Race leader Christian Maurer is flying through the course as he crosses the border into France by 11 am and soars his way down the Chamonix Valley to round Mt Blanc, the seventh of the Red Bull X-Alps turn points.

Not far behind, Toma Coconea is also making good progress, busting into Switzerland and taking turn point six, the notorious Matterhorn.

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Day 8. Race leader Christian Maurer bagged his sixth turn point: the notorious Matterhorn. With strong winds blowing from the north-west, Maurer took off from a sheltered spot and flew out of the valley.

Behind him, five other athletes have now rounded Piz Palu. Coconea is in second place, and continues to work hard at trying to close the margins.

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Day 7 of the Red Bull X-Alps dawned with the news that race leader Christian Maurer had been served with a 24-hour time penalty.

Athletes rushed to close down the massive margin Maurer had built yesterday but the pouring rain and low cloud base makes it even tougher.

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