07/09/2026
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<p style="line-height: 22px; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 26px; color: #002060; font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">5 Settembre 2026 - </span><span style="line-height: 26px; color: #002060; font-family: 'MADE TOMMY', Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">When, before dawn, the athletes dived into Lake Livigno, the town was still immersed in darkness. The flames, the rhythm of the drums and the dark water accompanied the start of the tenth edition of <span style="font-weight: bold;">ICON Xtreme Triathlon</span>, one of the most extreme endurance races in the world and one of the most spectacular events on the XTRI World Tour.</span></p>
<p>The more than <span style="font-weight: bold;">200 participants, coming from over 40 countries</span>, gathered on the shores of the lake to face and experience a day built around effort, the mountains and the ability to push beyond their own limits. Different cultures, languages and sporting backgrounds came together on the same start line, united by the decision to take on one of the toughest challenges on the international calendar.</p>
<p>Founded in 2016, the Livigno race is now part of the XTRI World Tour, the circuit that brings together some of the world’s most prestigious extreme triathlons, from the mountains of Norway to the peaks of the Himalayas, as well as Canada, Brazil, Colombia, France, Australia and other destinations where the landscape becomes an integral part of the competition. Within this context, the Livigno race has developed its own distinctive identity over the years, shaped by altitude, the demanding nature of the course and the direct relationship between athlete and mountain.</p>
<p>After the <span style="font-weight: bold;">3.8-kilometre swim</span> in Lake Livigno, the race entered its longest and most demanding phase. The <span style="font-weight: bold;">195-kilometre cycling </span>leg took the athletes across the Alps, with more than <span style="font-weight: bold;">5,000 metres of elevation</span> gain and a new feature that made the tenth edition even tougher: a double ascent of the Stelvio Pass. For the first time in the history of the race, athletes tackled one of the Alps’ most iconic mountain passes twice, first climbing from Bormio and then returning to face the Stelvio again from the Prato allo Stelvio side after the turnaround point located just beyond Glorenza. This change made the course even more selective, adding around 300 metres of elevation gain to an event already designed to push the participants’ physical and mental endurance to the limit.</p>
<p>After the long cycling leg, the final <span style="font-weight: bold;">42.2-kilometre marathon</span> led the athletes from Trepalle to<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Carosello 3000</span>. Here, at an altitude of 3,000 metres, lies the highest finish line on the entire XTRI World Tour.</p>
<p>The victory went to Germany’s <span style="font-weight: bold;">Simon Heiden</span>, who delivered an outstanding performance, remaining at the front of the race from the swim all the way through to the decisive move in the final marathon. There, he managed to hold off the comeback of France’s Victor Lemasson of Brest Triathlon, who produced an extraordinary recovery on the bike to secure second place. Switzerland’s Meik Randegger finished third. Heiden’s winning time was particularly impressive, as he crossed the line in an excellent 12:27:22.</p>
<p>In the women’s race, Italy’s <span style="font-weight: bold;">Vittoria Bergamini</span> claimed victory. She opened up a decisive gap already during the swim and managed to maintain her advantage all the way to the finish. Germany’s Eva Dengler showed great determination as the first of the chasers, finishing second without ever seriously threatening Bergamini’s lead. The Italian reached the finish line in 14:52:13. France’s Marion Lieury completed the podium, further highlighting the strong international character of the event.</p>
<p>The podium tells the story of the winners, the times and the performances. The finish line, however, tells something different. Anyone who completes the entire course automatically becomes an Icon. This is one of the most transformative aspects of the race: the value of the achievement is not measured only by the ranking, but by the ability to make it all the way to the end after facing a physical and spiritual journey in which every stage of the competition tests both body and mind.</p>
<p>Reaching Carosello 3000 requires months of preparation, training and sacrifice. It takes physical and technical ability, but also the strength to keep going when fatigue makes every kilometre harder than the one before. And it takes a support team, accompanying each athlete along the course and sharing the decisions, the difficulties and the moment of crossing the finish line.</p>
<p>Victory belongs to the first athlete to arrive; the achievement belongs to everyone who manages to reach the final summit. Perhaps this is the truest meaning of <span style="font-weight: bold;">ICON</span>: discovering yourself over more than twelve hours of effort, after asking your body and spirit to do something that, at first sight, seems irrational. A pilgrimage that begins even before the start, in the courage required to sign up and willingly choose a challenge that appears almost beyond measure.</p>
<p>And the answer comes in the instant when everything ends: the body exhausted, the mind set free, the pure joy of having made it. A moment that is both physical and spiritual, in which effort transforms into an almost absolute form of happiness and, by crossing that finish line, an athlete becomes an Icon forever.</p>{{ include_custom_fonts({"Livigno":["Regular","Medium","Light","Bold Italic","Bold","Black","Thin","Medium Italic"]}) }}</span>)
Over 200 athletes from more than 40 countries at the start of the world's most extreme triathlon: almost thirteen hours of effort to claim the title of Icon.
5 Settembre 2026 - When, before dawn, the athletes dived into Lake Livigno, the town was still immersed in darkness. The flames, the rhythm of the drums and the dark water accompanied the start of the tenth edition of ICON Xtreme Triathlon, one of the most extreme endurance races in the world and one of the most spectacular events on the XTRI World Tour.
The more than 200 participants, coming from over 40 countries, gathered on the shores of the lake to face and experience a day built around effort, the mountains and the ability to push beyond their own limits. Different cultures, languages and sporting backgrounds came together on the same start line, united by the decision to take on one of the toughest challenges on the international calendar.
Founded in 2016, the Livigno race is now part of the XTRI World Tour, the circuit that brings together some of the world’s most prestigious extreme triathlons, from the mountains of Norway to the peaks of the Himalayas, as well as Canada, Brazil, Colombia, France, Australia and other destinations where the landscape becomes an integral part of the competition. Within this context, the Livigno race has developed its own distinctive identity over the years, shaped by altitude, the demanding nature of the course and the direct relationship between athlete and mountain.
After the 3.8-kilometre swim in Lake Livigno, the race entered its longest and most demanding phase. The 195-kilometre cycling leg took the athletes across the Alps, with more than 5,000 metres of elevation gain and a new feature that made the tenth edition even tougher: a double ascent of the Stelvio Pass. For the first time in the history of the race, athletes tackled one of the Alps’ most iconic mountain passes twice, first climbing from Bormio and then returning to face the Stelvio again from the Prato allo Stelvio side after the turnaround point located just beyond Glorenza. This change made the course even more selective, adding around 300 metres of elevation gain to an event already designed to push the participants’ physical and mental endurance to the limit.
After the long cycling leg, the final 42.2-kilometre marathon led the athletes from Trepalle to Carosello 3000. Here, at an altitude of 3,000 metres, lies the highest finish line on the entire XTRI World Tour.
The victory went to Germany’s Simon Heiden, who delivered an outstanding performance, remaining at the front of the race from the swim all the way through to the decisive move in the final marathon. There, he managed to hold off the comeback of France’s Victor Lemasson of Brest Triathlon, who produced an extraordinary recovery on the bike to secure second place. Switzerland’s Meik Randegger finished third. Heiden’s winning time was particularly impressive, as he crossed the line in an excellent 12:27:22.
In the women’s race, Italy’s Vittoria Bergamini claimed victory. She opened up a decisive gap already during the swim and managed to maintain her advantage all the way to the finish. Germany’s Eva Dengler showed great determination as the first of the chasers, finishing second without ever seriously threatening Bergamini’s lead. The Italian reached the finish line in 14:52:13. France’s Marion Lieury completed the podium, further highlighting the strong international character of the event.
The podium tells the story of the winners, the times and the performances. The finish line, however, tells something different. Anyone who completes the entire course automatically becomes an Icon. This is one of the most transformative aspects of the race: the value of the achievement is not measured only by the ranking, but by the ability to make it all the way to the end after facing a physical and spiritual journey in which every stage of the competition tests both body and mind.
Reaching Carosello 3000 requires months of preparation, training and sacrifice. It takes physical and technical ability, but also the strength to keep going when fatigue makes every kilometre harder than the one before. And it takes a support team, accompanying each athlete along the course and sharing the decisions, the difficulties and the moment of crossing the finish line.
Victory belongs to the first athlete to arrive; the achievement belongs to everyone who manages to reach the final summit. Perhaps this is the truest meaning of ICON: discovering yourself over more than twelve hours of effort, after asking your body and spirit to do something that, at first sight, seems irrational. A pilgrimage that begins even before the start, in the courage required to sign up and willingly choose a challenge that appears almost beyond measure.
And the answer comes in the instant when everything ends: the body exhausted, the mind set free, the pure joy of having made it. A moment that is both physical and spiritual, in which effort transforms into an almost absolute form of happiness and, by crossing that finish line, an athlete becomes an Icon forever.