The Ski Classics Challengers event, La Venosta Open, took place this Saturday with a 34km long-distance race in classic technique in Val Venosta, Italy.

After a day full of action, the Ski Classics Challengers event in Italy saw Christian Lorenzi, Team Internorm Alpenplus Trentino, and Franziska Müller, xc-ski.de A|N Skimarathon Team, win the races with solid performances.

La Venosta Open – Men’s Race

In the men’s race, the winner Christian Lorenzi, Team Internorm Alpenplus Trentino, completed the race in a time of 1:44:00. 

Aleš Bohatý, eD system Silvini Team, finished in second place, with a total time of 1:47:26, followed by Iacopo Mazzacasa, Robinson Ski Team, completing the podium in the third position and a total time of 1:52:50.

La Venosta Open – Top 3 Men

1. Christian Lorenzi, Team Internorm Alpenplus Trentino, 1:44:00
2. Aleš Bohatý, eD system Silvini Team, +00:03:27
3. Iacopo Mazzacasa, Robinson Ski Team, +00:08:50

La Venosta Open – Women’s Race

In the women’s competition, the winner was Franziska Müller, xc-ski.de A|N Skimarathon Team, with a total time of 1:58:36. 

Michaela Patscheider, Robinson Ski Team, finished in second place, with a time of 2:02:13, followed by Karin Weltert, xc-ski.de A|N Skimarathon Team, with a total time of 2:11:08, and completing the podium in the third position. 

La Venosta Open – Top 3 Women

1. Franziska Müller, xc-ski.de A|N Skimarathon Team, 1:24:51.6
2. Michaela Patscheider, Robinson Ski Team, +00:03:38
3. Karin Weltert, xc-ski.de A|N Skimarathon Team, +00:12:32

As La Venosta Open is a Ski Classics Challengers event, Pro Team registered athletes could collect points for the Ski Classics Champion and Youth competitions in their respective gender. 

Complete results of the La Venosta Open can be found here, and you can check a list of the upcoming Challengers events on skiclassics.com.  

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