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! ! GENERAL INFORMATION ! This press release contains information about the Men's Ski World Cup, which is going to take !place in Santa Caterina Valfurva, on the Deborah Compagnoni slope on December 28, 2014. Therefore, this year the traditional men's downhill event that started on December 29, 1993 in Bormio moves from the legendary Stelvio slope to another one, "the one" dedicated to the !Queen of skiing: Deborah Compagnoni. The press office is there to fulfill all your needs and requests, from the accreditation phase to your staying in Santa Caterina Valfurva during the event. ! ! Accreditation Office and Media Centre are located in the same building: Tourist Office Magliavaca Square 1, 23030 Santa Caterina Valfurva (SO) Accreditation Office @: [email protected] ! Media Centre @: [email protected] ! !Opening timetable ! 25th December 26th December 27th December 28th December Accreditation 14.00 - 20.00 08.00 - 20.00 08.00 - 20.00 07.30 - 10.30 Office Media Centre 14.00 - 20.00 08.00 - 20.00 08.00 - 20.00 08.00 - 20.00 ! ! Best s.r.l. - 23032 Bormio (So) Italy - Via Roma, 131/b - tel. +39 346 8947494 - fax +39 0342 935342 info@ bormionline.com | www.bormioonline.com ! ! PROGRAMME Thursday, 25th December 2014 arrival of teams 20:00 1st Team Captains' Meeting Tourist Office, P.zza Magliavaca Friday, 26th December 2014 directly after jury S.Caterina World Cup Official Coaches' Café inspection c/o Bar Genzianella, Gondola S.Caterina 8:45-10:00 Course Inspection 10:00 Doctors' Meeting c/o Finish Area 11:30 1st Official training, D. Compagnoni Slope 17:00 TCM, Tourist Office, P.zza Magliavaca directly after TCM World Cup Official Coaches' Aperitivo Tourist Office, P.zza Magliavaca Saturday, 27th December 2014 directly after jury S.Caterina World Cup Official Coaches' Café inspection c/o Bar Genzianella, Gondola S.Caterina 08:45-10:00 Course Inspection 11:30 h 2nd Official training, D. Compagnoni Slope 17:00 TCM, Tourist Office, P.zza Magliavaca 18:30 Official Bib draw, P.zza Magliavaca Sunday, 28th December 2014 directly after jury S.Caterina World Cup Official Coaches' Café inspection c/o Bar Genzianella, Gondola S.Caterina 08:45-10:00 Course Inspection 11:30 AUDI FIS Ski World Cup S.Caterina DH Men followed by Award Ceremony, Finish Area Official Press Conference, Press Centre *The programme is subject to change. ! ! Best s.r.l. - 23032 Bormio (So) Italy - Via Roma, 131/b - tel. +39 346 8947494 - fax +39 0342 935342 info@ bormionline.com | www.bormioonline.com ! ! DEBORAH COMPAGNONI, A SLOPE WITH A CHAMPION’S NAME ! The most famous slope in Santa Caterina has the name of Deborah Compagnoni, the famous champion who was born there. It was created on the occasion of the World Ski Championships hosted in Bormio in 2005 as part of the women's races. Deborah Compagnoni is the first athlete in the history of alpine skiing to win a gold medal in three different editions of the Winter Olympic Games and has always been proud of her origins. ! Despite two serious cruciate ligaments injuries, Deborah Compagnoni is the Italian skier with the highest number of well-deserved victories in the history of skiing. During the years when she was able to show her amazing talent and class, the girl from Santa Caterina Valfurva dominated the international scene and, in particular, the scene of giant slalom: from 1994 to 1998 she won all the available gold medals in the Olympic Games and World Championships. ! The emotions felt by the Deborah Compagnoni fans are full of adrenaline and are the same emotions that can be found on the Santa Caterina Valfurva slope, the "most amusing slope in the Alps." ! !Characteristics of the race track Start: 2690 m Arrival: 1745 m Vertical Drop: 945 m Length: 3100 m ! !Characteristics of the Deborah Compagnoni slope The slope starts at a heigh of 2775 m (Mount Sobretta) and after a vertical drop of more than 1000 meters and over 4 km of pure snow, the slope takes you to the town (1730 m). The beginning of the slope looks like a narrow path surrounded by rocks, a rather tight passage, but not too steep. Just a couple of switchbacks and the track turns left: that's where the real challenge begins (with a series of really amusing parts!). The area near the skilift Plaghera precedes a less steep part that gives you a little breath. This is where the great speed champions will see the most amazing panorama! The track continues in the woods, with sometimes very challenging parts until the finish line. ! ! Best s.r.l. - 23032 Bormio (So) Italy - Via Roma, 131/b - tel. +39 346 8947494 - fax +39 0342 935342 info@ bormionline.com | www.bormioonline.com 15 ! ! THE GOLD MEDALS OF MEN’S DOWNHILL RACES IN VALTELLINA Date WINNER Time 29/12/13 2013/2014 WCUP AKSEL LUND SVINDAL 1’54.08 29/12/12 » 2012/13 WCUP DOMINIK PARIS 1'58.62 HANNES REICHELT 29/12/11 » 2011/12 WCUP DIDIER DEFAGO 2'01.81 29/12/10 » 2010/11 WCUP MICHAEL WALCHHOFER 1'59.66 29/12/09 » 2009/10 WCUP ANDREJ JERMAN 2'00.32 28/12/08 » 2008/09 WCUP CHRISTOF INNERHOFER 2'03.55 29/12/07 » 2007/08 WCUP BODE MILLER 2'00.57 29/12/06 » 2006/07 WCUP MICHAEL WALCHHOFER 1'51.82 28/12/06 » 2006/07 WCUP MICHAEL WALCHHOFER 1'51.90 29/12/05 » 2005/06 WCUP DARON RAHLVES 1'57.68 05/02/05 » 2005 WSC* BODE MILLER 1'56.22 29/12/04 » 2004/05 WCUP HANS GRUGGER 1'55.77 11/01/03 » 2002/03 WCUP STEPHAN EBERHARTER 1'59.27 29/12/02 » 2002/03 WCUP DARON RAHLVES 2'01.42 29/12/01 » 2001/02 WCUP FRITZ STROBL 1'55.00 28/12/01 » 2001/02 WCUP CHRISTIAN GREBER 1'54.33 15/03/00 » 1999/00 WCUP HANNES TRINKL 1'58.31 29/12/98 » 1998/99 WCUP HERMANN MAIER 1'54.51 30/12/97 » 1997/98 WCUP ANDREAS SCHIFFERER 2'01.44 29/12/97 » 1997/98 WCUP HERMANN MAIER 2'01.59 29/12/96 » 1996/97 WCUP LUC ALPHAND 2'00.51 29/12/95 » 1995/96 WCUP LASSE KJUS 1'55.35 15/03/95 » 1994/95 WCUP LUC ALPHAND 1'53.50 29/12/93 » 1993/94 WCUP HANNES TRINKL 1'55.76 03/02/85 » 1985 WSC* PIRMIN ZURBRIGGEN 2'06.68 ! Fonte Ski-db.com ! Best s.r.l. - 23032 Bormio (So) Italy - Via Roma, 131/b - tel. +39 346 8947494 - fax +39 0342 935342 info@ bormionline.com | www.bormioonline.com ! ! ALTA VALTELLINA, A LAND OF GREAT SKIING Valtellina has always been synonym with great skiing. Just think about the history of two legendary slopes such as Stelvio in Bormio and Deborah Compagnoni in Santa Caterina Valfurva, the theatre of this year's Men's Downhill World Cup race. The Stelvio slope was inaugurated in 1982 on the occasion of the first edition of the World Series. But the real debut of Stelvio slope coincided with the highly successful World Ski Championships of 1985. It kept hosting major perfectly organized events that made it win the World Cup again in 2005. The Santa Caterina Valfurva slope was inaugurated on that occasion, to host the women's alpine skiing races, full of great emotions. The slope is named after Deborah Compagnoni, the famous champion from the !town. In order to understand the value of the Valtellina event you just need to take a look at the list of the World Cup winners – starting with two champions who have made the history of skiing: the introvert and acrobatic Bode Miller (gold in downhill and super-G) and the unbeatable Hermann Maier, the Terminator who won the giant race. Another phenomenon of those years is the Austrian Benjamin Raich, who won the slalom and combined. Among the women, only the queens of individual specialties won the most important medal: the Croatian Janica Kostelić (gold in combined, slalom and downhill,) and the Swedish Anja Pärson. Things for the “azzurri” went much better than twenty years before: they had the memorable silver medals won by Lucia !Recchia in super-G and Elena Fanchini in downhill. In March 2008, the show comes back to Alta Valtellina, on the occasion of the second edition of the FIS World Cup Finals. The alpine skiing events takes place in Bormio - as always - while cross country athletes race in Santa Caterina Valfurva and snowboarders on the slopes of the !Valmalenco. Back to alpine skiing. The history of the Deborah Compagnoni is full of events, and that confirms it is a technical slope. Starting from its inauguration 2005 until now, more than 50 FIS (and other circuits) races took place on this slope, which is located along meadows and woods. In spring 2014 Santa Caterina Valfurva hosted the Downhill and SuperG Italian Championship. In 2012 it hosted both the European Cup men's super-G race that had to take place in Reiteralm (on the podium the Austrian Florian Scheiber, followed by the Italian Mattia Casse and the German Josef Ferstl) and in Altenmarkt Zauchense (the best "Azzurri" were Luca De Aliprandini 7th place and Patrick Staudacher 10th place). Big names and big events that once again confirm that the Deborah Compagnoni slope must not be underestimated. It must be remembered too that it is !the only always available slope in Lombardia for downhill training and fast disciplines. !The racing tradition of Alta Valtellina has no end .... because it is a land of skiing.
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    The adventurer Luc Alphand gets behind the wheel of your SCX® SCX® PRESENTS THE FERRARI 550 MARANELLO Now you can enjoy taking the wheel of one of today's most original Ferraris This Ferrari 550 GT Maranello from the firm with the prancing horse logo, brought to you by SCX®, boasts a truly spectacular design, in line with the Italian manufacturer's philosophy. The front of the vehicle has a strikingly large air intake with several logos underneath it. The car uses three colours: blue, the main colour in the scheme, white, which is used for the top part of the spoilers running around the vehicle and finally another band of grey underneath which, like the white, runs all around the vehicle. This colour scheme brings out even more the originality of this Ferrari. Eye-catching in the side view of this SCX® model are the wide, low-profile Michelin tyres. The silver-coloured alloy wheels are a detail to spot and behind the wheels are some striking air intakes. The aggressive looks of the car are at least partly due to its low suspension, a typical feature of Ferrari models. Other distinctive features of this Ferrari 550 GT Maranello include the stickers on the bodywork, starting with the large driver's race number, 72, next to the logo of ‘Les Maisons France’ and the French flag on the car doors. The drivers' names are to be found over the doors: Frederic Dor, Luc Alphand and Jerome Policand. Also worth a mention are the attractive headlights, between which the inevitable Ferrari logo stands out.
  • Die Heißen Siegertipps

    Die Heißen Siegertipps

    16 Die heißen Siegertipps Steven Nyman Didier Cuche Als der Mormone aus Utah Der 33-jährige Schweizer vor einem Jahr die Abfahrt in aus Le Paquier gilt als derzeit Gröden gewonnen hat, war es bester Abfahrer. Er ist auch der eine Sensation und viele stem- amtierende Abfahrts-Weltcup- pelten den blonden Hünen zum sieger, doch vom Hundertstel- Zufallssieger. Aber inzwischen glück nicht gerade gesegnet. In hat sich Nyman zu einem der der Abfahrt vor einem Jahr in weltbesten Abfahrer gemau- Gröden, bei der er als der sert und war zuletzt Zweiter in Topfavorit gestartet war, wurde der schwierigen Abfahrt von er um zwei Hundertstel von Beaver Creek, obwohl er bei Steven Nyman geschlagen. Bei der letzten Abfahrt vor Gröden sehr schlechten Bedingungen in Beaver Creek fehlten ihm starten musste. Sein bisher be- neun Hundertstel zum Sieg, im stes Ergebnis im Super-G, ei- Riesentorlauf von Beaver Cre- nen neunten Rang, fuhr er auch ek waren es elf Hundertstel. auf der Saslong heraus. Sein Wenn sich dieses Glück einmal Servicemann ist übrigens ein auf seine Seite dreht, könnte Südtiroler. Leo Mussi, der frü- der sympathische Eidgenosse her die Skier von Kristian Ghe- in Gröden sogar den Super-G dina präparierte, hat letztes und die Abfahrt gewinnen. Das Jahr auch Nymans Siegerski Können dazu hat er auf alle gewachst. Fälle. Hannes Reichelt Daniel Albrecht Hermann Maier Vor zwei Wochen hätte den danach ging sein Stern auch im Eigentlich ist mit dem Shoo- der vergangenen Saison platzte Auf diese Seite der Favoriten ihm wieder einmal ein Rennen Salzburger aus Radstadt noch Weltcup auf, als er ausgerech- tingstar aus der Schweiz eher mit dem Gewinn des WM-Ti- kommt er nicht, weil er wirk- aufgeht und er es allen wieder niemand zu den Favoriten ge- net auf der Saslong sensationell beim Riesentorlauf in Alta Ba- tels in der Kombination der lich gute Chancen hat, sondern zeigt.
  • KJETIL ANDRE AAMODT Aamodt Is One of the Most Decorated Alpine Skiers in History

    KJETIL ANDRE AAMODT Aamodt Is One of the Most Decorated Alpine Skiers in History

    THE THIN LINE: Life on the Edge Skier Biographies BODE MILLER Bode Miller burst onto the World Cup scene as an 18-year-old in 1996 and first gained widespread recognition when he won two silver medals at the 2002 Winter Olympics in the Giant Slalom and Combined events. Miller has won a total of four gold medals and one silver medal at the World Championships. In the 2004/2005 Season, Miller won his first overall FIS World Cup title, outlasting Austrian Benjamin Raich. In the 2006/07 Season, Miller finished 4th overall and won the Super G title. In May 2007, Miller announced that he was leaving the U.S. Ski Team to race as an independent. PICABO STREET One of the most prolific women’s racers to ever grace the U.S. Ski Team, Picabo Street was most definitely a ski racing personality. The native of tiny Triumph, Idaho announced her retirement from competition following the 2002 women’s Olympic downhill at Snowbasin, Utah, ending a career that included nine career World Cup victories, the 1995 and 1996 World Cup downhill discipline titles and a trio of World Championships medals to go along with her two Olympic medals, including the Super-G gold at the 1998 Nagano Games. In addition, Street collected a total of four U.S. National titles during her illustrious career, despite being injured and away from ski racing for two years. DARON RAHLVES Daron Rahlves is the most decorated American Downhill and Super G skier in history. He has won 12 World Cup races and 28 World Cup podium finishes, seven U.S.