Val Ridanna is ready: in March 2021 double stage and grand finale of the IBU Cup

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Val Ridanna is ready: in March 2021 double stage and grand finale of the IBU Cup

The South Tyrolean resort will once again host the second most important circuit, but this time it will double.

In the coming winter the IBU Cup will stop twice in Val Ridanna. At the beginning of March 2021, biathletes will take place before the eighth stage and immediately afterwards also the final races of the circuit in a place now of reference for the whole movement. In recent years, the international biathlon caravana reached Val Ridanna in December, to perform a stage of the IBU Cup there. In the 2020/21 season things will change: 10 races will take place in Ridanna altogether between 6 and 13 March 2020 The biathlete and biathletes are expected to arrive in Ridanna on the first of March to spend two whole weeks there; after a few training days, at the 2018 European Championships the competitions will start on Saturday 6 March with individual races, while 24 hours later the winner and winner of the sprint races will be announced. The following week, single mixed and mixed relay, both Wednesday 10 March, sprint races (Friday 12) and finally the mass start 60 on Saturday 13 March. The organizing committee is looking forward to the intense period of events: “Ten races are two more than those scheduled for the European Championships, and biathletes will stay with us in Ridanna for two weeks - explains the director of Manuel Volgger race - We will do everything possible so that the athletes and their athletes, their coaches and companions can spend two extraordinary and unforgettable weeks in Ridanna. We will certainly celebrate the end of the season properly ”. Even some national teams will carry out their summer retreat in Ridanna in the coming weeks and months. The two local champions Patrick Braunhofer and Federica Sanfilippo have also taken advantage of the ideal altitude and the various possibilities of training (racing bike, mountain bike, roller ski, running) to get fit in view of the coming winter.
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