Saturday, the 20th edition of Gardenissima

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Below we publish the press release on the presentation of the & nbsp; S & uuml; dtirol Gardenissima, quest''anno come to its 20th edition.

Wednesday 30 March 2016 10 minutes reading time

Nell & rsquo; last weekend of the winter season the spotlight of alpine skiing are focused on Val Gardena, which is home to the twentieth edition of the & nbsp; S & uuml; dtirol Gardenissima: the morning of Saturday, April 2 will be 650 skiers will compete in the grueling long competition over six kilometers from the start of the Seceda, located at 2,518 meters, until you reach Plan de Tieja to 1,458 meters. The favorites The & nbsp; S & uuml; dtirol Gardenissima & nbsp; & egrave; an international event, and in the next edition are 19 nations represented, with v & ugrave quota; numerous coming from & rsquo; Austria with 207 members, followed by & rsquo; Italy at an altitude of 174. And thinking the odds are just Italians to launch the & rsquo; heavy artillery with & nbsp; Massimiliano Blardone, strong of his twenty-five podium finishes in the World Cup, which give & agrave; l & rsquo; farewell to & rsquo; competitive spirit with this latest investment. Contacts are underway with Austrian athletes of the World Cup and & egrave; possible that on the eve of the race organizers can update the starting list with striking names, the top & nbsp; of those to have confirmed their & nbsp; there are very strong & nbsp; Philipp Sch & ouml; rghofer & nbsp; and & nbsp; Oti Striedinger. Among the confirmations France plays an important paper, with the presence of & nbsp; Nicolas Raffort, who seems to have the & rsquo; plans to establish itself after major victories at the level nazionale.Sul slope women the underdogs are & nbsp; Ilka Å tuhec, very expert of the path with four consecutive victories: the Slovenian & egrave; hunting for the quintet to the & nbsp; S & uuml; dtirol Gardenissima, after the forfeit of the last edition. On the Italian front & egrave; Charge & nbsp; Federica Brignone, who in this season won his first victory in a race for the World Cup in the difficult race S & ouml; SÃ¶lden, but attention also & nbsp; Verena Stuffer, on the podium in the last eight editions of the S & uuml; dtirol Gardenissima , as well as & eacute; reigning champion. & nbsp; But this is not & egrave; everything, because & eacute; great athletes on the international scene are used to confirm their presence at & rsquo; last minute. L & rsquo; experience of skiing to alpinoAssistere & nbsp; S & uuml; dtirol Gardenissima & nbsp; & egrave; a show not only for the race, but also to be able to see in action some of the best talents of the current alpine and past. Among the skiers who have hung up the skis are & nbsp; Marc Girardelli: the two-time Olympic silver & egrave; a real fond of the & nbsp; S & uuml; dtirol Gardenissima, and everyone is waiting for the usual match against the & rsquo; South Tyrolean & nbsp; Peter Runggaldier, that these mountains knows them inside out. Eye but also all & rsquo; English & nbsp; Konrad Bartelski & nbsp; & ndash; climbed to the honors of the sports news in 1981 for his first and only podium of the World Cup, won on the Saslong in Val Gardena. Among women there will be & agrave; & nbsp; Isolde Kostner, one of the most & ugrave Italian skiers; Winning the story, who signed for seven times the S & uuml; dtirol Gardenissima. Also listed among the & nbsp; Maria Rosa Quario, four wins in the World Cup, which riproporr & agrave; the challenge with her daughter & nbsp; Federica Brignone. Finally, on the slopes of Val Gardena scintiller & agrave; also the first medal d & rsquo; women's Olympic gold specialty & agrave ;: the Bergamo & nbsp; Paola Gizzards. An unmissable event The & nbsp; S & uuml; dtirol Gardenissima & nbsp; will be & agrave; a must-see event from a sporting perspective, because & eacute; It allows many amateurs entered to race against legends of alpine skiing of the past and the day of & rsquo; today. But spettacolarit & agrave; dell & rsquo; event is not limited to this and the organizers thought big to close the ski season in Val Gardena: the twentieth anniversary of the competition & egrave; It was organized a party with live music, DJ sets and a big screen where you will have & agrave; l & rsquo; opportunity & agrave; to watch the race live without memorize options give up the festive atmosphere. For those who will not have & agrave; the good fortune of being in Val Gardena over the weekend of April 2 there will be & agrave; however, the possibility & agrave; to follow the exploits of the participants in live streaming on the official website of the competition & nbsp; more & ugrave www.gardenissima.eu.In; the slopes, thanks to the latest snowfalls, are really in top condition and these are the last days to take advantage of the fantastic slopes of Val Gardena before the close of the winter season. statistics pills Underscoring the & rsquo; internationality & agrave; of the race are the three sisters Maria Belen, Angelica and Macarena & nbsp; Simari Birkner, which by & rsquo; Argentina came to give a hard time to European athletes, along with his brother Cristian Javier. But the South Americans also add the little platoon from the Rising Sun, are in fact five Japanese skiers participating in the race. The pi & ugrave girl; young to have taken up the challenge & egrave; & nbsp; Amelie Siegel, who compir & agrave; 15 years next September, all & rsquo; other extreme c & rsquo; & egrave; & nbsp; Ludovica Pineider, which will slide & agrave; on the snow accompanied by her 78 springs. Finally, the senators of the & nbsp; S & uuml; dtirol Gardenissima. Are ten who participated in every edition of the race: Giuseppe Benaglio, Werner Goller, Marco Santini, Arthur Unterfrauner, Peter Perathoner, Roger Ravazzini, Robert Demetz, Markus Stoll, Raimund Alton and Willi Demetz will gather to compete for the twentieth time.

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