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Press Release 20 December 2016

MOMENTS OF GLORY FOR CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING
IN VAL DI FIEMME 
TOUR DE SKI, TOUR DEL GUSTO AND ‘RAMPA’ 

Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme (Trentino region, Italy) next January 7 and 8
Tracks ready for Christmas
A rich programme of events for the Nordic Ski Fiemme committee
Weng and Sundby lead in the World Cup overall ranking

Cross-country skiing is at home in Val di Fiemme, the beautiful valley of the Trentino region where the eleventh Tour de Ski, conceived by Vegard Ulvang and Jürg Capol along the model of Tour de France, will come to the end at the beginning of next year, with one of the most exciting races of the season. 
The Nordic Ski Fiemme committee, represented by Ciro Tomasi, the supervisor of the Cross Country stadium of Lago di Tesero, announced that the races will be regularly held and that tracks are almost ready for the event: “The track for Saturday’s race is ready, whereas the one for Sunday’s race will be prepared by Christmas, but in any case athletes will find the best conditions to compete”.
The programme of the events scheduled next January 7 and 8 is extremely rich and varied. On Saturday 7 January, music, entertainment and fun from 11:30 a.m., with a tasty lunch for cross-country skiing lovers before the Mass Start in classic style at the Cross country stadium in Lago di Tesero: 10 km for women at 2:30 p.m. and 15 km for men at 3:30 p.m., followed by the prize-giving ceremonies. At 4:30 p.m. Après-Ski Race Dj Set in the marquee, followed by Fiemme Rock from 6:00 p.m. Skiers will have to go to bed early because on Sunday they will need every single drop of energy for the Final Climb along the Olimpia III slope at Alpe Cermis, for one of the most amazing and exciting races at world level: A real moment of glory for cross-country skiing. The day will begin with the “Tour de Gusto” from 9:30 where participants will have the opportunity to try the tasty local specialties all day long, with six refreshment points offering a wide choice of local products. 
In the morning there will be the promotional event “Rampa con i Campioni”, a 9-km race in free technique, as exciting as the “real” race, and open to all those wishing to follow the footsteps of professional skiers along the terrible Final Climb, together with former ski champions such as Gabriella Paruzzi, Sabina Valbusa, Katerina Neumannova, Tobias Angerer, Annette Boe and Antonella Confortola. 
The entry fee for the promotional event “Rampa con i Campioni” is 25 EUR until January, 4. The Final Climb of the eleventh Tour de Ski will start at 11:30 a.m. for women and at 3:30 for men. 
The World Cup is now really getting going: last weekend athletes competed in La Clusaz (France) for two days. Heidi Weng won in the individual race and took the World Cup lead, followed by team mates Marit Bjørgen and Ingvild Flugstad Østberg, whereas Finn Haagen Krogh took the victory, with Johnsrud Sundby (World Cup leader) in the second place and Russian Alexander Legkov in the third. Norway dominated both the ladies’ and men’s relays, with Finland and Sweden on the podium for women and Russian and France in the second and third place for men. 
The World Cup will now go to Val Mustair (Switzerland) for the Tour de Ski opening on 31 December, just a few days before the appointment of Val di Fiemme. 
Info: www.fiemmeworldcup.com