Finishers and Nonfinishers in the ‘Swiss Cycling Marathon ’ to Qualify for the ‘Race across America’ Often it is reported in sport only by the successful winners or finishers, while non-finishers are not appreciated.Basically, one could expect that there are differences between finishers and non-finishers, which can be important for future starters on an ultra competition. We have compared successful finishers with failed non-finishers at the Swiss Cycling Marathon and tries to find performance-based factors for a successful finish, the results can be found under https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22080313/