Summer Grand Prix in Courchevel is staged the "Classical Ferragosto"

From tomorrow in Courchevel is disputer & agrave; the third leg of the Summer Grand Prix 2015. The 'appointment in the land of France has taken over the years the profile of the "great classic" of maximum summer circuit.

Thursday 13 August 2015 3 minutes reading time

In fact, the resort & agrave; the & nbsp; Rh & ocirc; ne-Alpes & egrave; entry in the GP calendar in 1997 and since then it & egrave; pi & ugrave; Output, however, finding its natural place in the shelter of August (the only exceptions in 2004 and 2008, when it was placed at the beginning of the month). It garegger & agrave; on Tremplin du Praz (K120 / HS132), built in 1990 in view of the XVI Olympic Winter Games and still in its original shape, as from 2011 & egrave; state s & Igrave; object of modernization, but never of restructuring real. If the 'winter use & egrave; was minimal (after competitions Albertville in 1992 was followed by only a test of the World Cup the 'following year), the level of Summer Grand Prix & egrave; It was intensive. To date in Courchevel you have played fewer than 18 games of the maximum circuit of plastic. The only systems boast more & ugrave; Events are Hinterzarten (23) and Hakuba (29). The absolute record holder in terms of achievements & egrave; the 'Austrian Andreas widh & ouml; LZL, climbed to the pi & ugrave; top of the podium three times (1999, 2001 and 2002). It features 2 statements compatriot Thomas Morgenstern (2005 and 2011), while no other jumper & egrave; able to repeat. There are 14 other athletes with a victory. Among them are activities & agrave; Janne Ahonen (2000), Gregor Schlierenzauer (2006), Harri Olli (2008), Simon Ammann (2009), Daiki Ito (2010), Reruhi Shimizu (2012), Andreas Wellinger (2013) and Andreas Stjernen (2014). The official record summer belongs to Kamil Stoch who on Aug. 12, 2011 went up to 137 meters (over 5 'Hs), also placing telemark. Do not go for & ograve; forgotten as a couple of weeks before, in a race of Continental Cup, Andreas Wank has reached 137.5 meters.

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