MARCIALONGA OPENS AND CLOSES IN ONE HOUR

Italy’s Marcialonga di Fiemme e Fassa sells out

All entries sold on the first…hour of registration

The 41st running on track on Sunday 26 January

 

 

As expected, Italian ski-marathon Marcialonga sold out on the first day of registration. In about one hour, this morning, the official website www.marcialonga.it received thousands of requests and the 7500 tickets available for next year’s race – scheduled on 26 January – literally vanished. At 10.10am, Marcialonga home page read “Entries to 41^st Marcialonga are sold out. See you in 2015”, and as it always happens in these cases, excitement was certainly tangible for those who succeeded in seizing a race bib, while a little bit of disappointment appeared on the face of those who remained empty-handed.

Race organizers reacted with satisfaction and joy to this morning’s facts that simply confirmed the extremely high reputation ofItaly’s most popular long-distance cross country race. And in the past years this popularity has been exponentially growing among Scandinavians inasmuch as they will be once again invading the alpine valleys in Trentino region next January.

With over seven months to go – 234 days to be precise – it is impossible to make any prediction on next year’s winners or podiums, however, after Team Alsgaard and Norway’s legend Bente Skari Martinsen confirmed they will join the race, bidders started to appear from behind the corner and call their offers. What is certain about Marcialonga 2014 is that thousands of enthusiastic ski lovers from all over the world will show up at the start in Moena early in the morning on Sunday 26 January, and will enjoy the unique atmosphere of the classic Italian ski-marathon.

Marcialonga di Fiemme e Fassa is a classic technique race, runs along the two 70k and 45k long courses and is part of the Worldloppet and Ski Classics circuits.

Info: www.marcialonga.it