SWIX SKI CLASSICS MOVES TO ITALY AND EVENT 5 - MARCIALONGA! weekend in Switzerland and La Diagonela, the long distance cross country ski championship Swix Ski Classics is ready for the fifth event of the season – Marcialonga. Due to a warm winter the course is shortened from 70km to 57km as the start is moved to Mazzin. The start time for elite men and women in Ski Classics is postponed one hour to CET 0900. Ski Classics sprints will be in Canazei after 5km and in Predazzo after 32km. Marcialonga is the most important Italian cross-country ski race. Founded in 1971 from the idea of four friends who, on the way back from the mythic Vasaloppet, decided to organize a similar event in Italy. However, it has been discussed that the idea to Maricalonga started already in 1969 inspired by the Italian skier Franco Nones outstanding performance in the Grenoble Winter Olympics the year before. Where he took the gold medal in the men’s 30K. The first problem was “where” an event at this size should take place, and almost immediately the two valleys of Fiemme and Fassa came to mind. The first race was held in 1971 and became famous for their promotional action. Where they dropped 50.000 leaflets from an airplane over the valley to get the attention from the inhabitants. In the end the name Marcialonga, long march, was chosen. The Course The original course over 70km starts on the plain of Moena, Val di Fassa, and finishes in Cavalese, Val di Diemme. After the start the course climbs 20k through the villages of Pozza, and Canazei, where competitors then turn around to head downhill to Moena and on towards Predazzo before starting the last part which goes through the villages of Ziano, Panchia, Lago di Tesero, Masi di Cavalese, Castello--Molina. After 67,5k the most famous and hardest part beging; the Cascata climb. Where the athletes struggle up the serpentines to the finish in the center of Cavalese. The 2015 Marcialonga will start in Mazzin 13km up on the original course, hence shortening the track to 57km. Val di Fassa Val di Fassa is a valley in the Dolomites in Trentino, northern Italy. As an administrative valley community of Trentino it is called Region Comun General de Fascia. The valley is the home of the Ladin community in Trentino, which make up the majority of the population. Val di Fiemme Val di Fiemme is a valley in the Trentino province, i.e. the southern half of the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region, in northern Italy, located in the Dolomites mountain region. In Classical Antiquity, the valley was part of the Cisalpine Gaul province of the Roman Empire. In the Middle Ages, Val di Fiemme belonged to the Bishopric of Trent within the Holy Roman Empire. Under the Austrian Empire, it was part of so-called Welschtirol (i.e. Italian- (or Ladin)-)speaking Tyrol), from the early 19th century until 1919/20. More info about Swix Ski Classics on: swixskiclassics
Posted on: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 11:24:05 +0000
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