WMRA Great Cup Race takes place on Saturday in Switzerland’s Valaissi Alps
Countdown is made for the modern sign of the World Cup. It’s time to be a sierraft. It is a very reason for the case of an iconic race, and it never can produce the highest level of race, often leads to several surprises. Over the years, it prints for the background of some more interesting exhibitions of the World Cup, and another classic is formed this year.
Sierre-Zinal is our next long mountain race 31 km away, 2200 m high and 1100 m. The scale of scenes only makes it very special. It is known as La Course Des Cinq 4000, as the runners pass scenes of five peaks at a height of 4000 m (4506m), Zinalrothorn (4221M), Obergabelhorn (4078 m) եւ Dent Blanche (4357 m).
The race route tests every aspect of the athlete’s skills, sharply climbing, technical singletrack, fast and wide roads, alpine lawn, and the final strange 7 km below, where the race is attended. To win the Sierre-Zinal, you need to be good in everything and make your race plan perfectly.
The first Sier-Zin took place in 1974, and over the years it took some great sports names. Kilian Jornet has been known in 2024 of its tenth victory in the end of the nail biting Sprint, against the Philimon Ombo Kirio. Anna Pitrtova and Maud Matt have won four in a row, Ricardo Mezi lifted five times the podium, and Pablo Vigil gave four consecutive titles in 1979 to 1982.
But for each serial winner, there is a athlete who tears the rule to take a shock victory. Last year, it was happy with Chepningeno, which reached the fragmentary performance, which was incredibly in the race for its debut international trails.
2025 Main competitors
This year’s series includes no less than 23 men who run this course under 2HR 40min and 11 women who have 3 hours of 10min in 3 hours. This year there is no Jornet, but there are 15 men out of the top 20 out of the top 10 last year.
The four previous winners will stimulate the start line. In 2023, Kenyan Filemon Obaimo Kirion (in 2024 was the second), and the Andrei Blancner of Spain (Hoka) won in 2022. This year, the former Sierra-Carati conspirators are returning to Patrick Kippingeno (Run2gette), 2022 եւ 2023 and 2024, the second, second, last year.
But Sierre-Zinal rarely follow the scenario. Athletes who seek to force the chair are resting in one of the deep areas we have ever seen. Elhousine Elazzaoui (Nnormal) is seemingly incredibly incredibly incredibly incredible, but the syrup has always drowned him. Can this be his year? Christian Allen (Nike) became his debut last year, but his star is a lot in height. To view other men include Sylvain Cacharen (Hoka), Roberto Delorenzi (Brooks), Leonard Chemutai and Francesco Puppi (Hoka).
Anna Gibson (Brooks) in the Women’s Race is in a strong way by following a double-roded roster. Yao Miao (Salomon) was the fourth here in 2023 and went out recently on Val D’yan 50k. Another athlete is more familiar with Kathy’s Shid (on the run) and it will be touching that he competes here. Files of Jeruto Kisang (Run2Gethethets) have been completed in the top ten last year, and in the top ten, “Oriya Lulli” (Brooks) was the fifth, and Lauren Grigor (Nike) could watch.
World Cup
In terms of the World Cup competition, we will not see women’s leader, Scout Adkin, in practice, but we will see a men’s leader Paul Macoca (Athlika Saluzo). Kiriona will try to get some important points to close the gap, how will Michael Selo Saoli (Run2Geths) and Andrea Rostan (La Sportiva / Atletica Saluzzo)? Kevin Kibet (Atletica Saluzzo), Alberto Vender (New Balance) and Henri Aymonod (North Face) will also fight for their top ten places.
For women, Valentine’s Jepkoech Rutto (Atletica Saluzzo) could close the Adkin’s gap, how could Muton’s Neru? Kisak could also earn enough points here to capture Gloria Chebet (who does not run) and invade the top three in the World Cup.
This can be the race that determines the World Cup in two more stages to go to the end of this month.
