17/02/2015

COMPETITION (FRANCE)

Congratulations to Maxime Bellemin who wins the Bornes to Fly

Congratulations to Maxime Bellemin who wins the Bornes to Fly 2015 solo, and to Guillaume Kajrp and Lorène Lecar for their first place in the tandem event. The competition took pace from the 15-17th May beneath grey skies: rain, snow and a low cloud base did not play in anyone’s favour for this year’s three-day hike and fly race through the Bauges and Haute Savoie regions of France. Nevertheless, sixty teams took to the start line to to arrive at the finish line in Talloires, beside Lake Annecy.

The winner, Maxime Bellemin was interviewed, which can be seen here :

For our english speaking readers, maxime said he was able to gain some advantage on the second day by using an East face take off, but the final 36kilometres were completed on foot to arrive over the finish line in Talloires. When asked if he would come back to defend his title next years, a wry smile and neither a “yes” or “no”!

The provisionary results can be found here