Press Release 10 October 2014

FIS TOUR DE SKI CLOSES IN VAL DI FIEMME
THREE MONTHS TO THE FINAL CLIMB

FIS Tour de Ski lands in Val di Fiemme (Italy) in exactly 3 months
Two high-voltage days on 10 and 11 January, 2015
Many side events on both days 
FIS Tour de Ski to kick off in Germany on 3 January, 2015

XC Skiing: lights on in Val di Fiemme next January. In exactly 3 months – Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 January – the alpine valley in Italy will be once again hosting the eventual stage of the spectacular FIS Tour de Ski, two high-voltage days together with the world’s best skiers. 
The first venue to be involved will be the XC Stadium in Lago di Tesero, in the heart of the valley, where four World Championships have been housed in the past 25 years. Two mass start CT races are scheduled on Saturday 10 January, around the 5k-long ring inside the arena, for 15k and 10k total length, men and women respectively. At the end of these two races, the ‘line-up’ for the next day will be defined and the Final Climb on the Alpe Cermis will be served on Sunday, with the skiers battling against their opponents and against gravity! 
After a warm-up part at the bottom of the climb, there is a 200 meters stretch with 26% gradient followed by 400 meters with 14% gradient only where a little bit of breathe is allowed. But soon afterwards a new ramp at 24% awaits and the so-called ‘Deer Den’ is the last effort, a 50-meter long wall with 28% gradient that anticipates the much-longed finish line.
Norway’s Martin Sundby and Therese Johaug won the last Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme last January.
The ‘Rampa con i Campioni’ promotional event has been confirmed on Sunday 11 January morning as a sort of warm-up to the two following Final Climb sensational events. Along with the races, the Nordic Ski Fiemme OC will be also organising several side events on both 10 and 11 January, such as the delicious Tour del Gusto on Sunday up along the Final Climb track.
According to the FIS calendar, the 2014/2015 World Cup will kick off in Finland at the end of November, while the Tour de Ski series will start off in Oberstdorf (GER) on 3 January, continue in Val Mustair (SUI), Dobbiaco and Cortina (ITA), and finish in Val di Fiemme in around 90 days. 
Val di Fiemme has always housed the final steps of the FIS Tour de Ski since 2007 when the Tour was born, and it will be part of the Tour de Ski calendar at least until 2018.
Info: www.fiemmeworldcup.com