Tour de Ski, the sixteen Azzurri summoned.

Italy at the Tour de Ski

Ten men and six women will take part in the 17th Tour de Ski, which runs from Friday, Dec. 31 to Sunday, Jan. 8. Technical director Alfred Stauder has summoned in the men’s field Federico Pellegrino, Francesco De Fabiani, Davide Graz, Giandomenico Salvadori, Paolo Ventura, Simone Mocellini, Giovanni Ticco’, Mikael Abram, Elia Barp and Dietmar Noeckler. Among the women present were Caterina Ganz, Anna Comarella, Martina Di Centa, Cristina Pittin, Nicole Monsorno and Federica Sanfilippo, who continues to divide her time between biathlon (she took part with good results in the recent Ibu Cup races in Val Ridanna) and cross-country skiing, where she achieved satisfactory placings in the Italian Cup in Santa Caterina Valfurva.

The Tour de Ski program will open in Val Mustair (Svi) on Saturday, Dec. 31, with a sprint in free technique, followed on Sunday, Jan. 1, by a 10-kilometer classic technique mass start instead of pursuit as originally scheduled. Then it travels to Oberstdorf (Ger) on Tuesday, Jan. 3 from a 10 km in classic technique and Wednesday, Jan. 4 from a 20 km in free technique, grand closing in Val di Fiemme on Friday, Jan. 6 with a sprint in classic technique, followed on Saturday, Jan. 7 by a 15 km mass start in classic technique and on Sunday, Jan. 8 from a 10 km in free technique that includes the classic ascent to Alpe del Cermis.