mountain lakes and tarns are found on the slopes, notably Estanys de Baiau, which lies on the western slopes, across the Spanish border.
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