Nordic SkiingCross Country - The Sgambeda
A.P.T. Livigno
Great success in Livigno for the first day of La Sgambeda. Triumph French Chauvet and Finnish Roponen.
Friday 12 December 2014 5 minutes reading time
Nearly 1000 between professional and amateur participants in La Sgambeda Marathon, evidence of 42 km free technique that opened the three days livignasca dedicated to cross country skiing. Sunny weather and temperatures around zero degrees accompanied the protagonists throughout the & rsquo; day long.
The test male & egrave; sprint was won by Frenchman Benoit Chauvet Gel Interim - Rossignol Ski Team ahead of Czech Petr Novak Team Novak Team and compatriot Robin Duvillard Team Grenoble Is & egrave; re Nordic. Among women rather successful Ritta-Liisa Roponen Team Xcalibur Lill Sport that preceded clearly the & rsquo; American Holly Brooks of Salomon Nordic and Belarusian Ekaterina Rudakova of Belarus National Team.
Among Italians tenth place for Sergio Holliday and twenty-sixth of Simone Paredi. The twins Nicolas and Thomas Bormolini closed fifteenth and seventeenth place respectively in the Short Race of 22.5 kilometers. All four of the blues are part of Team Scame Ski Trab Marathon Livigno, teams that will participate & agrave; FIS Marathon Cup circuit and Swix Ski Classics.
These are the words of Benoit Chauvet, winner of La Sgambeda Marathon men: & ldquo; I finally managed to win La Sgambeda, that goal chasing for several years. During the race fell, but this little incident did not affect my performance. The 'goal of the season & egrave; to win the international circuit of the FIS Marathon Cup & rdquo ;.
Instead these statements Ritta-Liisa Roponen, first among women: & ldquo; Winning for the second consecutive time in Livigno & egrave; a fantastic feeling, I have a great feeling with this track that I like in every part. I started pushing hard and I made a great stretch of the race with the group of men, able now to pull the opponents & rdquo ;.
These finally the words of Luke Moretti, president of Apt Livigno: & ldquo; Livigno believes and aims at the cross-country skiing, as both activities & agrave; sporting as attractiveness & agrave; tourist. And '' sport that allows us to anticipate the season in November and host teams in training for the 'start of international competitions, as well as the many fans. The work carried out last year on the track, quest''anno have allowed us to produce artificial snow and have a ring ready for the beginning of November, a great opportunity & agrave; for Livigno. Quest''anno with the 'entry into the Swix Ski Classics, La Sgambeda has made a leap in quality & agrave ;, projecting more and more & ugrave; un''ottica in international calling to Livigno many TV stations in Northern Europe, which will broadcast the races live. This, in addition to being a source of pride, & egrave; a strong signal of promotion to markets that are traditionally in the DNA of Livigno & rdquo;
All charts de La Sgambeda Marathon can be found at the link http://www.lasgambeda.it/sgambeda-classifica
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