Big ice cross spectacle on the Seiser Alm

Marco Dallago and Veronika Windisch from Austria won the last round of the World Cup series in South Tyrol and thus also secured the Euro Conference titles.

After weeks of manual work, a 350 meter long course made of natural ice with numerous difficulties such as a steep curve, waves and jumps was built on the Alpe di Siusi for athletes from 20 nations. Due to a break in warm weather, the individual timed races had to be held after midnight under a full moon and spontaneous lighting; the final races then took place in postcard weather. First Italian podium ever The four-man race, in which two athletes always advance to the next round, became a demonstration of power by the 30-year-old former world champion Marco Dallago from Austria. Although he fell twice during the qualifying runs, he dominated all of his runs on race day. In the final, the fastest of the time trials, the Finnish Mirko Lahti, came closest to him in second place. With third-placed Lorenzo Caligari there was the first podium for Italy in the history of the sport. The German Luca Engler, who was celebrating his comeback after a broken finger, fell in the four-jump combination called “Dutch mountains” and came fourth.

The men's podium: Mirko Lahti, Marco Dallago and Lorenzo Caligari (from left) © M. Roe/S. Marko

The women's race was a clear affair for world champion Veronika Windisch from Austria, who won ahead of the Frenchwoman Amandine Condroyer and his compatriot Alice Zenz and thus also confidently won the Euro Division.

Because of the Corona travel restrictions, the World Cup series was divided into an American and a European division. The overall men's ranking was taken by Dallago, the currently best athlete in this sport, ahead of Michael Urban from the Czech Republic and Robin Worling from Great Britain. The results at a glance: Men 1. Marco Dallago (AUT) 2. Mirko Lahti (FIN) 3. Lorenzo Caligari (ITA) 4. Luca Engler (GER) 5. Michael Urban (CZE)

Women 1. Veronika Windisch (AUT) 2. Amadine Condroyer (FRA) 3. Alice Zenz (AUT) 4. Michelle Mulder (CAN) 5. Petra Pflugova (CZE)

Juniors 1. Levin Wiesmann (SUI) 2. Emerick Keller (FRA) 3. Lukas Begander (AUT)

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Big ice cross spectacle on the Seiser Alm

The last race of the Ice Cross World Championships took place on the Seiser Alm this weekend against the picturesque backdrop of the mountain giants Schlern and Sassolungo. Spectacle was guaranteed.

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