07 Nov 3° Oman Desert Marathon: First stage report and results
The first stage is only 21 km but is the acclamation to the race, so even if is not particularly hard, it is very challenging for most runners. On day one the backpack is at its maximum weight, many runners just arrived in Oman and they are not used to this climate. The majority of the competitors decided to start running fast and take advantage of the first and last kilometers on road, the only ones on paved ground of all the race. The first 10 kilometers of this stage are on flat and compact sand, but then the runners had to enter deep into desert and face high dunes and a big climb, this section of 8 kilometers it had very challenging ground. After this part they descended the dunes and reach the Al Wasil castle where they found a local crowd welcoming them at the finish line. The first ten kilometers saw the Jordan Salamah Aaqra and the Ukrainian Evgini Glyva fighting for the first position, followed by Rashid Al Murabiti a few steps behind. The Moroccan champion waited the big dunes to sprint and pass the other two champions and dominated all the second section on the race, reaching the finish line in just 1h33 minutes and 13 seconds, 6 minutes before Salamah Aaqra and 8 minutes before Evgini Glyva.
Most runners finished this stage in the double or more of the time of the winner and the last runners, Eugenia Stucchi, crossed the finish line after 5 hours, 5 minutes and 58 seconds.
See the results and some pictures of the day
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3rd Oman Desert Marathon – STAGE 1 |
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RANK |
BIB |
NAME |
SURNAME |
SEX |
NATIONALITY |
TIME |
|
1 |
5 |
Rashid |
AL Murabiti |
M |
Morocco |
1h 33m 13s |
|
2 |
1 |
Salamah |
Aaqra |
M |
Jordan |
1h 39m 27s |
|
3 |
63 |
Evgini |
Glyva |
M |
Ukraine |
1h 41m 15s |
|
4 |
34 |
Sami |
Alsaidi |
M |
Oman |
1h 43m 32s |
|
5 |
99 |
Khalifa |
Alabri |
M |
Oman |
1h 54m 36s |
|
6 |
29 |
Rachid |
Almiqbali |
M |
Oman |
1h 54m 54s |
|
7 |
41 |
Yousuf Abdullah |
Alzaabi |
M |
Oman |
1h 58m 53s |
|
8 |
62 |
Juan Maria |
Jimenez Llorens |
M |
Spain |
2h 2m 41s |
|
9 |
37 |
Ahmed |
Asalti |
M |
Oman |
2h 4m 11s |
|
10 |
69 |
Benoit |
Laval |
M |
France |
2h 6m 30s |
|
11 |
8 |
Kurt |
Alderweireldt |
M |
Belgium |
2h 11m 26s |
|
12 |
45 |
Elisabet |
Barnes |
F |
Sweden |
2h 12m 28s |
|
13 |
47 |
Marco |
Bondielli |
M |
Italy |
2h 12m 56s |
|
14 |
16 |
Adnan Saleh |
Alhatali |
M |
Oman |
2h 18m |
|
15 |
32 |
Aziza |
ALraji |
F |
Morocco |
2h 23m 8s |
|
16 |
3 |
Hamood |
AL bahri |
M |
Oman |
2h 23m 11s |
|
17 |
82 |
Joao Pedro |
Branquinho |
M |
Portugal |
2h 28m 18s |
|
18 |
7 |
Mohammed |
Albimani |
M |
Oman |
2h 30m 40s |
|
19 |
67 |
Laurens |
Kummer |
M |
Netherlands |
2h 33m 33s |
|
20 |
95 |
Adharanans |
Finn |
M |
UK |
2h 42m 12s |
|
21 |
81 |
Abelloh |
Elfandi |
M |
Oman |
2h 45m 30s |
|
22 |
89 |
Cinzia |
Tenchini |
F |
Italy |
2h 49m 39s |
|
23 |
48 |
Dino |
Bonelli |
M |
Italy |
2h 52m 7s |
|
24 |
97 |
Marguerit |
Natalie |
F |
France |
2h 55m 20s |
|
25 |
51 |
Nicola |
Ciani |
M |
Italy |
2h 55m 50s |
|
26 |
23 |
Yousof |
Almamari |
M |
Oman |
2h 56m 28s |
|
27 |
91 |
Frank |
Van Der Endt |
M |
Netherlands |
3h 1m 33s |
|
28 |
55 |
Paulus Johannes |
de Boer |
M |
Netherlands |
3h 4m |
|
29 |
78 |
Soufiane |
Radhouani |
M |
France |
3h 7m 11s |
|
30 |
42 |
Silvia |
Amodio |
F |
Uruguai |
3h 8m 15s |
|
31 |
75 |
Gianluigi |
Panzeri |
M |
Italy |
3h 8m 40s |
|
32 |
40 |
Ahmed |
Alyahmei |
M |
Oman |
3h 11m 9s |
|
33 |
18 |
Ahmed |
Aljabri |
M |
Oman |
3h 15m 44s |
|
34 |
9 |
Gabriele |
Alessandri |
M |
Italy |
3h 16m 13s |
|
35 |
71 |
Francesco |
Lucidi |
M |
Italy |
3h 16m 14s |
|
36 |
74 |
Luigi |
Pagani |
M |
Italy |
3h 17m 20s |
|
37 |
2 |
Boukenadel |
Abdelkani |
M |
France |
3h 21m 14s |
|
38 |
43 |
Robert |
Atchison |
M |
UK |
3h 21m 14s |
|
39 |
77 |
Simon |
Perrin |
M |
France |
3h 23m 50s |
|
40 |
68 |
Olivier |
Lacoste |
M |
France |
3h 23m 59s |
|
41 |
46 |
Angelo Vittorio |
Bertoletti |
M |
Italy |
3h 24m 23s |
|
42 |
65 |
Rutger |
Kleemans |
M |
Netherlands |
3h 26m 59s |
|
43 |
80 |
Maarten |
Rijssenbeek |
M |
Netherlands |
3h 26m 59s |
|
44 |
76 |
Juan |
Pereyra Tur |
M |
Spain |
3h 28m 45s |
|
45 |
70 |
Miguel Angel |
Lozano Gallego |
M |
Spain |
3h 28m 55s |
|
46 |
83 |
Valerio Massimo |
Sala |
M |
Italy |
3h 37m 31s |
|
47 |
73 |
Daniele |
Morosetti |
M |
Italy |
3h 37m 41s |
|
48 |
25 |
Omar Khalifah |
Almamari |
M |
Oman |
3h 37m 58s |
|
49 |
60 |
Veronique |
Coustenoble |
F |
France |
3h 38m |
|
50 |
14 |
Redwan Saleh |
Alhabsi |
M |
Oman |
3h 43m 41s |
|
51 |
49 |
Jo |
Charters |
F |
UK |
3h 49m 11s |
|
52 |
64 |
Heikki |
Karinen |
M |
Finland |
3h 54m 33s |
|
53 |
44 |
Imad |
Barakat |
M |
Siria |
3h 54m 43s |
|
54 |
59 |
Cecile Roselyne |
Fouchard Bertin |
F |
France |
3h 57m 11s |
|
55 |
92 |
Francesco |
Vitale |
M |
Italy |
4h 0m 19s |
|
56 |
86 |
Aldo |
Sicurella |
M |
Italy |
4h 2m 31s |
|
57 |
90 |
Cinzia |
Tosi |
F |
Italy |
4h 6m 51s |
|
58 |
57 |
Gerard |
Delavaud |
M |
France |
4h 9m 49s |
|
59 |
61 |
Odile |
Hochard |
F |
France |
4h 9m 49s |
|
60 |
58 |
Cecilia |
Du Preez |
F |
UK |
4h 11m |
|
61 |
98 |
Suleiman |
Salem |
M |
Oman |
4h 11m |
|
62 |
50 |
Davinia |
Chulio Fuster |
F |
Spain |
4h 17m 40s |
|
63 |
94 |
Moussa |
Elkhaldi |
M |
Oman |
4h 26m 1s |
|
64 |
79 |
Angelo |
Rigoni |
M |
Italy |
4h 42m 20s |
|
65 |
53 |
Gudrun |
Dautel |
F |
Deutschland |
4h 44m 54s |
|
66 |
54 |
Hansmartin |
Dautel |
M |
Deutschland |
4h 44m 56s |
|
67 |
56 |
Giuseppe |
De Rosa |
M |
Italy |
5h 5m 38s |
|
68 |
85 |
Fabio |
Segoni |
M |
Italy |
5h 5m 58s |
|
69 |
87 |
Roberta Eugenia |
Stucchi |
F |
Italy |
5h 5m 58s |
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