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Sestriere /Sansicario (Piemont) ITA Web Site: Sestriere
Elevation Area: 2 220 m - Summit : 3 600 m
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SestriereSLPiste Information:

Tourism-Office/ Sestriere spa

tel: +39 0122 755170 - fax: + +39 0122 799460

Nearest International Airports:
Torino, ITA,
Nearest Train Station:
Susa.


Email: ufficio.sportivo@vialattea.it
Website: http://vialattea.it

Founded by the Agnelli family, owner of the FIAT group, in the 1920's, Sestriere has strong tradition to ski racing. Its demanding slopes soon drew competitive skiers and in the 1950's the Arlberg-Kandahar Committee included the modern resort in their racing tour along with St Anton, Murren, Chamonix and Garmisch-Partenkirchen. In 1967 the first World Cup circuit staged a two downhills for women and men on the difficult Banchetta slope. More competitions were held in Sestriere until 1971 when it pulled out of the International circuit, cutting its ties with the traditional Alberg-Kandahar serie.
In 1984, the resort got back into the race business and since then Sestriere is regularly on the World Cup circuits. Sestriere created great excitement in the mid 1990's when it installed a powerful light system which allows night races. In fact, the slaloms of the 1997 FIS World Championships took place at dark in front of a huge crowd. This idea was imitated by many other organizers such as Sierra Nevada, in Spain, Schladming in Austria, and Berchtesgaden in Germany. Sestriere, which will host the Alpine events of the 2006 Winter Olympics given by the IOC to Turin, lays in the middle of a huge network of ski lifts. The entire setting, known as the "Via Lattea" - the "Milky Way" - includes several ski areas and over 350 km of trails some of them in nearby Montgenevre, in France.

GirardelliSestriereSL Sestriere88 SL/1st
Mark Girardelli (LUX) 1984 SL / 1st Alberto Tomba (ITA) 1987 SL / 1st

Sestriere Men's Result (World Cup)
. 1 2 3
1967 DH: Killy 1:46,88 Orcel -1.71 Perillat -2.48
1970 DH: Duvillard 1:48,30 Orcel -1.28 Schranz -1.42
1971 SL: Palmer 1:15,30 Augert J.-N. -0.54 Rofner -0.85
1984 SL: Girardelli 106,80 Nilson -2.32 De Chiesa -2.53
SL: Zurbriggen 96,02 De Chiesa -0.83 Edalini -0.92
GS: Girardelli 2:25,56 Wasmeier -0.95 Julen -1.17
1985 SL: Petrovic 100,79 Krizaj -0.74 Edalini -0.90
1986 SL: Stenmark 111,19 Nilson -0.02 Pramotton -0.30
GS: Pramotton 2:45,08 Strolz -1.34 Zurbriggen -1.38
1987 SL: Tomba 1:04,96 Nilson -0.80 Mader -1.93
GS: Tomba 2:19,51 Stenmark -0.09 Gaspoz -0.26
1988 SL: Girardelli 107,31 Nilson -0.79 Accola -1.34
1989 SG: Zurbriggen 1:37,39 Eriksson -0.11 Piccard -0.47
1990 SL: Tomba 2:07,41 Furuseth -0.55 Nierlich -1.77
1991 SL: Tomba 2:00,49 Jagge -0.91 Furuseth -1.05
1992 GS: Aamodt 1:48,34 Tomba -0.47 Wallner -0.89
SL: Tescari 118,48 Tritscher -0.38 Bittner/Strolz -0.76
1993 SL: Tomba 118,38 Stangassinjger -0.75 Furuseth -1.18
1994 SL: Tomba 113,61 Fogdoe -0.06 Tritscher -1.83
1996 SL: Reiter 118,79 Sykora -0.16 Stangassinger -0.41
1997 SL: Jagge 1:51,43 Sykora -0.34 Buraas -0.42
1998 SL: Jagge 1:51,92 Stangassinjger -0.06 Kosir -0.18
2000 SL: Buraas 1:52.75 Albrecht 1:53.04 Bourgeat 1:53.99
2002 SL-KO Kostelic 34.32 Rocca 34.33 Karlsen 34.57
2004 DH: Rahlves 1:51.88 Strobl F. 1:51.98 Eberharter 1:52.01
SG: Maier 1:18.73 Eberharter 1:19.36 Gruber 1:19.48
SL: Palander 1:49.67 Schoenferder 1:49.72 Pranger 1:49.82
2004 SL: Miller 1:39.03 Zurbriggen 1:40.30 Palander 1:40.44

Sestriere Women's Result
. 1 2 3
1967 DH: Goitschl M./Demetz 2:01,75 . . Steurer -0.74
1970 DH: Macci 1:23,84 Moser-Proell -1.74 Mir -1.90
1971 DH: Moser-Proell 1:44,58 Rouvier -0.70 Macci -0.87
SL: Macci 1:43,30 Mittermaier R. -1.68 Kaserer -2.04
1983 SL: Quario 1:33,62 Steiner -0.33 Hess M. -0.62
1985 SL: Steiner 1:30,02 Hess E. -0.20 Oertli -0.30
SG: Kiehl 1:28,44 Gerg -0.22 Svet -0.70
1987 SG: Wolf 1:16,64 Svet -0.05 Eder S. -1.06
SL: Ochoa 1:29,50 Svet -0.66 Schneider -0.82
1994 SL: Schneider 1:39,95 Wiberg -0.87 Filliol -1.19
1996 SL: Nef 1:47,15 Oester -0.14 Wiberg -0.25
1999 SL: Kostelic 1:39,36 Paerson 1:40.48 Saioni 1:41.44
2000 SL: Koznick 1:42,50 Saioni 1:42,54 Pretner 1:42,57
GS: Nef 2:22,11 Ruiz Castillo 2:22,18 Dorfmeister 2:22,71
2000 GS: Dorfmeister 2:19.88 Paerson 2:20.71 Nef 2:20.75
SL: Kostelic 1:41.82 Schleoer 1:42.15 Bakke 1:42.17
GS: Nef 2:21.67 Paerson 2:21.91 Goetschl 2:22.02
SL: Kostelic 1:43.47 Bakke 1:43.88 Koznick 1:43.95
2001 SL: Pearson 1:32.54 Poutiainen 1:32.95 Nef 1:33.13
2002 KO-SL Pearson 38.03 Poutiainen 48.05 Hosp 38.19
2004 DH: Goetschl 1:45.01 Berthod 1:45.36 Kostner 1:45.53
SG: Styger 1:25.53 Riesch 1:25.85 Dorfmeister 1:25.89
GS: Paerson 2:13.70 Karbon 2:14.81 Meissnitzer 2:14.97
SL: Schild 1:41.82 Schleper 1:42.03 Poutiainen 1:42.11

San Sicario Ladies Result
. 1. 2. 3.
1982 GS: Epple M. 2:23.97 Hess E. 2:24.33 Cooper 2:24.70
1983 DH: Attia 1:24.57 Emonet 1:24.86 Wiesler 1:25.16
2005 SG: Paerson 1:31.85 Kostner 1:32.42 Dorfmeister / Maze 1:32.50
DH: Paerson 1:52.86 Kostelic 1:53.10 Gerg H. 1:53.84
SK: Kostelic 2:19.35 Paerson 2:19.78 Brydon 2:20.67
2007 SG: Goetschl 1:24.90 Kildow 1:24.99 Sponring 1:25.80
DH: Goetschl 1:51.65 Goergl 1:52.62 Holaus 1:53.00
SG: Kildow 1:30.06 Goetschl 1:30.23 Sponring 1:30.35

Olympic Winter Games Torino 2006
Men
. Downhill Super-G Giant Slalom Slalom Combind
1. Deneriaz(FRA) Aamodt(NOR) Raich(AUT) Raich(AUT) Ligety(USA)
2. Walchhofer(AUT) Maier(AUT) Chenal(FRA) Herbst(AUT) Kostelic(CRO)
3. Kernen(SUI) Hoffmann(SUI) Maier(AUT) Schoenferder(AUT) Schoenferder(AUT)
4. Aamodt(NOR) Guay(CAN) Bourque(FRA) Minagawa(JPN) Albrecht(SUI)
5. Miller(USA) Svindal(NOR) Nyberg(SWE) Myhrer(SWE) Rocca(ITA)
6. Maier(AUT) Buechel(LIE) Svindal(NOR)
Miller(USA)
Kostelic(CRO) Bonk(CZE)
Women
1. Dorfmeister(AUT) Dorfmeister(AUT) Mancuso(USA) Paerson(SWE) Kostelic(CRO)
2. Schild(SUI) Kostelic(CRO) Poutiainen(FIN) Hosp(AUIT) Schild(AUT)
3. Paerson(SWE) Meissnitzer(AUT) Ottsin(SWE) Schild(AUT) Paerson(SWE)
4. Goetschl(AUT) Vanderbreek(CAN) Hosp(AUT) Kostelic(CRO) Zettel(AUT)
5. Styger(SUI) Montillet(FRA) Simard(CAN) Kirchgasser(AUT) Hosp(AUT)
6. Haltmayr(GER) Schild(SUI) Paerson(SWE) Poutiainen(FIN) Kirchgasser(AUT)

World Alpine Ski Championships Sestrietres 1997
. Downhill Super-G Giant Slalom Slalom Combind
Men 1. Kernen(SUI) Skaardal(NOR) Von Gruenigen(SUI) Stiansen(NOR) Aamodt(NOR)
2. Kjus(NOR) Kjus(NOR) Kjus(NOR) Amiez(FRA) Kernen(SUI)
3. Ghedina(ITA) Mader(AUT) Schifferer(AUT) Tomba(ITA) Reiter(AUT)
4. Strobl F.(AUT) Knauss(AUT) Locher(SUI) Furuseth(NOR) Mayer C.(AUT)
5. Schifferer(AUT) Strobl J.(AUT) Accora(SUI) Voglreuter(AUT) Kjus(NOR)
6. Canegn(SUI) Cattaneo(ITA) Aamodt(NOR) Stangassinger(AUT) Accora(SUI)
Women 1. Lindth(CAN) Kostner(ITA) Compagnoni(ITA) Compagnoni(ITA) Goetschl(AUT)
2. Zurbriggen(SUI) Seizinger(GER) Roten(SUI) Mogoni(ITA) Seizinger(GER)
3. Wiberg(SWE) Gerg(GER) Piccard(FRA) Roten(SUI) Gerg(GER)
4. Kostner(ITA) Montillet(FRA) Wachter(AUT) Chauvet(FRA) Gallizio(ITA)
5. Seizinger(GER) Gutensohn(GER) Seizinger(GER) Eder(AUT) Oester(SUI)
6. Zelenskaja(RUS) Goetschl(AUT) Wiberg(SWE) Gerg(GER) Masnada(FRA)