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Finland's Levi is definitely the northernmost of the World Cup: it is located in Lapland, in the town of Kittila, about 180 km north of the Arctic Circle. It 'a stage dedicated to the first slalom season on the track Black, for both men and women, and it is so, except for the transfer to Reiteralm in 2007 and the cancellation of 2011, since November of 2006.
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Women, however, had already played games in goal close to Levi in ​​the latter part of the season, two in 2004 and two in 2006. Therefore, this year the girls will compete for the tenth time on this slope, the boys for the sixth. The mountain Levi has very low altitude, 531 meters above sea level, so the track has the distinction of having the finish line only a little more than 250 meters above sea level.
The Black is definitely the favorite track of Maria Riesch, the German has won three times, a record for Levi, the first time by winning his first Cup slalom in his career, and is also finished second once and third twice, to share two hits are Austria's Marlies Schild and, among men, the Frenchman Jean-Baptiste Grange.
As far as the darling local Tanja Poutiainen, winner of the first World Cup slalom in Levi played 28 February 2004 and has to his credit a second and two third places, right on the home track, she is Rovaniemi the capital of Lapland, will return from a serious knee injury suffered eight months ago in the giant Ofterschwang.
If the Rettenbach Sölden is not a friend of Italy slope of the Black Levi is even less: our only rider to be on the podium was Giorgio Rocca, third 12 November 2006, while the & rsquo , 11 March of the same year Chiara Costazza has achieved the best result of the blue, a fifth place. Here are all the podiums in detail:
Hall of Fame women's slalom in Levi
28/02/2004 1. Tanja Poutiainen (Fin) 2. Elisabeth Goergl (AUT) 3. Maria Riesch (Ger)
29/02/2004 1. Maria Riesch (Ger) 2. Elisabeth Goergl (AUT) 3. Martina Ertl (Ger)
10/03/2006 1. Janica Kostelić (Cro) 2. Anja Pärson (Swe) 3. Kathrin Zettel (AUT)
11/03/2006 1. Anja Pärson (Swe) 2. Janica Kostelić (Cro) 3. Nicole Hosp (AUT)
11/11/2006 1. Marlies Schild (AUT) 2. Nicole Hosp (AUT) 3. Kathrin Zettel (AUT)
15/11/2008 1. Kildow Lindsey Vonn (USA) 2. Maria Pietilä-Holmner (Swe) 3. Maria Riesch (Ger)
14/11/2009 1. Maria Riesch (Ger) 2. Kildow Lindsey Vonn (USA) 3. Tanja Poutiainen (Fin)
13/11/2010 1. Marlies Schild (AUT) 2. Maria Riesch (Ger) 3. Tanja Poutiainen (Fin)
10/11/2012 1. Maria Riesch (Ger) 2. Tanja Poutiainen (Fin) 3. Mikaela Shiffrin (USA)
Hall of Fame men's slalom in Levi
12/11/2006 1. Benjamin Raich (AUT) 2. Markus Larsson (Swe) 3. Giorgio Rocca (Ita)
16/11/2008 1. Jean-Baptiste Grange (FRA) 2. Bode Miller (USA) 3. Mario Matt (AUT)
15/11/2009 1. Reinfried Herbst (AUT) 2. Ivica Kostelic (Cro) 3. Jean-Baptiste Grange (FRA)
14/11/2010 1. Jean-Baptiste Grange (FRA) 2. Andre Myhrer (Swe) 3. Ivica Kostelic (Cro)
11/11/2012 1. Andre Myhrer (Swe) 2. Marcel Hirscher (AUT) 3. Jens Byggmark (Swe)
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