Title: Ci siamo, il Tour de Ski sbarca in Val di Fiemme (Trentino)
Author: Elena
Company: Newspower

Press Release 4 January 2013 

FIS TOUR DE SKI MOVES TO VAL DI FIEMME
LAST RACES THIS WEEKEND IN ITALY

The 7th FIS Tour de Ski about to crown the 2013 champions in Trentino region
Classic technique races tomorrow and traditional Final Climb on Sunday
Cologna and Kowalczyk in chase of a new victory
Many entertaining activities from tonight plus the ‘Rampa’ event on Sunday

Val di Fiemme here we come. After the first five steps in Oberhof, Val Müstair, Dobbiaco and Cortina d’Ampezzo, FIS Tour de Ski 2013 prepares to land in Trentino region, amongst beautiful Dolomites. Women will be competing first in stage 6 tomorrow at 12.30pm with a 10k classical race, followed by men one hour later, racing 15k CT. Both events will take place inside the modern cross country arena in Lago di Tesero. The series will end with the traditional 9k FT Final Climb up Mount Alpe Cermis on Sunday (11.45am W, 2.50pm M).
Last year’s Tour de Ski events in Val di Fiemme were watched by over 60 million people around the globe and around 30.000 fans gathered along the Final Climb track on the very last day.
On Sunday morning at 10am, the international and promotional race named ‘Rampa con i Campioni’ will get on track for the 3^rd time along the same exact World Cup uphill course. Multi gold medal winner Thomas Alsgaard of Norway is expected at the start, along with further champions (retired or still active) such as Odd Bjørn Hjelmeset, Katerina Neumannova, Fulvio Valbusa, Marco Albarello, Peter Schlieckenrieder, Markus Hasler, Stine Lise Hattestad and Alois Stadlober.
In order to make everybody feel like home and enjoy the Tour de Ski final week-end, the Nordic Ski Fiemme OC set up several entertaining activities for everybody who will visit Val di Fiemme these days. ‘Fiemme Folk’ will open up tonight from 9pm at the party tent beside the XC stadium. Inside the same stadium, ‘Fiemme Arena’ will warm kids and families up tomorrow all day, while the ‘Fiemme Rock’ music event will get on stage at 9pm. On Sunday (from 9.30am) local sport and volunteer groups and associations will gather up along the Final Climb track and open their little chalets in order to attract everyone with mouth-watering dishes, homemade pastries and hot and cold drinks. This is ‘Tour del Gusto’ and outside any of the six ‘stops’ of the tasting tour, different nations’ flags will be waving and attracting fans, and you better hurry and try them all, simply because all food and beverage were gone before the race was over last year!
Info: www.fiemme2013.com