The Awards Banquet was held in the heart of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile last evening. A pisco sour, full dinner and dessert was enjoyed by all. Following dinner, the awards were presented and a superb photo and video presentation was provided by Photographer Xijia Cao and Videographer Michael Murphy.
See all the photos and videos from the finish line to the original start line.
Thank you to the volunteers, the medical team, the media team, the local and international staff and the competitors from 40 nations for making the 15th edition of the Atacama Crossing another incredible race.
The next race is the Namib Race on 26 April 2020. In 2020, we host the 4 Deserts Grand Slam and 4 Deserts Grand Slam Plus which includes The Last Desert in Antarctica on 21 November 2020. In addition, the next Roving Race will be RacingThePlanet: Georgia, The Great Caucasus on 23 August 2020. Look out for a major documentary in 2020.
This concludes Breaking News updates. Thank you for joining us. See you later! Hasta Luego!
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| Atacama Crossing 2019 Official Results | |||||||
| Sportsmanship Award: | Julia Guttridge / Helen Tan | ||||||
| Spirit Award: | Luke Levine | ||||||
| Overall Top 10 | |||||||
| Rank | # | Surname | First Name | Nationality | Sex | Age | Overall Time |
| 1 | 71 | Spajic | Jovica | Serbia | Male | 32 | 29:22:00 |
| 2 | 46 | Matsuda | Hiroyuki | Japan | Male | 38 | 32:57:01 |
| 3 | 88 | Nanji | Munir | Kenya | Male | 50 | 33:31:51 |
| 4 | 52 | Munro | Simon | New Zealand | Male | 44 | 33:46:36 |
| 5 | 47 | Minvielle | Ronan | France | Male | 39 | 34:30:10 |
| 6 | 81 | Williams | Steve | United Kingdom | Male | 53 | 35:07:54 |
| 7 | 70 | Sorensen | Thomas | Denmark | Male | 33 | 35:53:28 |
| 8 | 85 | Zwolinski | Kuba | Poland | Male | 40 | 36:02:50 |
| 9 | 33 | Jeschka | Jerry | Poland | Male | 51 | 36:16:26 |
| 10 | 7 | Brutter | Florian | Austria | Male | 41 | 36:19:16 |
| Men's Age Group Awards: | |||||||
| 20 - 29 | Lee | Chigon | |||||
| 30 - 39 | Minvielle | Ronan | |||||
| 40 - 49 | Munro | Simon | |||||
| 50 - 59 | Williams | Steve | |||||
| 60 - 69 | Ludwig | Mark | |||||
| 70 - 79 | Mitchell | Bill | |||||
| Female Top Ten | |||||||
| Rank | # | Surname | First Name | Nationality | Sex | Age | Overall Time |
| 5 | Barber | Deborah | Australia | Female | 27 | 36:40:04 | |
| 66 | Schonenborn | Tanja | Germany | Female | 38 | 37:16:38 | |
| 15 | Dzurova | Petronela | Slovakia | Female | 43 | 37:35:28 | |
| 40 | Lopez | Corinna | Germany | Female | 37 | 39:18:27 | |
| 56 | Oppermann | Sarah | Ireland | Female | 29 | 39:37:45 | |
| 45 | Mansford | Natalie | United Kingdom | Female | 36 | 41:43:57 | |
| 74 | Swart | Anim | Canada | Female | 54 | 43:56:55 | |
| 64 | Sanei | Sheila | Sweden | Female | 44 | 44:14:38 | |
| 83 | Wittke | Alexandra | Germany | Female | 37 | 48:11:59 | |
| 26 | Glowacka | Kasia | Poland | Female | 51 | 49:20:40 | |
| Female Age Group Awards: | |||||||
| 20 - 29 | Oppermann | Sarah | |||||
| 30 - 39 | Lopez | Corinna | |||||
| 40 - 49 | Sanei | Sheila | |||||
| 50 - 59 | Swart | Anim | |||||
Photo: Men's Age Group Award Winners
Photo: Women's Age Group Award Winners.
Photo: Top 3 Women
Photo: Top 3 Overall
Photo: Spirit Award Winner
Photo: Sportsmanship Award Winner
The first Post-Race Breaking News for Atacama Crossing (Chile) 2019 will be added on Sunday, 6 October 2019.
