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Press release 27^th December 2019

TOUR DE SKI: VAL DI FIEMME IS READY 
CERMIS, FINAL GOAL FOR THE CROSS-COUNTY CHAMPIONS

From 3^rd to 5^th January last stage of Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme
On Friday 100^th Tour de Ski race, on Saturday the sprint and on Sunday the Final Climb… mass start
Klaebo and Johaug are the favourites, for Italy there will be Federico Pellegrino

The 14^th edition of Tour de Ski is ready to start (on 28^th December in Lenzerheide, Switzerland) and the national teams have announced the athletes who will participate in this year’s edition. The last stage will as usual be held in Val di Fiemme (ITA) from 3^rd to 5^th January.
Italy’s Federico Pellegrino could leave his mark in Val di Fiemme in the sprint on Saturday 4^th January. Among the other Italian cross-country skiers who could get an important result on Alpe Cermis in Val di Fiemme there are Francesco De Fabiani, who last year had a good race, Giandomenico Salvadori, Ilaria Debertolis, Caterina Ganz, Francesca Franchi, Maicol Rastelli, Stefan Zelger, Michael Hellweger, Mikael Abram, Elisa Brocard, Greta Laurent, Lucia Scardoni and Anna Comarella. But before the Final Climb on Alpe Cermis with the delicious ‘Tour del Gusto’ on the Olimpia III slope, the Fiemme Ski World Cup committee, which is always helped by many volunteers, will organise the 100^th Tour de Ski race on Friday 3^rd January and the sprint on Saturday 4^th January.
Johannes Klaebo and Therese Johaug are the favourites for the final victory. They are probably the best Norwegian skiers of the last decade and two of the best athletes in cross-country skiing history. The young athlete Klaebo (1996) has already won three gold Olympic medals and still has time to make history. Martin Johnsrud Sundby has decided not to take part in Tour de Ski. He is not as brilliant as he was in the past and so he decided to focus on the World Cup races that best suit him. The Russian Sergej Ustiugov and Alexander Bolshunov are also ready to fight for the final victory. The program in Val di Fiemme is really exciting and the final ‘mass start’ will crown the best to climb the slope of the champions.
For further information: www.fiemmeworldcup.com