2026 CCC Results: Minoggio Overtakes Troyer Late, Kaspersen Wins By 5 Minutes

The 42-year-old Italian overtook American Hans Troyer in the final third of UTMB week's 100K, while Norway's Yngvild Kaspersen claimed her second title ahead of a field that left Western States champion Jennifer Lichter in fourth

Published: Aug 28, 2026 8:25 pm

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2026 CCC Results: Minoggio Overtakes Troyer Late, Kaspersen Wins By 5 Minutes 1 — Photo: UTMB

Cristian Minoggio of Italy won the 2026 CCC on Friday in 10:21:48, taking the lead in the final third of the course and finishing 5 minutes and 37 seconds ahead of Miguel Arsenio of Portugal. Yngvild Kaspersen of Norway won the women’s race in 12:01:14, her second CCC title after her win in 2023.

The CCC, short for Courmayeur-Champex-Chamonix, is the 100-kilometer race of UTMB week, the annual series of trail races held around Mont Blanc in late August. It follows roughly the second half of the full UTMB course, tracing an arc through three countries from the Italian side of the massif to the finish in Chamonix, France.

In the men’s race, Thomas Cardin and Benjamin Roubiol of France set the early pace out of Courmayeur, the resort town at the foot of Mont Blanc’s Italian side where the race begins. Hans Troyer of the United States led through Champex-Lac, a Swiss lakeside village that marks the midpoint of the course, before Minoggio, 42, passed him on the climb toward the mountain hamlet of Trient at about 80 kilometers and held the lead to the finish in Chamonix. Troyer finished third in 10:33:29. Cardin, one of the pre-race favorites, did not finish.

Kaspersen built her lead through the middle of the race and finished 5 minutes ahead of Toni McCann of South Africa. Miao Yao of China was third in 12:15:41. Jennifer Lichter of the United States, this year’s Western States champion and the top-ranked woman in the field, finished fourth in 12:24:01, 22 minutes and 47 seconds behind Kaspersen.

The race started at 9 a.m. local time in Courmayeur and covered just under 108 kilometers with roughly 6,200 meters of elevation gain. From Italy, the course climbs to the Grand Col Ferret, a pass at about 2,537 meters on the Swiss border, then runs down the Swiss Val Ferret to La Fouly and on to Champex-Lac and Trient before crossing back into France near the village of Vallorcine and descending into Chamonix, the valley town below Mont Blanc that serves as the hub of UTMB week.

In the men’s race, Ji Duo of China and Guillaume Tiphene of France were both timed in 10:58:26 and share seventh place.

Results below are from the official UTMB live tracking and remain provisional until the organization publishes final classifications.