Northug and Olkkonen show in skating – Toblach-Cortina means sun and smiles

The super champion Petter Norhug owns 46th Toblach-Cortina skating. Photofinish sprint, Rueesch ends second and Sandstrem is third. Adrenaline too among women with Olkkonen winning, following Bentz and Kowalczyk

The historic ski-marathon ends with two days of sun and a lot of fun

Toblach-Cortina ski-marathon is a “must do” among long distance cross-country skiing. The Norwegian Petter Norhug, with two Olympic gold medals and thirteen World Championship gold medals, was one of the eligible winners today and he did not let the audience down. Second place for the Swiss Jason Rueesch and the Swedish Bjoern Sandstrem. Among women, the young Finnish Tiia Olkkonen sprinted before the French Coralie Bentz and the ex-Olympic and World champion Justyna Kowalczyk.

Start at 9.30 am, watching at the wonderful Dolomites of Pustertal. Northug made the audience wait this morning, but not at the end. The Norwegian ended his race in 1h42’08” with an enthusiastic final sprint.

Among women was also challenging. The Finnish Olkkonen accelerated at Passo Cimabanche until the end, when she was crowned as the winner with the time of 1h50’42”. Coralie Bentz (FRA) ended as second and third place for the great Justyna Kowalczyk.

Two great days end today, two competitions took place under the sun. It represented another great success for the O.C. president Herbert Santer and his vice Igor Gombac. See you next year!

“Red devils” take 46th Toblach-Cortina – Brigadoi and Boerjesjoe in the sky.

Brigadoi wins over his teammate Ferrari and the American Kornfield. Foreign women podium with Boerjesjoe, Schmidhofer and Donzallaz

Toblach-Cortina Ski-Marathon appeals and surprises again. It’s the ski-marathon linking Bozen and Belluno provinces, two territories, Toblach and Cortina, putting together their strength in order to give cross-country skiers an experience to remember. Team Internorm celebrated under the popular Tofane, with Mauro Brigadoi and the Sweden Malin Boerjesjoe, both with an exceptional performance.

Under a World Cup atmosphere (taking place not far, in Toblach), Dolomites welcomed skiers with flags waving, standing for 32 countries. 2 km and the group headed to Toblach Lake, turning point. After 14 km, a first group passed with Mauro Brigadoi, Francesco Ferrari, Jason Rueesch, Stefano Dal Magro and Tyler Kornfield. At Passo Cimabanche, Brigadoi decided to high his pace, followed by Francesco Ferrari and Tyler Kornfield. Toblach-Cortina gifted all with great views, as the newest “Pian de Loa”.

Francesco Ferrari and Mauro Brigadoi studied their race perfectly. Brigadoi won in 2h04’24”, followed by his teammate Ferrari and Tyler Kornfield, Ski Classics athlete.

Women race was free of surprises, or better, the main action took place during the first stages of the race. Malin Boerjesjoe immediately set a high pace, followed by the Austrian Anna Schmidhofer, the Swiss Nicole Donzallaz and the young French Leonie Harivel (2000). The Swedish kept on with her fast pace until the end, ending first in 2h20’17”.

At the end of the track the president of the Toblach-Cortina O.C., Herbert Santer, was there, together with his vice Igor Gombac and Toblach’s mayor Martin Rienzner. The “senators” Karl Walder, Sergio Bachmann and Hansjörg Bergmann also honoured the 46th edition. They took part to all the editions. Toblach-Cortina attracts everyone: from the 19 years old to the 78 years old veteran.

Tomorrow is time for the 42 km skating, with many xco skiers and two special guests: the Norwegian Petter Northug and the Polish Justyna Kowalcyzk.

Dobbiaco Cortina changes its look, 42km for skating-race too, starts with 3 Peaks View

The 46th in Dobbiaco-Cortina will take place on the weekend of 4-5 February 2023
Track change: Val di Landro will host the departures.
Confirmed the new distance of 42 km for the skating competition

A great and positive opportunity, born from what could have appeared as a problem. The announcement of the FIS, the assignment of three days of the Cross-Country World Cup at the Nordic Arena in Dobbiaco on the same date as the traditional Dobbiaco-Cortina Granfondo, had aroused some perplexity. Instead, during a meeting with the Mayor of Dobbiaco Martin Rienzner, the two presidents – Herbert Santer (Granfondo Dobbiaco-Cortina) and Gerti Taschler (SportOK Dobbiaco) all find an ideal solution together, thanks to ability, sportiness and sensitivity.

The 46th Dobbiaco-Cortina will take place in the first weekend of February 2023, two days for the two competitions: 42 km of classical technique on Saturday 4th and 42 km of skating technique on Sunday 5th. The World Cup competitions will take place from 3 to February 5th. The opportunity? Simple: on Friday, Saturday and Sunday the participants in the Granfondo will be able to attend the World Cup races, which could thus have a larger audience on the track.
The strong and motivated Organizing Committee Granfondo Dobbiaco-Cortina, chaired by Herbert Santer with his deputy Igor Gombac is already working, supported by Dobbiaco and Cortina institutions, to fulfill the wishes of cross-country enthusiasts.
The 46th Dobbiaco-Cortina will bring with it a new regarding the track: the great platoon of skiers will start from the spectacular starting point located in Val di Landro, at the feet of the suggestive Three Peacks / Tre Cime di Lavaredo. Races will move towards Lake Dobbiaco and about 1.5 km from the Nordic Arena there will be the turning point that will catapult everyone towards Cortina d’Ampezzo, passing in the points: Lake Dobbiaco, War Cemetery, Three Peacks View Point, Lago di Landro and then in order the passage to Carbonin, Passo Cimabanche (highest point of the races), Ospitale, Fiames and the arrival in Cortina D’Ampezzo centre, where many works are in progress, in view of the upcoming Winter Olympics.
This new is added to that relating to the distance of the skating competition, which will be 42 km. long, like the classic one; a real “Marathon distance” also for skating skiers! Route details, route map and profile will be published on Dobiacocortina.org by the end of July.

The participants of the 2023 Granfondo will experience a weekend particularly rich in emotions and sports.

Klee wins ahead of the Carabinieri and the Esercito. Elisa Brocard takes flight from the start and wins alone.

The Swiss Klee wins the final ahead of Gardener, Montello and Fanton. Klee and Elisa Perenzoni take first place in the combined race after 2 days of racing.
Positive balance for the organising committee around President Herbert Santer.

After the Swiss Beda Klee had sharpened his knives yesterday in the classic race, today he challenged the Azzurri from the Carabiniere and Esercito team in the 30 km skating race from Dobbiaco to Cortina and prevailed at the finish line.
In the women’s race, Elisa Brocard pulled away from the first metres and was not to be seen afterwards – a clear and deserved victory.

All results

Finish at Fiames

The finish of both races is in Cortina d’Ampezzo – Fiames (Nordic Center) and not in Cortina d’Ampezzo – Center

Go to the race-program

WE4SKI NORDIQ – 100 times around the world together!

Dear Snowsport Fans!

WHAT
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WHEN
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