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Red Bull X-Alps 2017: Meet the athletes

26 June, 2017

Hello to (some of) the athletes in the Red Bull X-Alps 2017 – some well known faces, some new guys. A certain top gun missing. Starts 2 July, with the Prologue on 29 June 2017.

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