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31.10.2022

Guest races instead of World Cup races

As is well known, the World Cup downhill races in Zermatt/Cervinia fell victim to the warm temperatures; the premiere of the first cross-border World Cup race had to be cancelled as a result, to the great regret of everyone involved. The fact that there was still a happy winner on the podium on Saturday, 29 October 2022, is thanks to the Zermatt Tourist Board and the partners of the Speed Opening, who organized instead of a World Cup race a guest race.

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22.10.2022

Audi FIS World Cup men’s Matterhorn Cervino races cancelled

Despite the greatest efforts and tireless commitment on the part of the organizing committee, the men's downhill races of the Matterhorn Cervino Speed Opening were cancelled on Saturday after the final snow check by race director Hannes Trinkl and assistant Raimund Plancker (men) due to the lack of snow and the safety situation on the course.

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20.10.2022

Matterhorn Cervino Speed Opening: winners take home the Matterhorn!

In Kitzbühel there's the golden chamois, while the World Cup race in Levi is traditionally associated with reindeer. A victory trophy will be awarded for the first time in Zermatt at the end of October and the winners of the first cross-border World Cup races can look forward to the Matterhorn – in the truest sense of the word.

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15.10.2022

Franz Julen : "That's the idea!"

On October 29 and 30 with the men and November 5 and 6 with the women, weather permitting, the first cross-border World Cup event dedicated to speed with the complicity of two countries will be celebrated: the Gran Becca starts on Swiss territory and arrives on Italian territory. The story of Franz Julen, president of the organizing committee.

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14.10.2022

Spektakuläres Rahmenprogramm bei der Weltcup-Premiere, Teil 1

Matterhorn Cervino Speed Opening – das ist nicht nur Spitzensport vom Allerfeinsten. Den Skifans aus aller Welt wird sowohl in Zermatt als auch in Cervinia ein spektakuläres Rahmenprogramm geboten, das keine Wünsche offen lässt. Hier die Höhepunkte der ersten Woche.

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12.10.2022

Renowned partners provide support for the Speed Opening

On 29 October we will see the start of the very first cross-border World Cup ski race. The Matterhorn Cervino Speed Opening will be supported by Sunrise, HUGO BOSS, BKW and OCHSNER SPORT as well as three other renowned national and international partners.

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FIRST IMPRESSIONS

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The first cross-border Ski World Cup races in the history of the World Cup will be held on the «Gran Becca» course.

The initiator and one of the driving forces behind this unique project is Franz Julen (pictured here on the left with course builder Didier Défago).

For Didier Défago, it is important to design a course that is equally attractive for the riders and the spectators. On the «Gran Becca», the athletes reach a maximum speed of 135km/h.

Former ski racer, downhill Olympic champion and multiple world champion Pirmin Zurbriggen is ambassador and advisor to the Speed Opening: «The World Cup races in Zermatt and Cervinia are a dream come true.»

Didier Défago, 2010 Olympic downhill champion and designer of the «Gran Becca» race course, explains the course layout to media representatives.

In the face of the world-famous Matterhorn, a total of four downhill races take place - two each for the men and two for the women.

On 29 and 30 October, two men's downhill races are on the programme, and on 5 and 6 November, the women prove themselves in the supreme discipline.

The Matterhorn Cervinia Speed Opening thus opens the speed season and enables the speed athletes to start the season a month earlier than before.