Victoria Stansfield • 28 August 2026
La Dame
Blanche
Tour du Mont Blanc → UTMB · Chamonix, France
Until roll-out
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Friday 28 August, 01:30
They call Mont Blanc La Dame Blanche. The White Lady.
In French folklore the Dames Blanches stand at the crossings, the fords and the ravines and the narrow bridges, and they ask something of you before they let you through. Fall short and you do not pass.
For fifty hours I will be going round her. Twice. She decides whether I finish.
Where I am
The route crosses long stretches with no mobile coverage, the Grand-St-Bernard, Val Ferret, the Grand Col Ferret, and most of the high passes. The dot will freeze in those places and jump forward when I pick up signal again. That is normal, and it does not mean anything has gone wrong.
The challenge
Mont Blanc.
Ride it. Run it.
The ride
331km
Tour du Mont Blanc
28 August, 01:30 depart
The race
176km
UTMB
28 August, 17:45 gun
Climbing
18,000m
Two Everests, measured from sea level, in a single push.
Climbed
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To go
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The plan
Fifty hours, start to finish
My own pacing sheet, section by section.
Everything here is an estimate until it is real.
Fuelling • with Nduranz
What fifty hours costs
Carbohydrate and water, every hour, for two days. This is what I have to get down while riding through the night and then racing 176km on no sleep.
Carbohydrate
3,950g
Calories
15,800
Water
15litres
01:30 Fri17:45 FriSun
Nutrition partner Nduranz
The films
Three films.
First one lands 13 September.
I am filming all of it, the night ride, the transition, the race, and everything that goes wrong. Part one is out on 13 September, with part two and the debrief following.