Sebrad Warren – 14 hours penalty
Unfortunately on the last day of the race, Sebrand had to be penalised 14 hours.
Tag: race_incident
Incidents during the race: penalties and so on
Jordi Aymerich comes back with the Puntxats
Jordi, the leader of Puntxats, a famous club in Catalunya, organiser of several competitions, has finally decided to give up the race, according to his supporter, Pep Casals.
Thank you team, for your constant efforts every day!
Johannes Helleland is out
He tried again and again, but finally his leg said “no, that’s enough”.
The Norwegian team decided to abandon the race.
Noé Court – Penalty 3 hours
He has a penalty of 3 hours that must be added to the mandatory rest time.
So he cannot start before 10:00
Thomas Friedrich – 3 hours
He has a penalty of 3 hours that must be added to the mandatory rest time.
So he cannot start before 10:00
THIBAULT VOGLET – 3 hours
Penalty of 3 hours that must be added to the mandatory rest time.
So he cannot start before 10:00
Barış Çelik out due to problems on his ankle
The fighting Turkish team had to withdraw from the race.
Barış has had ankle problems for days, and he couldn’t take it any more.
Still, they fought until the last moment.
Now it’s time to recover
Christian (Serge) Durrant broke his glider and is out
Yesterday, a bad landing led to Christian hugging a big tree.
He is perfect, but the glider and harness are not.
After struggling to retrieve them from the tree, he finally realised that both were broken beyond repair.
On his own words…
We will miss you here Serge!
Lucas Toledo had to withdraw from the race
Another team that has suffered more than it should have at the start of the race.
With a few knee and foot issues, he’s decided to pull out of the X-Pyr 2024.
We hope to see you again in another edition, Lucas!
Darío Dandeu is out
He tried every hour, but it wasn’t possible.
He finally had to retire from the race because the pain in his foot was too much to bear.
Let us tell you that his final action on the race was to land close to another pilot that landed on a tree (without any special incident for him).
Anyway, congratulations on your efforts, and we hope to see you here in 2024.
Day 3 – Maxime Pinot retires
Two-times runner-up of the X-Pyr and race favourite for this edition has retired with knee problems. Maxime nearly won in 2022, but was pipped to the post on the last section of the course when he was overtaken my Swiss champion Chrigel Maurer.
Maxime came to the race with a brand new, made-to-measure harness, Neo’s Moonlight. This harness has been seen for one of the first times at the X-Pyr in 2024. and was a submarine-style harness that weighs an incredible 1.5 kg.
Not only is Maxime the World and European Champion, he is an ace hike & fly pilot. We are gutted to see him leaving the race, but wish him a swift recovery and that he comes back the next edition fit, well and ready to go!
Nicola Heiniger is out of the race
Due to an untimely illness, Swiss rider Nicola Heiniger has decided to withdraw from the race.
He fell ill on Friday afternoon. He had hoped to feel better, but it was impossible.
He doesn’t think he will be able to reach the flying zone tomorrow, so, as he says himself:
“See you in 2 years“.
You can watch him explain the situation on our social networks
