ÖTILLÖ Swimrun Cannes

Tormento and Andersson Win Again at Cannes

Press Release / 17.10.2022

The World Champions Hugo Tormento (FRA) & Max Andersson (SWE) win their sixth consecutive race this season! Can anyone beat them?

A perfect day set the stage for a very tough race for the front of the pack. This fifth edition of ÖTILLÖ Swimrun Cannes saw the Swedish/ French World Champions- Hugo Tormento (FRA) & Max Andersson (SWE) - Team ARK Swimrun -  pull away after about half the race to take the win in the World Series race after racing with the runner-ups for a few hours, their winning time was 4:08:13. Winning 14 minutes ahead of last years runner up, William Even & Alexis Kardes (FRA). In third place two french teams crossed the line together.

The mixed category saw Desirée Andersson (SWE) & Alexis Charrier (FRA) take the start. They also pulled off a fantastic win coming fifth overall. Alexis Charrier (FRA) & Desirée Andersson (SWE) - Team Envol - won with a time of 4:34:55. This was 22 minutes ahead of Pierre-Louis Senechal & Angèle Duhem (FRA) who finished nine minutes ahead of the third team.

The women's category saw Johanna Paulsson (SWE) & Sabina Rapelli (SUI) - lead the race from the beginning and win in 4:58:08. They finished five minutes ahead of ahead of the French team - Aline Tavernier & Julia Moustakir (FRA). In third place - Team Strömgren - Annika Westin & Marie Anderzén (SWE) finished eighteen minutes after the winning women's team.

The races at ÖTILLÖ Swimrun Cannes had close to 650 racers representing a total of 27 nationalities participating in the three different formats over the race day. The biggest number of racers in Cannes ever and the second biggest field overall since the beginning of ÖTILLÖ races.

THE RACE IN DETAIL

"We had to push hard after half the race to try to run away from the second team in the hills. Fortunately we managed. We love this beautiful and very challenging course" said the thrilled winners Hugo Tormento (FRA) & Max Andersson (SWE) - ARK Swimrun - after finishing as overall winners in 4:08:13 and taking their sixth consecutive win this season.

The ÖTILLÖ World Series course in Cannes is 40 km long of which 32,3 km are running and 8,1 km are swimming. The course started in the medieval fort on the Sainte Marguerite Island and then takes the racers to the monastery island of Saint Honorat before returning to Sainte Marguerite, On the way across they swam over the underwater sculpture park. Then a big swim back to the mainland followed. There the course took the racers along La Croisette, up the big hill of le Suquet in the Old town to La Croix des Gardes before turning back down to a much needed swim before doing the Croisette again. This time in the opposite direction. From there the teams went up the brutal train track to the top of La Californie before finishing on the pier of Hotel Martinez in town. In total eleven runs and eleven swims.

The weather has been fantastic with barely any wind, around 21 degrees in the water and around the same in the air.

Several teams had to struggle to make it in time for the three cut offs. Some had to abandon along the way. The top teams outside of the winners pushed each other hard, chasing each other in a tight groups all the way to the finish.

ÖTILLÖ World Series Cannes is the first qualifier of the year for ÖTILLÖ, The Swimrun World Championship 2023 in the Swedish archipelago. Only nine teams qualify for the World Championship. The top 4 men, top 3 mixed, top 2 women.

On the same day two shorter, more accessible races were organised, the ÖTILLÖ Sprint and ÖTILLÖ Experience, offering the same flavours as the longer, more challenging race but in a smaller format.

All race distances are open to teams of two and to solo racers.

In total close to 650 racers representing 27 nationalities participated in the three distances.