Somebody is already exercising for the runs, which take place every summer, other are making a trip, are going to work or in holidays by bike. Many guests come to South Tyrol by their cycles: they let their cars at home and make a few of miles daily till they have reached their holiday place.
Also professional bikers have discovered our country, for ex. the intermediate goal of the Giro d’Italia is taking place in Alpe di Siusi on 13th March 2009.
Bressanone offers a rich calendar of events also this year: one important event is the World Youth Athletic Championship (from 8th to 12th July 2009).
These World Championships for athletes under 18 take place every 2 years (year of the first edition: 1999). The 6th edition of this sport event is taking place in South Tyrol, more precisely in Bressanone
The Winter Triathlon of the Dolomites takes place in Alta Pusteria on 29th March 2009. The athletes start in the main square of Villabassa and have to run a distance of 5.2 km. After the running they change their trainers into the mountain bike: the distance with the bike is 12 km. The third and last part of this event takes the athletes to Braies: they have to do a 6 km long Alpine Skiing course.
You can sign on till Friday, the 27th March 2009 in the Tourism Association of Villabassa (0474 745136).
Every year in San Candido there will be held the
International Snow Sculpture Festival during
the month of January. 3x3x3 m blocks
of snow are located in different places of the village and the participating
teams, on this blocks, can play with the wealth of their ideas. The results are
wonderful snow sculptures. The works have all to be finished within 3 days,
then they are going to be inspected and voted by guests and local residents.
Winner of this year was the team Italia II (Davide
Galbiati, Matteo Schiavo and Francesco Bornati) with its Kung Fu Panda. Thanks
to the low temperatures, the sculptures can be admired till the firs mild days,
even in the evening as they are illuminated.
Every year takes place the Biathlon World Cup in Anterselva, near the lake. The best biathletes of the world fight for a (gold-) medal on these days (22nd – 25th January 2009), while they get motivated from their best fans. Running power and concentration on the shooting stand are very important. Some athletes lose their concentration and give off their first place.
Among the runs, the Valle Anterselva offers a great program and so everybody can have an unforgettable weekend.
A cross-country skiing weekend for young and old, professional and no-professional was last week in Alta Pusteria: on Saturday took place the classical style race (28km) of the 33th Pustertaler Ski-Marathon. The athletes started in Dobbiaco and finished their run in Braies.
The 42 km-long freestyle-race was the day after: also that time the athletes began to run in Dobbiaco, but the arrival was in Sesto.
This weekend was for participants and viewers a great winter-experience. After some years there is enough snow also alongside the ski-tracks…
Who isn’t dreaming about a balloon flight over the snowy Dolomites’ landscape?
The 7th Dolomiti Balloonfestival is taking place from 10th to 18th January 2009 in Dobbiaco. In these days the balloons will paint the sky in a fabulous world and conditional on their quiet gliding they give calm and idyll to everybody.
For those who has not the opportunity to fly in a balloon, there are the following events to take part:
Read more here
Did you know that the Dolomiti Superski region took place not only the Olympic winter-games, but also a ski worldcup? Those sport events taked place on 1956 in Cortina and 1970 in Val Gardena. Every year the FIS-ski worldcup races take place on those slopes and other ones in Cortina, Alta Badia and Val Gardena, so that the skiing zone in the Dolomites is the only ski resort where all worldcup-disciplines carried out like down-hill, super-G, giant-slalom and slalom.
