__Luisa Werner__ wins AMR 2023 in 5D 21H 24MN. Great race ! Chapeau !

With the scratch of __Molly Weaver__ due to breathing difficulties, __Allison Felley__ is currently 2nd at km 1160 with less than 200km till the finish line.

First woman : Luisa Werner

Stats

We have the podium :

__Robin Gemperle__  3D20H15MN
__Justinas Leveika__  4D00H55MN
__Sebastian Breuer__  4D07H20MN

We may have a sprint for the 4th place as __Steven Le Hyaric, Kevin Benkenstein and Yoan Dercourt__ got together in the night, and seemed to be still together with less 35km to ride. With yellow jerseys around him, Steven feeled like at Tour de France. Finally they finished together ex-aequo.


Podium / sprint for the 4th place ?

After __Sofiane Sehili__ (2020) and __Marin de Saint-Exupéry__ (2022), __[Robin Gemperle](https://www.instagram.com/robingemperle/)__ (Switzerland) is the third winner of the Atlas Mountain Race.

The former [junior MTB prodigy](https://mtbdata.com/riders/robin-gemperle/) and [fixed-gear racer](https://22bicycles.com/blogs/news/robin-gemperle-2018-red-hook-crit) confirms his strength for long-distance bike races after his 8th position during the last [Transcontinental Race](https://pedaled.com/fr_fr/la-transcontinental-race-de-robin-gemperle/).

Always in contact with __Justinas Leveika__ when the Lithanian was leading the race, he seemed to be very fresh for the last 300 kilometers. When __Mattia de Marchi__ had to scratch, he joined Justinas and then flied alone till the finish-line. 

Justinas is still at 50 km from the Essaouira, at a position where Robin passed around 4 hours and half ago.


Robin Gemperle, winner of AMR 2023

__Robin Gemperlé__ finishes the race more and more in advance. At 50 km from the finish, he is 60 km ahead, more than three hours behind __Justinas Leveika__.

__Sebastian Breuer__ should take 3rd place.

The classification is then more disputed: 4th place seems promised to __Kevin Benkenstein__, even if __Steven le Hyaric, Federico bassis and Yoan Dercourt__ are not so far away.

At km 915, the first woman, __Luisa Werner__, is not so far from the top 10!

Promised podium 

![snalie](//images.ctfassets.net/6hyijb95boju/6U1p61wIeGuy2tBkPnLDvw/e9b54c6aca666d1f86f50c4859662e91/snalie.png)

The terrifying __Snailie__ (which indicates on the map the minimum time limit to be on time) has just passed CP2 in Asseragh and condemned many riders to the scratch (already 48 scratches, almost as much as at the end of the race in 2022).

__[Caroline Prigent](https://www.instagram.com/outside_caroline/)__ says in particular that she was arrested yesterday by an icy headwind and that she woke up realizing that she would no longer catch up.

Snailie at CP2

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Robin Gemperle and Justin Leveika seemed to ride very close to each other yesterday evening after the scratch of Mattia de Marchi (due to breathing difficulties). But at km 1090 at around 23:00, Robin "attacked" and took the lead, with a certain distance in front of Justin for the first time.

In the night, he went over the last one-thousander with more than 30 km in advance. 

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The game is never ended before the finish-line (all the more with big stones every 15 centimeters as Steven joked), but the former junior MTB prodigy and fixed-gear racer from Zurich seems to fly towards victory, with less than 120 km (with geadwinds !) till Essouira. Trackers say that Robin has more slept since the begin and could be fresher.

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Last stretch : Robin vs Justin

News from Mattia

Incredible scenario. At km 1052, 284 km from the finish, __Mattia De Marchi__'s dot came to a standstill around 17:00. The race direction announced his scratch, stating that he was OK and that he was taken to the hospital in Biougra for check. We hope that everything is OK for the one who had strongly impressed today.

![mmm2](//images.ctfassets.net/6hyijb95boju/2JXiMQLNwKHdYYWxtB914z/0575b5f9f17402069f0b0f9f847a43f8/mmm2.png)

The AMR finds its former leader J__ustinas Leveika__ (who suffered the same fate in 2022), who overtook Mattia's last position and who is followed by Robin Gemperlé with less than 5 kilometers of difference. The suspense is total!

Breaking news : Mattia scratched !

After his defeat yesterday at the cyclo-cross world championships, __Wout Van Aert__ said: “*__Matthieu Can des Pool__ was the strongest, but that does not mean that I could not have won*”. At ¾ of the AMR, we do not yet know who is the strongest and who could win.

The big sensation of the last 24 hours comes from __Mattia de Marchi__. While the chasing group behind Justinas Leveika gradually withered, the Italian made up for the 30 km delay he had conceded, so that he took the lead after CP2 and became the new favorite.

__Justinas Leveika__ is nevertheless playing a magnificent game, with simimar passing times at CP, compared to 2022. He was even in the lead at kilometer 734 where he scratched last year. But around kilometer 820, after being overtaken for the first time by Robin Gemperlé, whom he joined, he saw Mattia De Marchi coming back on him, taking the lead for the first time. While he had led for the 800km of the first 72 hours, the Lithuanian suffered the effects of the lack of sleep and the sustained progress of the Italian who managed in a few hours to widen a gap of more than 30 kilometers.

__Robin Gemperlé__ is the only one to keep pace, about ten kilometers from Justinas and he told CP3 to the organization team that he was eager to finish and that he did not care about the classification.

For comparison, the gaps at CP3 were similar to 2022 with 1h45 between Mattia and Justinas, as between __Marin de Saint-Exupéry__ and __Jochen Bochinger__.

Behind, __Sebastian Breuer__ consolidated his 4th place. __Kevin Benkenstein__ moved up in the standings to take 5th position, but almost 200 km from the leader. The South African confirms his endurance, but he may lack technical skills in riding compared to MTB specialists.

__Yoan Dercourt__ and __Federico Bassis__ follow with stable and regular progress. 

__Steven Le Hyaric__ is 8th and will not know if he could have won this edition: a mechanical curse struck him with a tear in the rear tire which led him to become a specialist in fitting 26-inch inner tubes on the 27.5 rims and a heavy consumer of super glue. Steven is a great communicator who takes the microphone several tens of minutes a day to publish many Instagram stories, and he also had technical problems with an insufficient volume level of microphone sound to understand his race explanations.

Finally, we salute the current ninth place of __Théo Daniel__ who had declared before the race that it would be difficult for him to make a top 10 in view of the riders present. But the Frenchman is tenacious and very experienced in the long distance.


"Who is stronger and who could have won?"

Thomas Chateau

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