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What rebound for François D’Haene on the Diagonale des Fous, after a difficult season?
“I still had a bit of a complicated year. » François D’Haene excels as much in euphemisms as on mountain trails. Because if he is going to participate in his…
François D’Haene announces his withdrawal from the Diagonale des Fous, due to a foot injury
There will be no fifth coronation on the mythical Diagonale des Fous for François D’Haene, on October 21 in Reunion. The Savoyard ultra-trailer indeed published a video on his Instagram…
The last “race of the century” between Kilian Jornet and François D’Haene on the Hardrock 100?
Imagine for a moment a crazy postulate: what if instead of the 40 shocks shared by Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, the two tennis legends had faced each other less…
François D’Haene will aim for a fifth title on the Diagonale des Fous in October
Ultra-trail enthusiasts will not be entitled to a remake of the phenomenal 2017 edition of the UTMB, next August in Chamonix. If Kilian Jornet surprised everyone last week by announcing…
“I immediately had fun in it, it goes beyond reason”, confides François D’Haene
More than ever, François D’Haene flew over the world of ultra-trail this summer. His perilous challenge of chaining, in just six weeks, the Hardrock 100 in the United States (160…
How were the French able to sign an unprecedented Top 5 in the wake of François D’Haene?
From our special correspondent in Chamonix, OK, the last two foreign winners of the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (171 km and 10,000 m of elevation gain), the Spaniards Kilian Jornet (2011)…
The insatiable François D’Haene flies over the Chamonix world summit for the fourth time
From our special correspondent in Chamonix, François D’Haene holds his unprecedented double. Only six weeks after conquering his first Hardrock 100 in Colorado, the Rhone trail runner once again dominated…
New feat for François D’Haene, winner of the Hardrock 100 by beating the record of Kilian Jornet
A kiss in the middle of the night, all smiles, on a ram’s head painted on a large block of stone, symbol of the Hardrock 100. By triumphing from his…
The “monstrous” François D’Haene to conquer an unprecedented double on the Hardrock 100 and the UTMB
Becoming the first runner to win four Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (UTMB) on August 28, after his coronations in 2012, 2014 and 2017, should not be a big enough challenge for…