Gaspard Petiot (FRA2)
Gaspard Petiot (FRA2) pprepares during the Red Bull X-Alps on Grubigstein, Austria on July 6th, 2017
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Red Bull X-Alps 2017: Gaspard Petiot retires from the race

9 July, 2017

French pilot and mountain guide Gaspard Petiot was chasing down race leader Chrigel Maurer and looked like he’d catch him – but a crash landing put him out of the competition after seven days of hard racing

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