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Giorgio Di Centa back .... for a day at the races. The Olympic will participate bicampione & agrave; In fact, the thirty-third edition of the Gran Fondo Val Casies in South Tyrol. & Nbsp;
Wednesday 18 November 2015 4 minutes reading time
The 'athlete from Friuli defend & agrave; then on the field in the victory & rsquo; last edition of the magnificent snow of St. Martin. The Granfondo Gsiesertal on 20 and 21 February next dir agrave; thirty-three & eacute ;, in & rsquo; only European event that since 1984 did not miss an appointment. Even when l & rsquo; event & egrave; since no natural snow, l & rsquo; snowmaking has always guaranteed a perfect whitening of & rsquo; entire path 42 chilometri.Nelle previous thirty years 59,022 athletes crossed the finish line, completing one of the races more & ugrave; famous of & rsquo; entire Alpine. The pi & ugrave; titrated between these & eacute; no doubt Ole Einar Bj ø rndalen, winner in 2001. Each edition offers a large international participation, to a parade of colors and cultures of over 30 countries. The challenges will develop in & rsquo; span of two days, Saturday, February 20 there will be & agrave; the race in classic style 30 and 42 km and the MINI Gsiesertal dedicated to young distance runners, Sunday 21, the race in free technique on a regular spacing on Saturday. The novelty & agrave; quest & rsquo; year & will agrave; the & ldquo; Business Run & rdquo; for teams of three employees of the same company. The 30 km race will come & agrave; carried out by each of the three competitors (for a total of 90 km), the sum of their times instantly & agrave; origin in a special classification that Prime & agrave; the top three corporate teams. The results of individual competitors are still valid also for the ranking individuale.Le resort & agrave; main touch from & rsquo; s event will be San Martino in Casies, Colle and Santa Maddalena, who make & agrave; by setting the & ldquo; Just For Fun & rdquo; for amateurs or beginners still unfamiliar to juggle with skis tight. The Granfondo Gsiesertal dispenser & agrave; points for the Italian Cup and let & agrave; part of circuits Gran Fondo Master Tour and Euroloppet. The presence of Giorgio Di Centa give & agrave; the other participants an incentive pi & ugrave ;, competing side by side with one of the most & ugrave; great Italian skiers in recent years.
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