The small beach located below the Gran Casino Lanzarote was the starting point for the swimmers who faced the Ultravesía, the longest open water swimming event in the Canary Islands. First, shortly after 11 in the morning, the 7 swimmers who were facing the 20 kilometers left, joining the points between Puerto del Carmen and the Cabildo of Lanzarote, and an hour later the 21 swimmers of the short race left, the 10 kilometers one, with the turning point in Playa Honda.
The conditions were excellent and this was shown by the participants to the organizers as they arrived at the finish line, accompanied by their kayaks, which served as supplies throughout the entire route.
The first to arrive at the beach were the 10-kilometer swimmers, led by David Blas Herrera, who took a time of 2:47'55''. The swimmer from CD Nadamas was surprised upon arrival at the finish line because "I didn't expect it, because I wanted to do the race to test myself for others that I have on the agenda, but I never thought of fighting to win"
Second were Daniel Javier García Rodríguez and Ibón Barrueta Molina respectively. The fastest swimmer was Juana Teresa Machín from Lanzarote, who finished fifth overall, with a time of 3:03'49'', followed by Elena Quintanilla Ayllón and Silvia Cristina Gopar Bonilla. The winner of the race commented upon arrival at the beach that "from the outside the sea looked very calm but it wasn't a bed of roses all the way and up to the airport it was very hard with the sea against us". Regarding the non-neoprene category, Andrés Cuello Torres was the first, followed by Román León García
Before the last 10-kilometer swimmer arrived, the winner of the main race, Abián Reino, entered the finish line with a time of 5:09'43''. The swimmer from Gran Canaria had a perfect race, coming back positions and finishing first with a wide advantage over his teammates. Abián, who was one of the favorites to win the race, did the Ultravesía Gran Casino Lanzarote without neoprene, preparing for the English Channel Crossing 2007. Abián was grateful to swim in Lanzarote because "swimming here is always a spectacle, although from kilometer 7 to 10 it has been very hard due to the currents that were there".
After him, Andrés Valentín entered the finish line, also without neoprene and with a time of 5:31'01'' and Francisco Alvarado, the first in the neoprene category and with a time of 5:31'04, only three seconds from the silver medal, accompanying him on the podium of his category the adapted swimmer Carmelo Santana, who experienced the race with intensity, of which he became leader for a good stretch until his kayak was injured and he had to fight against the conditions, a situation that his rivals took advantage of to overtake him. The swimmer from CN Las Palmas was excited, thanking "his wife, his family, his friends and those who follow him and support him on Facebook". Third of the swimmers who did the race with neoprene was Tomás Valentín Fernández.
Ana Iris Niz, the only swimmer who dared to take on the long distance, entered the finish line with a time of 6:06'34'', being sixth in the general classification. The swimmer from CN Nonadamos commented that "I already knew what I was getting into when I signed up for the race, a complicated, difficult area, with a head current, but very happy with the time set, lowering what I had in mind by almost an hour".
In the evening, the awards ceremony and a cocktail party took place for the participants at the Gran Casino Lanzarote in Puerto del Carmen, where the swimmers enjoyed the moment and shared their experiences in the race.
