Press release 9th July 2019

FROM CHINA TO VAL DI FIEMME 
FIS ROLLER SKI WORLD CUP SEASON STARTED IN BEIJING

Fiemme Rollerski Cup on 14th and 15th September in Trentino
The season started in Beijing, good results for Matteo Tanel
Klaebo, winner of Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, is the king of sprint also on roller skis
In September two competitions in Ziano di Fiemme and on Alpe Cermis

The Roller Ski World Cup season started in Beijing and has an exciting calendar in store. The last stage will be held in Val di Fiemme on 14th and 15th September. As always, the icing on the cake is the "cradle of Nordic skiing", which will host the final stage of the Roller Ski World Cup season. This stage will be a preview of the epic conclusion of Tour de Ski in January with a new sprint and the "mass start" on the Final Climb.
Last weekend, the athletes took part in the first stages of the roller ski season in the curious Chinese venue of Beijing. They performed in a 200-metre sprint, in a 1.5-kilometre sprint and in a 20-kilometre Mass Start for men and 15-kilometre Mass Start for ladies in free technique. In this last race Matteo Tanel managed to race to fifth place. He finished behind the Japanese Hiroyuki Miyazawa, the Swede Victor Gustafsson, the Norwegian Ragnar Bragvin Andresen and the Chinese Qiang Wang, who won the home stage. 23rd place for Michael Galassi and 30th for Francesco Becchis. In the ladies’ race, the Swede Linn Soemskar triumphed ahead of the Norwegian Anikken Gjerde Alnaes and the Slovak Alena Prochazkova, who last year won the stage on Alpe Cermis in Val di Fiemme and got the World Cup title. Lisa Bolzan raced to 28th place getting the best result of the Italian ladies’ team. High temperatures during the weekend conditioned the competitions, but Tanel did not give up racing to fifth place even in the first sprint race, which was won by the star Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo, winner of the last Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme. 
The roller skiers will now take a break before facing the four stages of Khanty Mansijsk – Russia – in late August, and arriving in Trentino for the stage of Trento and the final rush of Val di Fiemme, with a 10 km F Mass Start for ladies and a 15 km F Mass Start for men in Ziano di Fiemme, and a ladies 13 km C Pursuit and a men 15 km C Pursuit on Alpe Cermis.

For further information: www.fiemmerollerskicup.it