Salomon 4 Trails
Thomas Lorblanchet claims a second stage victory at the SALOMON 4 TRAILS 2012
Press Release / 07.07.2012
Landeck, 06th July 2012 – Thomas Lorblanchet (FRA) ran up to form on today's course winning a second, consecutive stage. The former trail running world champion (2009) also managed to move up to second place in the overall ranking but still trails Philipp Reiter (GER) before tomorrow's ultimate stage. Thomas Lorblanchet, Philipp Reiter and Francois d'Haine – all Team SALOMON runners – have distanced themselves appreciably from the rest of the field of 350 racers by now and will likely divvy up podium ranks amongst themselves en route to Samnaun, Switzerland.
Thomas Lorblanchet showed his true colors on this third stage, which measured no less than 31,8 km in distance and tallied a total vertical gain of 1,834 m. The Frenchman was able to reach Landeck in 3:08.03 hours, ahead of Philipp Reiter (GER), who stayed on the victor's heels all morning finishing in 3:08.19 hours. Francois d'Haine (FRA) was also back in business today arriving in third place with a time of 3:08.39 hours. This strong perfomance allowed him to advance to 4th place overall again after a most unfortunate bungled day on the trails yesterday.
With a cumulative lead of four minutes, Reiter continues to hang on to the leader jersey in the Men category. However, he will have to manage this time buffer wisely as his fellow team members will likely mount a number of attacks tomorrow.
Today's victor Thomas Lorblanchet shared his thoughts and hopes on tomorrow's ultimate stage. "I'm glad, it went so well for me today. Sure, it would be great to win this race but Philipp proves to be very strong. I'm uncertain, if I can make up his lead and catch up to him tomorrow".
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