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News from the finish line
585 competitors
finished the 212km of this 21st edition
of Marathon des
Sables. We overheard some of the comments
as Patrick Bauer handed them their
victory medal.
An enormous thank you
for this enormous ordeal
It was the best
You’re a bastard, but a nice
one
Thank you SIR
Thanks for the Kiwis (a New Zealand
competitor)
Thanks for the pain and the misery
Je suis knackered, the hardest MDS
ever. But next year I’m coming
back ….. with my wife. It’s
a shame to get here. It’s all
over! (Rory Coleman, GB)
Hold on.. gotta get the kiss from
Patrick…(Miguel
Adams, GB)
I had a hell of time this week,
but now I’m happy (Pierre Veillard,
France)
I was expecting a longer run in.
I was saving myself! (Sue Holliday, GB)
Estoy muy contenta y muy feliz
The pain of yesterday has all gone.
It’s the most wonderful moment
of my life” (Ilona Flader, Germany)
La sardegna ha conquistato il deserto
E finita, E finita, E Finita,…
I’m a swimmer and having done
the Marathon des Sables I now truly
respect the desert (Andrea Pritchett,
US)
And this is what they did:
Philip Ward
(GB) kisses his medal. And you can
feel it means something;
Seiji Shishido from Japan dances on
his walking sticks wearing a Berber
tunic
Valérie Pons de Vier (France)
has husband and 4 children waiting
for her… they all cross the line
together
Diego Giraldin is overcome with emotion
and is comforted by Patrick Bauer
Pascal Jugie opens the champagne… and
drinks it
Simone Fasolo from Italy just can’t
stop singing…
Thierry Arnier from the Lorans Salomon
team arrives holding hands with children
but they leave him just before the
finish line… he crosses it alone… just
like he’d done the race
Marco Olmo the veteran Italian runner
kisses the Moroccan soil
One of the Ghurka elite soldiers from
the British army salutes Patrick Bauer… the
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Results 6 are available
(last update 15/04/06 - 22h50
french time)
number of dropping out (stage 6) : 0 |
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June 2005 : opening date for application.
31 july 2005 : application deadline.
28 february 2006 : closing date for fees.
07 april 2006 : departure* France/Morocco, transfer to first bivouac.
08 april 2006 : technical and administrative checks,
acclimatisation day.
09 - 15 april 2006 : the event.
16 april 2006 : transfer, dinner and night at hotel, relaxation,
lunch (at participants’expense), awards, entertainment,
dinner, night at hotel.
18 april 2006 : return* to France.
* those not taking the charter flight to and from France are required to book
their own flight arrangements. Contact your country representative for further
details.
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