Damiano Lenzi and Laetitia Roux Individual Ski Mountaineering World Champions

Although fog and rain failed to ruin the world championship debut, the foil weather forced the Transcavallo organising committee to work overtime. The men led by Diego Svalduz managed to create a technical and spectacular race starting and finishing at the entrance to Val Salatis. The best for the next two seasons had to tackle four ascents and descents, and deal with 1,670m vertical gain in the men’s competition and
1,500m in the women’s race.

The mountains that mark the border between Veneto and Friuli literally exalted Damiano Lenzi’s capabilities, and right from the outset the athlete from Piedmont took the lead. Only Catalonia’s Kilian Jornet Burgada managed to keep up and prove threatening, and their duel was resolved during the last descent when Lenzi edged forward to cross the finishing line after 1:52:10. Jornet took silver with the smallest of margins, 1:52:11, while bronze went to Germanys Anton Palzer 1:52:44. They were followed by Matteo Eydallin, Robert Antonioli, Xavier Gachet, William Bon Mardion, Marti Werner, Valentin Favre and Jakob Hermann. Espoir gold went to Nicolini, ahead of Oriol cardona and Remì Bonnet.

In the women’s race Laetitia Roux raced as hard as expected and won the world championship in 2:03:06. Switzerland's Mathys Maude crossed the finishing line after 2:04:53 to win silver, while Roux’s teammate Axelle Mollaret took bronze after 2:06:42. The were followed by Emelie Forsberg, Jennifer Fiechter, Mireia Mirò, Galicia Cortina, Alba De Silvestro, Martina Valmassoi and Severine Pont Combe. In addition to placing in the top ten, De Silvestro won the espoir category ahead of Giulia Compagnoni and Johanna Erhart.

The World Championships continue tomorrow with the Individual youth categories (cadets and juniors), while the teams will race on Sunday. After the rest day, the competitions move from Alpago to Piancavallo for the Sprint Race on Tuesday, the Vertical race on Wednesday and the spectacular Relay grand finale on Thursday.

INDIVIDUAL RACE
MALE
1 Damiano Lenzi Italy 01:52:10
2 Kilian Jornet Burgada Spain 01:52:11
3 Anton Palzer Germany 01:52:44
4 Matteo Eydallin Italy 01:55:49
5 Robert Antonioli Italy 01:56:54
6 Xavier Gachet France 01:57:07
7 William Bon Mardion France 01:58:01
8 Werner Marti Switzerland 01:58:56
9 Valentin Favre France 01:59:01
10 Jakob Herrmann Austria 01:59:10
11 Martin Weißkopf Austria 01:59:27
12 Michele Boscacci Italy 01:59:51
13 Federico Nicolini Italy 02:00:03
14 Oriol Cardona Coll Spain 02:02:15
15 John Gaston USA 02:02:30
16 Iwan Arnold Switzerland 02:02:49
17 Armin Höfl Austria 02:02:57
18 Yannick Ecoeur Switzerland 02:03:15
19 Rémi Bonnet Switzerland 02:03:24
20 Lars erik Skjervheim Norway 02:04:00
21 Nil Cardona Coll Spain 02:04:02
22 Christian Hoffmann Austria 02:04:03
23 Nejc Kuhar Slovenia 02:04:03
24 Samuel Equy France 02:04:03
25 Marc Pinsach Rubirola Spain 02:04:40
26 Eric Carter USA 02:06:05
27 Valentino Bacca Italy 02:06:27
28 Xavier Areny Bernabe Andorra 02:07:16
29 Martin Anthamatten Switzerland 02:08:43
30 Juraj Lastík Slovakia 02:09:10
31 Philipp Schädler Germany 02:09:14
32 Antonio Alcalde Sánchez Spain 02:10:23
33 Glenn tore Løland Norway 02:11:43
34 Thomas Corthay Switzerland 02:11:49
35 Nick Elson Canada 02:11:49
36 Tom Goth USA 02:11:50
37 Simon Bellabouvier France 02:13:34
38 Silviu Manea Romania 02:14:07
39 Jakub Siarnik Slovakia 02:14:33
40 Joan Albos Cavaliere Andorra 02:14:33
41 Matús Danko Slovakia 02:15:22
42 Luka Kovacic Slovenia 02:15:24
43 David Albos Cavaliere Andorra 02:15:25
44 Marc Font Torres Andorra 02:15:45
45 Viorel-andrei Palici Romania 02:20:56
46 Mike Foote USA 02:21:00
47 Sindre Hoff Norway 02:23:47
48 Rob Krar Canada 02:24:32
49 Rares Manea Romania 02:25:17
50 Lukas Trizna Slovakia 02:26:03
51 Jordi Sole Fernandez Andorra 02:26:14
52 Tomas Lichy Czech Republic 02:29:38
53 Travis Brown Canada 02:31:23
54 Carron Scrimgeour GBR 02:33:54
55 Peter Knight Canada 02:34:46
56 Andrei-gabriel Preda Romania 02:34:55
57 Ken Fujikawa Japan 02:35:46
58 Georgi Radev Bulgaria 02:37:23
59 Cameron Smith USA 02:37:54
60 Platon Aronis Greece 02:44:44
61 Yukiyasu Matsuzawa Japan 02:46:11
62 Alexandros Kampouropoulos Greece 02:51:53
63 Dai Matsumoto Japan 02:52:39
64 Abolfazl Savehei Iran 02:53:37
65 Nikola Petkov Bulgaria 02:54:02
66 Vladimir Amangaliev Russia 02:54:57
67 Junichi Kato Japan 03:15:59
68 Kim Jisung South Korea 03:47:32
69 Seyyedabdolhossein Salehi Iran 04:04:50

FEMALE
1 Laetitia Roux France 02:03:06
2 Maude Mathys Switzerland 02:04:53
3 Axelle Mollaret France 02:06:42
4 Emelie Forsberg Sweden 02:09:15
5 Jennifer Fiechter Switzerland 02:11:26
6 Mireia Miró Varela Spain 02:11:42
7 Claudia Galicia Cotrina Spain 02:14:19
8 Alba De Silvestro Italy 02:14:41
9 Martina Valmassoi Italy 02:16:32
10 Séverine Pont Combe Switzerland 02:16:59
11 Lorna Bonnel France 02:18:16
12 Giulia Compagnoni Italy 02:19:19
13 Jessie Young USA 02:20:34
14 Ida Nilsson Sweden 02:22:16
15 Johanna Erhart Austria 02:22:20
16 Candice Bonnel France 02:23:05
17 Marta Garcia Farres Spain 02:23:45
18 Ina Forchthammer Austria 02:24:18
19 Lena Bonnel France 02:25:06
20 Maria Fargues Gimeno Andorra 02:25:30
21 Janelle Smiley USA 02:26:54
22 Fanny Borgström Sweden 02:27:56
23 Elisa Gayet France 02:30:03
24 Eugénie Tornay Switzerland 02:32:00
25 Larisa Soboleva Russia 02:32:14
26 Déborah Chiarello Switzerland 02:32:17
27 Marianne Fatton Switzerland 02:34:40
28 Marta Riba Carlos Spain 02:34:44
29 Kylee Ohler Canada 02:34:51
30 Ilaria Veronese Italy 02:38:06
31 Stine Haustreis Norway 02:40:09
32 Rosalind Martin GBR 02:40:12
33 Lindsay Plant USA 02:41:04
34 Johanna Eriksson Sweden 02:43:53
35 Erika Borgström Sweden 02:47:44
36 Svetlana Malysheva Russia 02:48:24
37 Nikki Larochelle USA 02:49:37
38 Tania Noakes GBR 02:51:32
39 Ursula Moore GBR 02:51:32
40 Michelle Katchur Roberts Canada 05:03:50
41 Ivona Mihaylova Bulgaria 05:23:36
42 Lori anne Donald Canada 05:31:12
43 Midori Hoshino Japan 05:36:32