{"id":1389,"date":"2022-01-04T14:21:39","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T13:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.valtellinaorobie.it\/gara-scialpinismo\/?page_id=1389"},"modified":"2022-01-04T14:33:16","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T13:33:16","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.valtellinaorobie.it\/gara-scialpinismo\/en\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Valtellina Orobie<\/span> - History<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The 3,000 citizens of Albosaggia, together with the Polisportiva Albosaggia ASD, can confidently lay claim to\ntheir role in the growth of alpine skiing.<\/p>\n\n

For a half a century now, this tiny alpine village nestled in the Valtellinese Orobie mountains, (thanks to a innate\ncalling and a strong sports heritage) has now become the mandatory leg of the race for athletes and enthusiasts\nalike. Destiny has made world famous a little village that has always loved its mountain symbol, the Meriggio,\nwhich is closely linked to the name of the race \u201cValtellina Orobie\u201d. This competitive event symbolizes the\nmaximum expression of alpine skiing, both for its significance as a sport and for how it unifies man and nature.<\/p>\n\n

It\u2019s not easy to summarize: the exertion, sacrifice, courage and innovation; the love of this land, the passion,\nteam spirit and hard work.<\/p>\n\n

The resurgence of winter skiing to the Meriggio summit dates back to the 50\u2019s. Even back then these mountains\nthat every \u201cbusach\u201d (the dialect name for the locals) fondly holds in their hearts, represents a real and honest\nsymbol for skiers and hikers; mountains that are distinguished by their unrivalled allure, extraordinary physical\naspects, even if the altitude isn\u2019t of the highest, but also for its splendid view of the city of Sondrio.<\/p>\n\n

Here is where, on February 19th, 1984, the \u201cMeriggio Rally\u201d was born and an extraordinary adventure began.<\/p>\n\n

The 80\u2019s was a decade of epic endeavour, heroic even, both for the organizers and the athletes: everything had to\nbe innovated, competitors wore jeans, gaiters, woollen sweaters and backpacks full of daring dreams and a thirst\nfor adventure. In that snow, they drew with bare hands, the five rings which would only become a reality in\n2021 when this sport made its entry among those official sports of the Olympics that will be presented in Milan\nCortina 2026.<\/p>\n\n

In 1991 the \u201cMeriggio Rally\u201d became the \u201cThe Orobie International Rally\u201d, counting among its members, even\nin the years prior, teams from Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia and France.<\/p>\n\n

The 1993 edition saw the alpine ski title go to a fellow Italian, and upon the two highest podiums stood two\nyoung in-house athletes: Graziano Boscacci and Ivan Murada who both won their first significant titles laying\nmilestone in the history of this sport remaining the two strongest and those to hold the most titles to date.<\/p>\n\n

In 2001, the \u201cRally\u201d style, which had been adopted for almost 18 years, was officially sidelined to leave room\nfor the new type of race which would be called \u201cValtellina Orobie\u201d throughout all of the summits: the Italy Cup\ntrials in 2005, the European Cup in 2006 and finally the first World Cup team competition in 2007 \u2013 a series of\ndifficult trials but brilliant in many ways mainly due to the organizational effort in a year in which winter was\nalmost absent.<\/p>\n\n

That test was passed with flying colours and the race received awards from the ISMF along with the\nappointment of the Polisportiva of Albosaggia of the \u201cIndividual Races\u201d World Cup trials of January 18, 2009.<\/p>\n\n

The rest is recent history.<\/p>\n\n

In 2010 a young talent named Michele Boscacci dominated the slopes together with Damiano Lenzi (2\nnominations that went on to become top players at the world level). In 2011, the ANA alpine ski national\nchampionships were held and a multitude of Italian Alpine troopers descended on our snow covered land.<\/p>\n\n

For the triennial edition the Polisportiva Albosaggia organized the Valtellina Orobie World, an individual race\non the Meriggio and a sprint race in Caspoggio.<\/p>\n\n

There was enormous participation by the general public and professional athletes alike; five days of high level\nexhibitions and events and this time races were being televised live and streamed online, more importantly, the\nevent would engage not only the entire community of Albosaggia but all of Valtellina.<\/p>\n\n

The concurrent arrival of Kilian Jornet and Michele Boscacci was both captivating and emotional and only\nbecause of a stop-watch and regulations was first place given to Kilian Jornet and second place to Michele\nBoscacci. After a few years of the race becoming part of the distinguished Italy Cup circuit, in the 2019 edition,\nonce again at the top, the Meriggio slopes conquest were assigned the titles of absolute and master. Stunning\nvictory by Robert Antonioli but we must also mention the indestructible Graziano Boscacci, winner of the\nmasters title.<\/p>\n\n

Meanwhile the young Rocco Baldini and Silvia Berra, both of the Polisportiva Albosaggia, won the gold and the\nsilver medals respectively at the Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne, officially adding their names and origin to\nthe history of alpine skiing, a sport now fully a part of the 5 rings.<\/p>\n\n

In spite of the enormous difficulties imposed by Covid, the Valtellina Orobie 2021 race, Italian Championship\nabsolute and team master will take place and represents the most anticipated alpine ski race of the winter season.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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