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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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12.10.2022

Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn: Safely home thanks to extra buses!

On the two downhill weekends on Friday and Saturday night (28/29 October and 4/5 November), two extra trips are planned from Täsch in the direction of Visp/Brig with the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn rail replacement. The two additional night buses will run at 23.45 and 00.45 from Täsch / Bahnhofplatz to Visp/Brig (arrival time 00.45 and 01.45 respectively). The two extra buses will wait for the Zermatt shuttle train so that visitors to the Matterhorn Cervino Speed Opening can get home safely even at a late hour!

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03.10.2022

Franz Julen attends the Club5 meeting in Crans-Montana as guest speaker

As members of Club5, the organisers of the most prestigious Ski World Cup races held their annual meeting in Crans-Montana earlier this week. Franz Julen, President of the Organising Committee of the Matterhorn Cervino Speed Opening, was also invited as a guest speaker.

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21.09.2022

Successful FIS inspection: «The Matterhorn Cervino Speed Opening» is on the home stretch

On Monday and Tuesday, 19/20 September 2022, the final inspection by the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) and those responsible for the «Matterhorn Cervino Speed Opening» took place in Cervinia, Italy. The season opener for the speed athletes will be held for the first time on the «Gran Becca» at the end of October and beginning of November. The FIS experts agree: from an organizational perspective, nothing stands in the way of successfully staging the first cross-border World Cup races in history.

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15.09.2022

Christian Ziörjen: “And then the question of snow will definitely come up at some point”

Ski fans still have 45 days to wait for the first cross-border World Cup race in history: the Matterhorn Cervino Speed Opening. Behind the scenes, work on the inaugural race has been feverish for months. Why OC boss Christian Ziörjen is not panicking despite the current snow situation, why he is so enthusiastic about his team's commitment and what he can tell us about the build-up in Zermatt and Cervinia: we reveal all in the following interview.

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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.