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The Alpine Rockfest is an annual event held at Paganella Ski Resort (Andalo) in the Italian Dolomites. The Alpine Rockfest is a televised sports-entertainment event featuring a rock music concert combined with an exhibition ski race consisting of Olympic & World Cup Ski Stars who are invited to compete for the largest cash prize in ski racing. The festival is organized by former U.S. Men's Ski Team Head Coach Phil McNichol & Italian entrepreneur Marco Dallapiccola, and first took place in 2009.[1] As Ted Ligety said in 2011: "There is definitely a nice party atmosphere here," Ligety said. "It's not as strict and stringent as the World Cup. It allows for a little more fan interaction and really lets the skiers shine a little bit better."[2]
Race format
The race format is Sprint Giant Slalom complete with jump over an Audi; competitors race through elimination rounds in pursuit of the largest single cash prize in Ski Racing—€70,000. The ski racing is accompanied by rock music.[3]
- The day begins with a morning Preliminary Round. Select athletes will compete for 5 spots in the next Round of 15.
- The remaining 3 rounds will be covered Live on TV and begins with the Round of 15. 10 prequalified athletes & 5 athletes from the morning Preliminary Round will battle for the 10 fastest times.
- Round of 10 continues the elimination as only the 5 fastest will advance to the Finals.
- The Final Round of 5 consists of the remaining fastest down to the last competitor and the last run of the day - Its "Winner Takes All" €70,000.[4]
Athletes
Top ski athletes participating are:
- Cyprien Richard
- Davide Simoncelli
- Aksel Lund Svindal
- Ted Ligety
- Bode Miller
- Christof Innerhofer
- Philipp Schoerghofer
- Jon Olsson
- Ondrej Bank
- Max Blardone
- Marcel Mathis
- Warner Nickerson
- Adam Zampa
- Luca de Aliprandini
- Krystof Kryzl
- Marcus Sandell
- Giovanni Borsotti
- Florian Eisath
- Roberto Nani
- Janez Jazbec
- Paolo Pangrazzi
- Phil Brown
- Tim Jitloff
Past Alpine Rockfest champions
- 2009: Cyprien Richard
- 2011: Ted Ligety
- 2012: Davide Simoncelli[5]
References
- ^ "Alpine Skiing - FIS-SKI". Fisalpine.com. Retrieved 2013-11-11.
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/24/sports/skiing/ligety-wins-alpine-rockfest-ski-race-in-andalo-italy.html?_r=0
- ^ a b "Alpine Rockfest: Ski Racing Stars and Rock 'n Roll Returns to the Italian Dolomites Ski Racing and Rock Music Event Returns to Spectacular Paganella, Italy". TheEpicureanExplorer.com. Retrieved 2013-11-11.
- ^ "Alpine Rockfest - 23 dicembre 2013, Paganella ski, Consorzio Skipass Paganella Dolomiti". Paganella.net. Retrieved 2013-11-11.
- ^ "Sci e rock ad Andalo, la Rockfest della neve". Corriere.it. Retrieved 2013-11-11.