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AUDI FIS SKI WORLD CUP

SESTRIERE AND THE SKI WORLD CUP

Sestriere represents a major location for the White Circus since the arbors of alpine skiing. Important international competitions have been held on the snows of Sestriere, such as the Arlberg-Kandahar, dating back to the early 1950s, which saw the pioneers of alpine skiing compete. The evolution of skiing has led Sestriere and Vialattea to be one of the ski areas that hosted the largest number of World Cup races since the origin of the prestigious FIS race circuit.

A STORY
ABOUT PASSION

Sestriere had the honor of hosting one of the first Ski World Cup races, back in 1967, with France’s Jean Claude Killy winning the men’s downhill on the legendary Kandahar Banchetta slope, while, Giustina Demetz and Marielle Goitschel finished tied on the top step of the podium in the women’s. In its long competitive history, Sestriere, has organized no less than 67 World Cup races (30 men’s and 37 women’s) to which must be added the 1997 World Ski Championships and the XX Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Turin 2006.

More than half a century of history during which the world’s greatest champions have competed on the snows of the Vialattea. Among them Alberto Tomba, a 6-time winner in Sestriere, was an undisputed protagonist of the scene from 1987 to 1994. It was Tomba himself who dominated at in Sestriere, in 1994, in the first ever FIS World Cup night slalom.

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SESTRIERE 2022

The very recent history, on the other hand, takes us back to December 10 and 11, 2022, with the double date with the Women’s Alpine Skiing World Cup and the extraordinary victories of Marta Bassino in the Giant Slalom, ahead of Sara Hector and Petra Vlhová, and of Wendy Holdener, who in the Slalom preceded Mikaela Shiffrin and Petra Vlhová again.

An exciting weekend under the flag of women’s technical disciplines, accompanied by a program full of events and a record audience of more than 23.000 spectators.

COOMING SOON

Sestriere, the fantastic slopes of the Vialattea, and the Sestriere Ski World Cup Organizing Committee are ready to write new pages of world sports through the achievements of extraordinary alpine ski athletes competing in an extraordinary natural arena above 2,000 meters above sea level.

WALL OF FAME

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10th of DECEMBER

GIANT SLALOM

11th of DECEMBER

SLALOM