Cross-country skiing: In Cogne the Italian champions of the distance are Caterina Ganz and Francesco De Fabiani

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Double for the Ganz that wins after the Friday sprint also the 10 km, while in the 15 km to take revenge on Pellegrino is De Fabiani. The Italian Under-23 champions are Simone DaprÃ and Anna Comarella second overall.

Saturday 2 February 2019 4 minutes reading time

In the 10 km in classical female technique the new Italian champion is Caterina Ganz who wins by recording the record in all the intertemps with the final time of 29''51 '' '' 8. In second position Anna Comarella at 29 '' '' and in third Sara Pellegrini at 35 '' ''. The Italian champion of the Fiamme Oro has commented on the race and the upcoming objectives: "I'm happy with the race, I wanted to do well in my distance and favorite technique, next weekend I'll rest and I will not go to Lahti, then I'll come back to compete right here in Cogne for the World Cup. "The World Championships?" In Seefeld, a beautiful track, I was there last year ". As predicted to win the 15km in classical technique and the relative Italian championship is Francesco De Fabiani with 39''04 '' '' 92, which took the revenge from the second place yesterday preceding in the distance test Federico Pellegrino a 26 '' ''. Third at 52 '' '' Giandomenico Salvadori closed. The two Valle d'Aosta champions have confirmed the expectations of these Italian Championships by winning the respective titles that best suit their characteristics, becoming familiar with the path that will host the World Cup in two weeks. This is how De Fabiani commented: "The effort of the sprint made itself felt today, I changed my mind on the track: at the beginning it seemed to me not very suitable for my characteristics, but I liked it. consider the Norwegians, they are very strong pushing, beat them will be tough ". The Italian men's Under 23 title went to Simone DaprÃ who played an excellent race closed in fifth place overall at 1''24 '' '' from the winner, according to Daniele Serra, third Paolo Ventura. Dapra after the excellent tests held at the World Junior Championships in Lahti and the Italian Championships has put in excellent light to be called for the stage of the World Cup in Cogne. With the second place overall the new Italian Under-23 champion is Anna Comarella, second Francesca Franchi, third Cristina Pittin.