This 12 months’s Pink Bull X-Alps stretched to 1,283km – the longest route within the race’s historical past, pushing the boundaries of journey racing additional than ever earlier than. In 2025, 32 male athletes and 1 feminine athlete got down to hike and fly their manner throughout the Alps by foot and paraglider, battling for a spot on the rostrum of the world’s hardest journey race.
That journey is captured within the official documentary ‘Pink Bull X-Alps 2025: Battle of legends’, which has simply been launched. From 2009 to 2023, Chrigel Maurer (SUI1) received each version of the race, eight occasions in whole. This time, nonetheless, the Swiss legend needed to give method to a brand new champion: Aaron Durogati (ITA1), who claimed victory after a fierce battle on Day 8.
‘Pink Bull X-Alps 2025: Battle of Legends’ tells the story of the athletes as they make their manner throughout the Alps, from the race chief to the closest challengers. The documentary additionally highlights a few of the most dramatic and scenic elements of the route, resembling Celine Lorenz (GER2) being caught in a valley for six hours, or Sebrand Warren (NED) mountaineering and struggling to complete the race.
Alongside the motion from the race, the movie options interviews with members of the group and athletes’ supporters, every sharing their experiences, in addition to insights from those that comply with the race carefully.
“This 12 months, it was loads of sudden. I attempted a number of occasions to flee from the group. It was not working. It was an enormous frustration and to deal with this mentally was exhausting. However I lastly made it (to the purpose), and it made me proud.” – Chrigel Maurer
Along with Chrigel Maurer (SUI1), the movie options Aaron Durogati (ITA1), Lars Meerstetter (SUI4) and Simon Oberrauner (AUT1) – every bringing their very own perspective on what it means to participate in Pink Bull X-Alps. Their tales, mixed with unique footage, present a uncommon look into the calls for of the world’s hardest race.
‘Pink Bull X-Alps 2025: Battle of legends’ is offered to look at free of charge on YouTube.
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Pink Bull X-Alps is the world’s hardest journey race. It’s a fiercely contested battle throughout the Alps lasting virtually two weeks during which round 30 athletes run, hike and fly by paraglider as much as 150km a day passing set Turnpoints positioned throughout the best and most iconic mountains of the Alps in addition to in well-known resorts. With athletes usually mountaineering as much as 4,000m of vertical ascent every day and working as a lot as 100km on foot, it’s not solely an unbelievable check of bodily endurance but in addition of flying ability.
Pink Bull X-Alps is the last word check of physique and thoughts and solely open to the world’s greatest journey athletes and paraglider pilots.
Pink Bull X-Alps was based in 2003 by the late adventurer Hannes Arch and Ulrich Grill and has taken place each two years since. From 2009 to 2023, Christian Maurer dominated the race, successful all eight editions. The Swiss legend was lastly overtaken this 12 months, with Aaron Durogati clinching victory after a battle to the end.
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