. world ski news : FROM LIVIGNO TO LEVI: VISMA SKI CLASSICS SEASON X CALENDAR - 27 Май 2019 - 12:40
SKI CLASSICS. The 10thanniversary season of the Visma Ski Classics pro tour, Season X, has 12 events in total, and starts with the prologue weekend in Livingo with the pro team tempo of 15 km on November 29 followed by an mass start prologue of 35 km on December 1, 2019. The Pro Tour X ends in Northern Finland when the 70-kilometer final Ylläs-Levi takes place on April 4, 2020.
The Season X has five stages in Italy, two in Norway and one stage in Austria, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Sweden and Finland. There is a brand new 45-kilometer race called La Venosta in Italy on December 14, 2019. Toblach-Cortina in Italy on February 1 has the shortest distance of 42 km, excluding the prologue events, while Vasaloppet in Sweden on March 1 has the longest course of 90 km. The Pro Team athletes need to battle through a total of 604 kilometers in the 12 stages during the Season X.
The remaining seven events in the calendar are Kaiser Maximilian Lauf, 60 km, in Austria on January 11, La Diagonela, 65 km, in Switzerland on January 18, Marcialonga, 70 km, in Italy on January 26, Jizerska Padesatka, 50 km, in the Czech Republic on February 9, Birkebeinerrennet, 54 km, in Norway on March 21, Reistadløpet, 50 km, in Norway on March 28.
In addition to the new race La Venosta, there are more fresh features in the pro tour during the Season X. La Diagonela has now two sprint competition points while the climb one has been removed, the first hill at Vasaloppet is now a climb competition point at 3 km and Ylläs-Levi has added another climb point at Keskinenlaki to add more drama for the final race. In total there are 12 sprint competition check points and 15 climb competition points during the Season X.
More information about the season X calendar on www.vismaskiclassics.com
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Visma Ski Classics
Mon, May 27, 2019 12:27 pm
Visma Ski Classics X (2019/2020)
Event 1: 29th November, Livigno Pro Team Tempo, Livigno Italy 15 km
Event 2: 1st December, Livigno Prologue, Livigno Italy 35 km
Event 3: 14th December, La Venosta, Val Venosta Italy 45 km
Event 4: 11th January, Kaiser Maximilian Lauf Seefeld Austria 60 km
Event 5: 198th January, La Diagonela St Moritz Switzerland 65 km
Event 6: 26th January, Marcialonga Trentino Italy 70 km
Event 7: 1st February, Toblach-Cortina Italy 42 km
Event 8: 9th February, Jizerska Padesatka Czech Republic 50 km
Event 9: 1st March, Vasaloppet Sweden 90 km
Event 10: 21st March, Birkebeinerrennet Norway 54 km
Event 11: 28th March, Reistadløpet Bardufoss Norway 50 km
Event 12: 4th April, Ylläs-Levi Finland 70 km