Italy is the Worlds leading long-distance nation. The top four sports in the men’s division and the top three spots in the overall women’s division in the FIS Marathon cup were captured by Italian marathon skiers.
Italians Win FIS Marathon Cup Titles
FasterSkier · March 24, 2006
The women’s Cup was also dominated by Italians:
Christina Paluselli won ahead of Anna Santer and Lara Peyrot. Paluselli won LaSgameda and Jizerska Padesatka and was second in Konig Ludwig Lauf. She was also third in the American Birkie, Engadin and the Norwegian Birkie and won the Swedish Vasaloppet (not a part of the Marathon Cup). Santer won the Transjurasienne and the American Birkie. Peyrot had three second places.
Results FIS Marathon Cup
Men: 1) Marco Cattaneo, Italien, 416 p, 2) Pierluigi Costantin, Italien, 325, 3) Roberto de Zolt, Italien, 309, 4) Tullio Grandelius, Italien, 296, 5) Jörgen Aukland, Norge, 285, 6) Silvio Fauner, Italien, 240, 7) Daniel Tynell, Sverige, 196, 8) Stanislav Rezac, Tjeckien, 185, 9) Raul Olle, Estland, 170, 10) Jerry Ahrlin, Sverige, 150, 11) Robert Johansson, Sverige, 105, 12) Anders Aukland, 100, 13) Biago di Santo, Italien, 100, 14) Michail Botvinov, Österrike, 100, 15) Rikard Andreasson, Sverige, 98, 16) Alexei Ivanov, Vitryssland, 96, 17) Martin Larsson, Sverige, 80, 18) Håvard Skorstad, 78, 19) Mattias Svahn, 74, 20) Gard Filip Gjerdalen, Norge, 72.
Damer: 1) Christina Paluselli, Italien, 560, 2) Anna Santer, Italien, 510, 3) Lara Peyrot, Italien, 470, 4) Sofia Lind, Sverige, 307, 5) Ine Wigernes, Norge, 216, 6) Jenny Hansson, Sverige, 110, 7) Natascha Leonardi Cortesi, 100, Hilde G Pedersen, Norge, 100, 9) Lada Nestrenko, Ukraina, 82, 10) Annmari Viljanmaa, Finland, 80.
Source: Skidsport.com