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Trail del Cinghiale 50K - Course Data, Elevation and Cutoffs
- Palazzuolo sul Senio, Italy
- 50.9 km31.6 mi
- 2,814 m9,232 ft D+
- 3 ITRA points
The 2026 edition
The 2026 edition of Trail del Cinghiale 50K has finished.
The 2026 edition in numbers
- Finishers
- 168
- Median finish time
- 8:43:34
Map, checkpoints and cutoffs Map · checkpoints · forecast opens Oct 21 Race-day forecast is live
Race-day conditions
Weather and daylight along the course and at all 2 checkpoints, set to the 06:30 start.
- Start
- 06:30
- Daylight at the start
- 07:47-18:07
- Distance
- 50.87 km31.6 mi
- Elevation
- +2,814 m+9,232 ft-2,814 m-9,232 ftAbout 55 m of climb per kmAbout 292 ft of climb per mile
Next editionEst. Sat 30 Oct 2027
Estimated from the 2026 edition (Sat 31 Oct 2026). Not yet announced by the organiser.
- Start
- Sunrise1h17 after the start
- Winner~5h205h20 after the start
- Median finisher2026 median8h44 after the start
- Sunset11h38 after the start
- Cutoff14h after the start
A median finisher runs 1h17 in the dark.
Trail del Cinghiale 50K is a 50.87 km loop from Palazzuolo sul Senio with 2,814 m of climbing, starting at 06:30 on Saturday 31 October 2026 and running to a 14-hour limit. It is new for 2026: the event replaced its 60 km with this shorter, steeper cut of the same Apennine ridges.
At 55 m of climbing per kilometre this is the steepest of the four distances, and it has never been run. The 2026 programme dropped the 45 km and recut the 60 km - 58.69 km and 3,124 m in 2025 - into this 50.87 km loop, so there is no previous edition to reason from: no winning time, no finish distribution, and no runner who has been round it. The terrain is the same as the rest of the event, which is to say beech wood, forest road and ridge track above the Senio valley, with the climbing arriving in repeated short blocks rather than one sustained pass. A 06:30 start in late October means the first hour is run in the dark and the last hours are cold if the weather turns. The organiser lists four aid points without kilometre marks and publishes no intermediate time gates, so the table below carries the start, the finish and the 14-hour limit only.
Data is approximate and courses change between editions - always verify against the official race guide.
Other distances at Trail del Cinghiale
| Race | Distance | D+ | Cutoff | Next start |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cinghiale 100K | 99.7 km62 mi | 5,091 m16,703 ft | 25h00 | Oct 29, 2027 (est.) |
| Cinghiale 50K (this page) | 50.9 km31.6 mi | 2,814 m9,232 ft | 14h00 | Oct 30, 2027 (est.) |
| Cinghiale 20K | 20 km12.4 mi | 1,041 m3,415 ft | 6h00 | Oct 30, 2027 (est.) |
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93 effort-km
About 9 h for a mid-pack finisher (index 500). Not a pacing guarantee.
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50K
79 km-effort (distance + gain ÷ 100). Calculated from the course figures, not an official classification.
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Trail del Cinghiale 50K · 2026
Finish times, 2026 edition
168 runners finished. Half of them took longer than 8:43:34.That left the median finisher 5:16:26 inside the 14h cutoff.
Median finish
8:43:34
Half of the 168 finishers were still out there at this point.
5:16:26in hand before the 14h 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
8:40:02
median finish; average 8:44:03
142 finishers, 85% of the field
Women
9:18:57
median finish; average 9:37:40
26 finishers, 15% of the field
0:38:55 separates the two medians, across 142 men and 26 women.
Finish time by age group
Every track runs from the start to the 14h 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 | 8:23:33 | 103 | |
| MO | 9:09:49 | 39 |
| Age | Median finish | Median against the cutoff | Finishers |
|---|---|---|---|
| FU | 9:10:48 | 21 | |
| FO | 10:40:57 | 5 - small sample, read with care |
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
90% of the finishers came from Italy alone.
| Nation | Finishers | Share |
|---|---|---|
| ItalyIT | 15189.9% | |
| BelgiumBE | 31.8% | |
| AustraliaAU | 21.2% | |
| FranceFR | 21.2% | |
| PolandPL | 21.2% | |
| AustriaAT | 10.6% | |
| BelarusBY | 10.6% | |
| DenmarkDK | 10.6% | |
| NetherlandsNL | 10.6% | |
| NorwayNO | 10.6% | |
| SloveniaSI | 10.6% | |
| San MarinoSM | 10.6% | |
| United StatesUS | 10.6% | |
| 3 other nations | 31.8% |
Showing 13 of 13 nations.
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, verifiedNovember 7, 2026 - Official results
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Aid stations and checkpoints
| Checkpoint | KmMi | Cumulative gain (m)Cumulative gain (ft) | Cumulative loss (m)Cumulative loss (ft) | Cutoff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start - Palazzuolo sul Senio | 00 | 00 | 00 | - |
| Palazzuolo sul Senio (Finish) | 50.8731.6 | 2,8149,232 | 2,8149,232 | Sat 20:30 |
Data is approximate and courses change between editions - always verify against the official race guide. Source: official race guide, verifiedSeptember 20, 2026 - Official race website
Compare your time with the 2026 finishers
Official 2026 results, medians only. Categories with fewer than 20 finishers are left out.
FAQ
How long is Trail del Cinghiale 50K?
Trail del Cinghiale 50K covers 50.87 km (about 32 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 50K have?
The organiser gives 2,814 m of climbing and 2,814 m of descent. That is about 55 m per kilometre, the steepest ratio of the event's four distances.
What is the cutoff time for Trail del Cinghiale 50K?
The overall limit is 14 hours from the 06:30 start on Saturday 31 October 2026, so the finish closes at 20:30 that evening. Time gates are placed at the exit of the aid points, but the organiser has not yet published their times.
Is Trail del Cinghiale 50K a new race?
Yes. It runs for the first time in 2026. The event's middle distances in 2025 were a 60 km (58.69 km, 3,124 m, 16-hour limit) and a 45 km; the 45 km has been dropped and the 60 km recut as this 50.87 km loop, so no finish times exist for the course yet.
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