Why the Tour de Ski is the main tournament of the winter season.

Last year we spent the New Year holidays in the ski resorts of Italy. My husband is a winter sports enthusiast and knows many ski resorts firsthand. The first place we went to is the Plose Brixen resort, it is located next to Bolzano (Bolzano). For me, the slopes of this resort seemed steep and difficult. I was a little disappointed. The next day, December 31st, we set off for Alpe Cermis. And for me it was heaven! I was very satisfied.
Alpe Cermis is a mountain in the Alps, its height is 2250 meters. It belongs to the Lagorai mountain range and is located in the town of Cavalese, in the Trentino Alto Adige region.

Alpe Cermis is a beautiful, unique and inimitable ski resort. The length of all tracks is 7500 meters, the height difference on some tracks reaches 1400 meters. Alpe Cermis is well suited for skiing professionals and beginners alike. There are trails of different difficulty levels, I will talk about this a little later.
Usually ski resorts open in early December. In 2011, Alpe Cermis slopes opened in mid-December, later than in previous years. This was due to the lack of snow. By December 31, there was already a lot of snow, in addition, they use modern system artificial snow. This resort is designed to satisfy everyone, from the skier to the one looking for just fun and relaxation. Here, in fact, you can forget for a while from everyday stress and get a lot of emotions!

How to get there to Alpe Cermis Alpe Cermis) by car:

Motorway Brennero-Modena (A22) Exit Egna-Ora, then take the SS48 to Cavalese.
Motorway Brennero-Modena (A22) exit Trento-nord, then take the SS12 road and above Lavis follow Valle di Cembra, then onto Cavalese.

Motorway Venezia-Ponte delle Alpi (A27) Belluno exit, then follow the signs for Agordo (SS203), then Falcade and via Passo S.Pellegrino (SS346) to Moena, from there take the SS48 road to Cavalese.

From highway SS47 follow on North, shortly after Cismon del Grappa, take the SS50 road. Further follow the signs toS.Martino di Castrozza via Passo Rolleand continue until Predazzo, then on the SS48 to Cavalese.
How to get to Alpe Cermis by bus:

Thanks to the servicesstate enterprise for transportation people, there are links between the communes of the province of Trento. Tickets are sold at Trento, Rovereto, Riva del Garda, Borgo Valsugana, Fiera di Primiero, Tione, Predazzo, Cavalese, Canazei, Moena, Arco, Mori, Comano/Ponte Arche, Pergine Valsugana and Levico.

How to get there to Alpe Cermis by train:

Immediate railway stations ToAlpe Cermis : Ora, Trento and Bolzano. From all these railway stations there are daily buses to Alpe Cermis (Sad and Trentino Trasporti).

From the train station in Trento (60 km. to Cermis):

Address: Trento, Via Dosso Dossi 23

The cash desk is open daily from 05.40 to 20.30.Travel by busTrentino Tpassporti from 6.20 to 18.30, the bus leaves from the stop, which is located 100 m. from the railway station.

From the railway station to Bolzano (42) km. to Chermis ):

Address: Bolzano, Piazza Garibaldi 3

The cash desk is open daily from 05.00 to 21.40.Travel by bus

From the railway station to ORA (24 km. to Chermis ):

Address: Ora, Via Stazione 106

Checkout is open Monday to Friday from 07.00 to 9.55 and from 13.50 to 17.50. Travel by bus Sad from the bus station which is close to the train station.

How to get to Alpe Cermis by plane:

The nearest airports (in brackets are the distance from the airport to the ski resort): Bolzano (46 km.), Verona (161 km.), Venezia (220 km.), Milano (330 km.), Orio al Serio (250 km.), Innsbruck (167 km.), Monaco (312 km.). From the airport by train to the nearby railway station to Chermis, then by busSad or Trentino Trasporti to the ski resort.

The ski resort is open from 8.15 am to 4.30 pm.

LiftsAlpe Cermis : telecabins (glazed cabins for several people), chairlift, drag lift.

Trails of three difficulty levels: black color of the track - difficult tracks,red color - trails of medium difficulty, blue color - lungs.
Link to ski mapAlpe Cermis and with resort service: map
H to view the location of the service on the map, click on the word :
noleggi / deposito - inventory rental;
skipass - sale of tickets for lifts;
parcheggi - parking;
cermislandia - territory of children;
rifugi - hotel and restaurants;
piste - tracks;
impianti - lifts.

Arriving at the Alpe Cermis ski resort, the first thing we dobought pass tickets for the lifts - Skipass. You can use the lifts an unlimited number of times a day. Here we go up in the telecabin.

First cable car completed open map, then click on impianti - this is road 1 - 1A - 2). Then we went to the store to rent inventory. My husband is a snowboarder and he has all the equipment, but we rented it for me. We paid 25 euros for skis and boots, I didn’t take sticks, because. do not use. To the right of the lift with telecabins is the easiest track of the ski resortAlpe Cermis.

This ski slope is well suited for beginners (open the map, then click impianti - this is road 6). Also here you can work out with an instructor, of course for a fee, the lesson will be held in the native language of the instructor or in international English. A couple of times to warm up, we swept along it, then went to the track of medium difficulty. To go upstairs, we used a chairlift (open the map, then click impianti - this is the road 4). There are stunning views of the mountains and there is a long ski slope.

There are quite steep slopes on this track, at first it was scary to go down, but then, already at the finish line, I realized: it was cool and not scary!

Near the ski lift there is a restaurant where you can have lunch or a snack. Ski pass:
In the period from 23.01 to 05.01 and from 03.02 to 16.03 prices are the highest. We paid 42 euros for a ticket. True, there is a system of discounts for groups, for children and for the elderly. How more group the cheaper the tickets.

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I advise you to go to Brugi s.p.a.. The Brugi store is located in Verona,Via L. Pasteur 6. There is a huge selection of suits for skiers and snowboarders at affordable prices.

Why the Tour de Ski main tournament winter season

8 races in 10 days, a chance for Legkov to win, climbing on skis and the most generous prize money - a site about what the Tour de Ski is and why it is worth seeing

Tour de France for skiers

The multi-day ski tour "Tour de ski" does not stretch for three weeks, like cyclists, but 8 starts in 10 days, and in the mountains - this is also an overload. And if you count on a high final place, none of them can fail. In the overall standings, the time spent on each distance is added up: a big loss in just one race can make even victories by a tiny margin in the previous ones meaningless. In such energy-intensive circumstances, it is especially important to be able to properly use rest time. So, two-time Olympic champion-2010 Peter Nortug rides the Tour de Ski in a specially equipped double-decker bus. It has everything you need to relax after the race and while moving from stage to stage - from a comfortable bed to a Playstation. But Alexander Legkov believes that the "mobile home" is not the most convenient option for the "Tour de ski". It is difficult to navigate serpentine roads on bulky vehicles, it is much faster to get to the hotel in a regular car and relax there.

This time, the participants of the Tour will have three transfers: from Lenzerheide, Switzerland, to Oberstdorf, Germany, from there to Toblach, Italy, and then another 124 km to Val di Fiemme, where the stage race traditionally finishes.

Due to the lack of snow in Oberstdorf, Germany, the schedule for the second stage had to be shaken up a bit - the sprint races were moved a day earlier, and the skiathlon (a race in two styles, with a change of skis - Мatchtv.ru) was replaced with shorter mass starts. The final program looks like this: 2 sprints (free and classic style), 3 mass starts (classic, 10/15 km - women / men), 2 pursuit races (free style, 5 and 9 km) and a time trial (free style, 5/10 km). Only those who have passed all previous races will be allowed to the final distance.

A real chance to win for AlexanderPassenger car

Since his heroic victory in the marathon at the Sochi Olympics, Alexander Legkov has not won anything. Last season was lost due to illness and change training group. The current Alexander started without brilliance, but confidently and smoothly - he is 10th in the overall standings of the World Cup. Even the leader of the season, Norwegian Martin Sundby, in one of his interviews, noted that Legkov had finally finished celebrating his victory in Sochi and got in shape. At the start of the Tour de Ski 2016, Alexander Legkov is one of the main favorites. He is the best miner in the world. He won the Tour in 2013 - then he was not prevented by either a 15-second penalty for an incorrect rebuilding in the penultimate race, or an accidental violation of the route during the final climb to Mount Alpe Cermis. Fortunately, the fans got Legkov back on the right track in time. And besides, this year the Tour de Ski is the main start of the season for skiers. Neither the Olympics nor the World Cup, for which you can score on everything else, is not on the schedule.

Successful ski competition format for TV and sponsors

The idea of ​​"Tour de ski" arose 10 years ago from a comic dispute, which of the skiers is stronger - sprinters or distance skiers. So they came up with a tournament that should determine the most versatile skier. But much more important is that at the beginning of the 2000s skiing a new, more attractive competition format for spectators and sponsors was needed in order to get the attention of television, passionate about biathlon. The experiment turned out to be successful. Every year, about 20 thousand fans come to each stage of the Tour, and in 2015 the TV audience of the multi-day event amounted to 70 million people. The sponsors also liked the new product. Audi, Helvetia, Le Gruyere and Polar joined the first Tour de Ski partners Viessmann and Craft Sportswear.

The highest prize money in winter activities sports

Excluding hockey, of course. The commercial success of the Tour de Ski allows the organizers to charge high prize money. They don’t pay too much for a won race - 2700 euros (for comparison, in biathlon - 13 thousand), but for a victory in the overall standings you can get 93 thousand (in biathlon - 28, in the Four Hills Tour - 20). In addition, the Tour de Ski, like the cyclists on the Tour de France, has a separate sprint classification, the winner of which will become richer by 5,500 euros.

Ski climbing

Business card "Tour de Ski" - the final race in Val di Fiemme. Skiers start according to the time shown in previous races, that is, they catch up with the leader - and whoever is first at the finish line wins the Tour. The main attraction of the distance of 9 km is the ascent to Alpe Cermis mountain. The steepness of the slope climbed by skiers reaches up to 29% in some areas. The difference in altitude from start to finish is 400 meters (890-1290 m above sea level), and the athletes' heart rate jumps from 137 beats per minute in the first half of the race to 180-190 beats in the final 500-meter stretch. On the last two kilometers, when the slope reaches 29%, even very strong skiers practically go on foot, there is no strength left to hire. So, it is the ascent to the Alpe Chermis that prevents the great Nortug from fulfilling his dream and becoming the winner of the Tour. He went "from and to" all 9 tournaments, won the most races (13), was on the final podium six times, but cannot become a champion in any way. On the eve of the 2016 Tour, he joked that he would be the favorite if on the last day you had to go down the Alpe Cermis instead of climbing it. Northug believes that the problem is his weight. 83 kg is too much for such a steep mountain. But the Norwegian can't do anything about it. In one of the interviews, Peter pointed to genetics: no matter how many crackers and bananas he ate, he would not be able to lose weight. Northug's only chance is to create the biggest possible handicap for himself before the final race. To not be caught up.

Opportunity to beat the Norwegians in cross-country skiing

Norwegian Martin Sundby has won every World Cup distance race this season. In the relay at one of the first stages, the first three places were taken by three teams from Norway. In the top five overall standings Women's World Cup - 4 Norwegians. This is a summary of Norwegian hegemony in the 2015/16 season. The main favorites of the current "Tour" at the bookmakers are also from Norway. Therese Johaug and Martin Sundby. However, the multi-day race has become “Norwegian” only in the last two years: two victories for Sundby among men and one each for Johaug and Marit Bjorgen for women. Before that, the men won the Swiss Cologna (three times), the Czech Bauer (twice), the German Angerer and the Russian Legkov; in women, Swedish skier Kalla, Virpi Kuitunen from Finland (twice) and Justina Kowalczyk from Poland (4 wins) became champions.

Live broadcasts of the Tour de Ski on Match TV:

17.50 - men's and women's sprint, free style

14.55 - mass start, women, 15 km, classic style

16.55 - mass start, men, 30 km, classic style

13.40 - pursuit race, men, 5 km, free style

15.30 - women's 5 km pursuit, free style

16.00 - mass start, women, 10 km, classic style

15.00 – race with separate start, women, 5 km, free style

17.40 - pursuit race, men, 9 km, free style

Text: Igor Osipov

Photo: globallookpress.com

Here is the profile of the Final Ascent in Alpe Cermis:

A very interesting graphical analysis of the decisive race of the Tour de Ski 2013, which brought victory in the stage race to Alexander Legkov.

Different colors show the speed dynamics of the strongest skiers. It's all about the speed of the 2013 Tour winner Legkov.

We can trace how at first Nurtug and Vylegzhanin caught up with Legkov and Kolonya. And then, already on the mountain, Legkov unfastened his rivals in turn - first Nurtuga. Petter's speed dropped to alarmingly low levels, and, like last year, he was almost chimed by Hellner, whose speed graph is also very curious. You can see where he rested before the final throw, which earned him the title of "King of Alpe Cermis 2013".

Then Legkov leaves Dario and Max and is already confidently going to his biggest victory in his life.

Kolonya, not daring to cling to Sasha, after a few minutes shakes off Vylegzhanin from his shoulders and increases speed. Moreover, the last 2 cut-offs Dario went faster than Legkov, so physically he, most likely, could fight for the victory. The difference at the finish line was 18 seconds.

Dario lacked the mental determination to fight Legkov. Here it becomes clear that already before the start final race Tour de Ski 2013 everyone gave the victory to Legkov. And this authority on Mount Legkov earned his performances in past seasons and, above all, in the Tour de Ski 2012, when, after a most offensive failure at the mass start, Sasha managed to find the strength to become the "King of Alpe Cermis".

So, nothing goes to waste!