At 9:56 AM, the more aggressive competitors than ever opened the event 4 minutes before the gentlemen, with the best female athletes of the moment.
As anticipated, everything progressed rapidly because the French athlete Christelle DAUNAY, who had already declared her ambition to win before the race, easily succeeded by claiming first place on the podium in just 33 minutes and 14 seconds, well ahead of the Moroccan Btissam LAKHOUAD, one of the favorites of the race, who finished in 33 minutes and 40 seconds, and the French Carmen OLIVERAS in 33 minutes and 46 seconds. Thanks to this outstanding performance, Christelle DAUNAY becomes the new record holder of the women’s event, improving the record set by Fatima YVELAIN in 2004 by 6 seconds.
Ultimately, a total of 1014 female runners crossed the finish line.
On the men’s side, Moroccan Saïd TBIBI surprised by winning first place in 28 minutes and 38 seconds; he also set a new record on Promenade des Anglais by beating last year’s time by 8 seconds, followed 4 seconds later by Namibian runner Ruben INN DUNGO in 28 minutes and 42 seconds, and Moroccan athlete Larbi ZEROUAL in 28 minutes and 46 seconds.
In the end, 2796 male competitors crossed the finish line.
It is also worth noting the strong comeback of Benoît Z who secured the fourth position in this ranking with an impressive time of 28 minutes and 49 seconds.
The Prom’Classic also boasts another record, that of participation. As agreed, by using both roads, the Prom’Classic was able to shatter all records by welcoming more than 4330 participants and nearly 10% of foreign runners.
This year’s METRO Newspaper Enterprise Challenge was won by the AMADEUS team in both categories offered: number and performance!
The milestone of 4000 registrations was thus far exceeded, and the whole team at Azur Sport Organisation is already excited about the prospect of reaching 5000 registrations in the near future.
