"After a day of high winds that saw the race organization shut down their in-town race festivities area, the 2025 Ultra-Trail Cape Town 100k took off as planned at 4 a.m. local time on Saturday, November 22, and the weather returned to its normal heat. After a day of running on the mountains and beaches around Cape Town, South Africa, the U.S.'s Jeff Mogavero and Nepal's Sunmaya Budha came away with victories in 11:04:53 and 12:25:55 via two very different races."
"The 99-kilometer (61.5 miles) course, with 4,676 meters (15,341 feet) of climbing, has a reputation for rugged and technical trails on incredibly steep gradients. The course is front-loaded in its elevation change, with the high point at Platteklip Gorge coming at about 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) into the race. The climb, which gains about 900 meters (3,000 feet), is known for its gradients steeper than 35 degrees and general relentlessness."
"Both the men's and women's races had a couple of clear favorites, plus a number of individuals we expected to see competing for top-five positions. For the men, two-time Ultra-Trail Cape Town 100k winner Dmitry Mityaev (Neutral) had the course knowledge and experience to do well after a DNF at the event last year. He was joined by race rookie and 2025 Western States 100 fourth-place finisher Mogavero, and 2024 UTMB third-place finisher Joaquín López (Ecuador)."
High winds forced cancellation of the in-town race festivities, but the 2025 Ultra-Trail Cape Town 100k started at 4 a.m. on Saturday, November 22, with the weather returning to heat. The 99-kilometer course features 4,676 meters of climbing and rugged technical trails with steep gradients. The front-loaded elevation reaches the high point at Platteklip Gorge about 25 kilometers in, including a 900-meter climb with gradients steeper than 35 degrees. The route then runs high and rocky before dropping to sea level and tackling four smaller climbs in the final 55 kilometers. Jeff Mogavero won the men's race in 11:04:53 and Sunmaya Budha won the women's in 12:25:55. The event served as the final World Trail Majors race and formed part of a six-day festival of races from 16k to 100 miles. Pre-race favorites included Dmitry Mityaev, Mogavero, and Joaquín López, while Budha entered fresh from a second-place finish at the 2025 Trail World Championships Long Trail.
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