Trail del Cinghiale 100K - Course Data, Elevation and Cutoffs
Trail del Cinghiale 100K is a 99.7 km loop out of Palazzuolo sul Senio, on the Romagna side of the Tosco-Romagnolo Apennines, with 5,091 m of climbing and the same again of descent. It starts at 22:00 on Friday 30 October 2026 and runs to a 25-hour limit, so the whole field takes the first night on its feet.
Course profile
- Next edition
- Fri 30 Oct 2026 · 22:00
- Distance
- 99.7 km
- Elevation gain
- 5,091 m
- Elevation loss
- 5,091 m
- Cutoff
- 25h
- Typical winning time
- ~13h42
This is an Apennine race rather than an Alpine one, and the difference is the shape of the climbing rather than its size. There is no single pass to cross: 5,091 m accumulates over ridge after ridge of beech wood, forest road and single track between the Senio and Lamone valleys, with the high ground around 1,100 m and the course dropping back towards the village repeatedly. Palazzuolo itself is the hub, and the organiser runs a base life there. What the race asks for is the night and the cold. A 22:00 start puts eight hours of darkness in front of runners before they have settled, the ridges at the end of October are wet and often in cloud, and the second half is run tired on ground that never gives a long runnable stretch. The organiser publishes nine aid points but no kilometre marks for them and no intermediate time gates, so the table below carries the start, the finish and the 25-hour limit and nothing between.
Data is approximate and courses change between editions - always verify against the official race guide.
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Course math
Three numbers worked out from this course's distance, elevation and checkpoints.
UTMB Index category
100K
150 km-effort (distance + gain ÷ 100). Calculated from the course figures, not an official classification.
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Finish times, 2025 edition
80 runners finished. Half of them took longer than 19:19:45. That left the median finisher 5:40:15 inside the 25h cutoff.
Median finish
19:19:45
Half of the 80 finishers were still out there at this point.
5:40:15 in hand before the 25h cutoff
The start line
Men and women
Two medians on the same scale. The bars run from the start to the cutoff, so the gap between them is the gap in time.
Men
19:19:45
median finish; average 19:27:19
70 finishers, 88% of the field
Women
19:04:36
median finish; average 19:42:40
10 finishers, 13% of the field
0:15:09 separates the two medians, across 70 men and 10 women.
Finish time by age group
Every track runs from the start to the 25h cutoff, so the empty part of a bar is the time that group's median finisher still had. Men and women are drawn on the same scale.
| Age | Median finish | Median against the cutoff | Finishers |
|---|---|---|---|
| MU | 18:50:06 | 49 | |
| MO | 20:39:55 | 21 |
| Age | Median finish | Median against the cutoff | Finishers |
|---|---|---|---|
| FU | 18:03:05 | 8 - small sample, read with care | |
| FO | - | 2 - too few finishers to publish a time |
Full bar: 20 finishers or more. Tick alone: fewer than 20, too few for a median to say much. The shaded row is the biggest group.
Where the finishers came from
93% of the finishers came from Italy alone.
| Nation | Finishers | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Italy IT | 74 92.5% | |
| France FR | 2 2.5% | |
| Albania AL | 1 1.3% | |
| United Kingdom GB | 1 1.3% | |
| Poland PL | 1 1.3% | |
| San Marino SM | 1 1.3% |
Bar length is against the largest nation. The smallest counts are drawn at a minimum visible width, so their bars are not to scale.
How these numbers were computed
These are times for runners who finished. They exclude everyone who started and did not, so they describe how long finishing took, not how long the race takes. Bands with only a handful of finishers move a lot from one edition to the next.
We plot the median, not the average. A handful of very quick runners drags the average well below the time half the field actually beat, so the median is the honest number to plan against.
Nationality here shows who travels to this race, not who runs it best. That alone is why a host nation tops almost every list.
Computed from the full official results, verified September 20, 2026 - Official results
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Aid stations and checkpoints
| Checkpoint | Km | Cumulative gain (m) | Cumulative loss (m) | Cutoff | Crew | Drop bag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start - Palazzuolo sul Senio | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Palazzuolo sul Senio (Finish) | 99.7 | 5,091 | 5,091 | Sat 23:00 | - | - |
Data is approximate and courses change between editions - always verify against the official race guide. Source: official race guide, verified September 20, 2026 - Official race website
FAQ
How long is Trail del Cinghiale 100K?
Trail del Cinghiale 100K covers 99.7 km (about 62 miles) as a loop starting and finishing in Palazzuolo sul Senio, in the Apennines between Tuscany and Romagna.
How much elevation gain does Trail del Cinghiale 100K have?
The organiser gives 5,091 m of climbing and 5,091 m of descent. It is a loop, so the two are equal. The 2025 edition ran a slightly different measurement of the same course at 100.71 km and 5,220 m.
What is the cutoff time for Trail del Cinghiale 100K?
The overall limit is 25 hours from the 22:00 start on Friday 30 October 2026, so the finish closes at 23:00 on the Saturday. Time gates are placed at the exit of the aid points, but the organiser has not yet published their times for 2026.
What is a typical finish time for Trail del Cinghiale 100K?
Of the 80 finishers in 2025, the median time was 19:19:45 - half the field took longer - against a mean of 19:29:14. Mark Penna won in 13:43:32 and the last finisher came in at 24:47:30, inside the 25-hour limit.
When does Trail del Cinghiale 100K start?
At 22:00 on Friday 30 October 2026, from Palazzuolo sul Senio. The event's other three distances all start on the Saturday morning: the 50K at 06:30, the 35K at 07:30 and the 20K at 09:30.
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