Cross-country skiing: Emilie Bulle overcomes the terrible climb of Alpe Cermis
A few hours before the highly anticipated outcome of the Ski Tour 2024/2025many of them took the start this Sunday morning of The Ramp with the Championsrace cross country ski disputed over the same route that the World Cup athletes will take to get to the top of theAlpe Cermis (Italy).
Popular event bringing together many participants, the women’s competition also smiled on a French cross-country skier. Indeed, present in the Dolomites to encourage his compatriots, Emilie Bulle was strongest on the terrible slopes of the ascent.
A symbolic victory for the US Autrans resident who succeeds legend Justyna Kowalczyk on the list of winners among the ladies. Behind her, Sigrid Mutscheller and Laura Stichling completed the top 3.
In the men’s race, it is a accustomed to this climb comprising passages at 28% which won. Already winner in 2023, Dario Cologna did it again, in style, this Sunday late in the morning.
The Swiss, who could be joined in the coming hours by Johannes Hoesflot Klæbo in the list of cross-country skiers with the more coronations in the general classification of the tour, dominated the climb head and shoulders. On the line, he beat the Italian Paolo Fanton and the German Toni Escherstronger than Petter Northug Jr in the finale.
French people were also lined up for this competition. And the best of them was Dorian Girard-Carrabinvery good fourteenth at the finish. The member of Team Vercors Isère was ahead, by scratch, Antoine Agnellettwenty-third, Titouan Blanchardtwenty-seventh, Léo Perrillatthirty-ninth, Alexandre Fournier-Langlaisfifty-seventh, Martin Pelongsixty-third, Arthur Jalle, sixty-sixth, Dzmitry Suhakseventy-eighth, Gaston Cavagnoudeighty-second, as well asEtienne Vullietninety-first.