Victoria Stansfield • 28 August 2026
La Dame
Blanche
Tour du Mont Blanc → UTMB · Chamonix, France
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.
I set out to ride the Tour du Mont Blanc and start UTMB on the same day. The Dames Blanches asked some serious questions. The films below are how it went.
Until roll-out
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Friday 28 August, 01:30
Live tracking starts on this page
The films
Three films.
The whole story.
I filmed all of it, the night ride, the transition, the race, and everything that went wrong. All three parts are out now.
Now the shape of it.Scroll down for the route
Follow it live
La Dame Blanche, part one · the ride
I rode through the night.
To the start of UTMB
331km, 8,301m of climbing, 13hrs 57 on the road.
La Dame Blanche, part two · the run
Another night, the head is good.
The legs are failing
I stopped at a hundred and forty-three kilometres, with twenty-eight still to run. It is here because it happened, not because it went well.
Live tracking
This page becomes the live map when I roll out at 01:30 on Friday 28 August.
- Where I am on the route, updated as I go
- Time elapsed since I left Chamonix
- How far through the climbing I am, and when I should reach the next checkpoint
Until roll-out —
Nothing to sign up for. Come back to this page on the day, or follow along on Instagram.
Done
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Roll-out to finish line
Tour du Mont Blanc
- Elapsed time
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- Distance
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- Climbed
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- Average
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- Carbs planned
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UTMB
- Time
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- Distance
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- Climbed
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- Average
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- Carbs planned
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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.
Now the part that made it possible.Scroll down for the fuelling
Supported by Nduranz
The fuel for fifty hours
Every hour, for two days, fuel was critical to keep me moving.
Now
01:30 Fri 17:45 · UTMB gun Sun
- On the bike, 90–100g an hour
- The reset, 60g an hour
- UTMB, 50–60g an hour
- The graph shows the planned intake each hour throughout the challenge.
Over the course of forty-nine hours it looked like
Carbohydrate
3,950g
Calories
15,800
Water
15litres
Nutrition partner
