In the early hours Beijing time, the UTMB main event's TDS category — a 145 km course with approximately 9,500 m of elevation gain — was decided.

In the women's race, French athlete Sarah Vieuille took the crown. She chose home brand Decathlon's KIPRUN RACE ULTRA 2 trail version. It's notable that she did not opt for the KIPSUMMIT RACE, which went viral after its promotional rollout.

Alice Meigni finished second wearing the older TECTON X 2. The TECTON X 2 features deeper lugs, making it better suited to the more technical terrain of the TDS; third-placed Alyssa Clark chose On's flagship trail racing shoe, the Cloudultra Pro.

In the men's race, France's Remy Brassac won wearing the Chinese running brand Mount to Coast's M1 — the brand's second victory at this edition of UTMB (the other was yesterday in the MCC women's race: Belgium's Noemie Lepoutre).

Also from France, Pierre-Adrien Hivert chose LA SPORTIVA's "破九 Pro". As a top-level racing model, the shoe offers well-balanced attributes and excellent control and traction on complex terrain.

Italian Davide Rivero received a time penalty for an unauthorized shoe change and lost out on third place. Original fourth-place finisher Nicolas Cournt was promoted to third, and his Salomon GENESIS 2 also appears on the list.