JOERGEN AUKLAND MASTERS ITALY'S MARCIALONGA

Joergen Aukland wins the Italian ski-marathon for the fourth time

Stanislav Rezac and Anders Aukland complete the podium

Seraina Boner dominates women’s race

Over 7500 skiers at the start of the Italian long distance XC skiing race 

 

 

Joergen Aukland (NOR) and Seraina Boner (SUI) are the new golden boy and girl of Marcialonga di Fiemme e Fassa (Italy). The Norwegian managed to keep back his older brother Anders and Stanislav Rezac ofCzechRepublic. On the women’s side, Laila Kveli ofNorwaycame in second andRussia’s Tatiana Jambaeva finished third.

Italy’s most renowned long-distance XC skiing race has taken place in Trentino region today, the same area that will be housing the 2013 Nordic World Ski Championships in less than a month.

Over 7500 skiers showed up early in the morning in sunny and chilly alpine valleys, ready to compete along the 70k course from the town ofMoenato Cavalese. From the very beginning, Joergen Aukland appeared in great shape and put himself in the leading group together with his brotherAnders,Sweden’s Ahrlin, Johnsson, Brink and Svärd andItaly’s Piller Cottrer, Paredi, Kostner and Debertolis. Thirty five skiers as a whole who remained strong in the head of the race for over 60 kilometres. Pietro Piller Cottrer was unfortunate and had to retire from the race due to a fall and bad knee injure.

The terrific Cascata climb (the very last 2k stretch before the finish line) has always been the most crucial part of the whole track, and this year it confirmed to be so. Joergen Aukland speeded up at the bottom, trying to create a gap between him and the pack, but Jerry Ahrlin, Rezac and Anders Aukland fiercely hit back and the battle was up. Joergen pushed harder and harder, and eventually managed to leave Rezac a few meters back, while Ahrlin slowed down a little and Anders Aukland kept his pace. Joergen Aukland stayed in the lead until the very end and timed 2h58’21”. Anders Aukland is the new FIS Marathon Cup leader.

Joergen Aukland had already won Marcialonga in 2003, 2006 and 2012.

As for women, Seraina Boner had no rivals whatsoever as kept the leadership from the beginning to the end. Laila Kveli managed to get rid of Jenny Hansson ofSwedenand Jambaeva after three-quarter of today’s race and faced the climb with great resolution. This was the second time for Boner on the first step of the podium.

The Marcialonga Light race took place in the morning along a 45k course from Moena to Predazzo. The winners were the Italian Lorenzo Cerutti and Tereza Polakova.

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70 km men

1. Aukland Jorgen NOR 02:58:21:3; 2. Rezac Stanislav CZE 02:58:28:5; 3. Aukland Anders NOR 02:58:37:3; 4. Ahrlin Jerry SWE 02:58:44:2; 5. Dammen Kjetil Hagtvedt NOR 02:58:51:6; 6. Kjolstad Johan NOR 02:59:01:3; 7. Ouren Geir Ludvig Aasen NOR 02:59:01:5; 8. Johnsson Jimmie SWE 02:59:08:1; 9. Brink Joergen SWE 02:59:17:8; 10. Oestensen Simen NOR 02:59:23:8

 

70 km ladies

1. Boner Seraina SUI 3:29.25,0; 2. Kveli Laila NOR 3:31.21,8; 3. Jambaeva Tatiana RUS 3:31.55,5; 4. Hansson Jenny SWE 3:32.35,3; 5. Nystroem Susanne SWE 3:34.26,7; 6. Santer Stephanie ITA 3:36.19,3; 7. Mannima Tatjana EST 3:37.24,6; 8. Confortola Antonella ITA 3:43.06,1; 9. Lintzen Nina SWE 3:44.26,0; 10. Roberto Kristina SWE 3:45.51,9

 

45 km men

1. Cerutti Lorenzo ITA 02:04:59:6; 2. Seifert Benjamin GER 02:08:13:8; 3. Gola Andrea ITA 02:13:38:2; 4. Pellegrino Matteo ITA 02:16:25:4; 5. Schaller Rico GER 02:23:58:4; 6. Myhre Vegard NOR 02:27:16:8; 7. Ferrari Giovanni ITA 02:31:03:9; 8. Toresen Jens Petter NOR 02:34:22:0; 9. Vignoli Giovanni ITA 02:45:36:1; 10. Niemi Antti FIN 02:47:14:1

 

45 km ladies

1. Polakova Tereza CZE 2:52.28,0; 1 Sirio Valentina ITA 2:53.47,4; 3. Colnaghi Calissoni Laura ITA 2:58.00,5; 4. Scheve Ingeborg NOR  3:11.27,5; 5. Hiller Monica Diana NOR  3:12.11,6; 6. Oedegaard Hage Christine NOR  3:17.31,5; 7. Wiik Marianne NOR  3:34.12,8; 8. Sivertsson Irene SWE  3:36.49,8; 9. Pellegrin Alberta ITA 3:36.55,1; 10. Dahlstrom Malin SWE  3:39.29,6