Polartec Becomes Title Sponsor Of This Year’s 19th Tour Du Rutor Extreme

Leaders in the production of innovative fabric solutions, Polartec, are pleased to announce that for another year they will be among the title sponsors of the 19th edition of the Tour du Rutor Extreme 2018.

The mammouth event takes place every two years and this year will see 700 competitors from 18 different countries compete on the slopes of Valgrisenche - all ready to take on the 7,000m of height gain over 75km of off-piste ski mountaineering (40km of ascent, 32km of descent, 5km of ridges).

Among this year's competitors are athletes from as far a field as China, 30 youth teams, major champions and alpine ski enthusiasts. The competition will bring together a group of true alpine ski mountaineers, scrupulously selected, for an “Extreme” race by name and by nature.

Amongst the more notable competitiors is Kilian Jornet. King of the outdoor mountain sports and fresh from winning the Altitoy Ternua, he will be at the starting line beside Austrian, Jakob Herrmann.

Kilian comments, “La Grande Course and the TDR are always seasonal objectives of mine. I’m happy to be returning to Arvier to run the Aostan race.

“The Tour du Rutor is a real Alpine ski mountaineering classic - technical like I enjoy. This year I will be ready to go alongside Jakob Herrmann, with whom I won the Altitoy and ran the Pierra Menta. We get on really well together. He’s determined on the ascent and very fast on the descent and I believe we can do well”.