Geoffrey wins in Castelbuono

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Geoffrey Mutai wins in Castelbuono

Tuesday 26th July 2011, Geoffrey Mutai wins in Castelbuono

Boston Marathon winner Geoffrey Mutai added a feather on his cap to the prestigious list of long-distance stars who won the Giro di Castelbuono, the oldest road race in Europe which celebrated its 86th edition.

For this year, the race featured winners of three of the most famous Marathon races in the world: Kenyan Geoffrey Mutai, was first in Boston 2011 with a time of 2:03:02; Gebreegziaber Gebremariam from Ethiopia, was the 2010 winner in New York; and Kenyan Emmanuel Mutai was first in London 2011 with his 2:04:40 PB. Others had runners like Moroccan Abderrahim Goumri, second in New York in 2007 and 2008 and in Chicago 2009; Matthew Kisorio from Kenya, fourth at the 2011 World Cross Country Championships in Punta Umbria and winner of the 2011 Stramilano Half Marathon.

This year the race was marked by a certified 10km loop course and not on its previous traditional 11.3 km course.

At halfway Mutai, broke away from Gebremariam and Kisorio by unleashing a devastating attack on the uphill section of the course of Via Mario Levante during the sixth lap and increased his lead lap after lap.

Italian 5000m champion Stefano La Rosa finished eighth and first among Italian runners in 31:01

Official timing of the race

1. Geoffrey Mutai (Kenya) 29:05

2. Gebrehegziaber Gebremariam (Ethiopia) 30:13

3. Matthew Kisorio (Kenya) 30:14

4. Geoffrey Kusuro (Uganda) 30:30

5. Rachid Kisri (Morocco) 30:37

6. Emmanuel Mutai (Kenya) 30:48

7. Ezekiel Chebii (Kenya) 31:00

8 Stefano La Rosa (Italy) 31:00

9. Ahmed Mazoury (Italy) 31:01

10. Abderrahim Goumri (Morocco) 31:04

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