# Gsieser-Tal-Lauf

The Gsieser-Tal-Lauf (Italian: Gran Fondo Val Casies) is a cross-country skiing race that takes place every year on the third weekend in February in the Gsiesertal in South Tyrol, Italy. It is the largest mass winter sports event in South Tyrol and the second largest in Italy. The event has never been cancelled (except in 2021 / COVID-19) since the race was first held in 1984, a unique record in Europe. Every year around 2,300 people from over 35 nations take part in the race.

## Course

The loop route from Gsieser Tal to Taisten begins and ends in St. Martin in Gsies (1,220 m a.s.l.). The route distances are 30 km and 42 km for both classic and skating styles, and both races feature a wave-start format. Age-group categories are also awarded. There are 6 points classifications, 3 for the classic races and 3 for the skating races, and all races count towards the Euroloppet Series. The "KIDS Run" is traditionally held on Saturday afternoon.
The Gsieser-Tal-Lauf also includes a non-ranked "Just For Fun" category for non-competitive participants who want to enjoy the special marathon atmosphere.

## Taking part

Skiers aged 16 and over are eligible to take part. For the 42 km race, competitors must be aged 18 or over. Competitors are split into 4 different start waves. Timing is recorded by means of an electronic chip. Each participant receives a certificate of participation and a race medal. Entry fees are staggered, and are based on the date of registration. Online registration begins on 1 June every year.

## Winners
### Winners skating 42 km

| Year | Male | Nationality | Time | | Female | Nationality | Time |
| 2025 | Mikael Abram | Italy | 1:36:03 h | | Christina Pittin | Italy | 1:44:40 h |
| 2024 | Giandomenico Salvadori | Italy | 1:36:07 h | | Federica Sanfilippo | Italy | 1:48:12 h |
| 2023 | Lorenzo Romano | Italy | 1:39:09 h | | Sigrid Mutscheller | Germany | 1:53:27 h |
| 2022 | Lorenzo Romano | Italy | 1:40:09 h | | Ilenia Defrancesco | Italy | 1:54:19 h |
| 2021 | canceled (COVID-19) | canceled (COVID-19) | canceled (COVID-19) | canceled (COVID-19) | canceled (COVID-19) | canceled (COVID-19) | canceled (COVID-19) |
| 2020 | Mirco Bertolina | Italy | 1:37:40 h | | Sara Pellegrini | Italy | 1:45:53 h |
| 2019 | Alexei Tscherwotkin | Russia | 1:42:14 h | | Riitta-Liisa Roponen | Finland | 1:53:02 h |
| 2018 | Stefano Gardener | Italy | 1:47:57 h | | Antonella Confortola | Italy | 2:04:29 h |
| 2017 | Anders Gløersen | Norway | 1:38:01 h | | Natalja Sernowa | Russia | 1:52:21 h |
| 2016 | Mirco Bertolina | Italy | 1:42:40 h | | Walentyna Schewtschenko | Ukraine | 1:57:25 h |
| 2015 | Giorgio Di Centa | Italy | 1:41:30 h | | Natalja Sernowa | Russia | 1:57:25 h |
| 2014 | Fabrizio Clementi | Italy | 1:41:21 h | | Stephanie Santer | Italy | 1:54:27 h |
| 2013 | Roland Clara | Italy | 1:39:09 h | | Antonella Confortola Wyatt | Italy | 1:51:53 h |
| 2012 | Roland Clara | Italy | 1:36:24 h | | Antonella Confortola Wyatt | Italy | 1:47:48 h |
| 2011 | Thomas Moriggl | Italy | 1:22:20 h | | Antonella Confortola Wyatt | Italy | 1:29:25 h |
| 2010 | Alexandre Rousselet | France | 1:29:47 h | | Clara Bettega | Italy | 1:42:03 h |
| 2009 | Tom Reichelt | Germany | 1:29:07 h | | Daniela Jellici | Italy | 1:41:48 h |
| 2008 | Tom Reichelt | Germany | 1:27:01 h | | Veronica de Martin Pinter | Italy | 1:44:27 h |
| 2007 | Maurizio Pozzi | Italy | 1:28:28 h | | Stefanie Meyr | Germany | 1:40:08 h |
| 2006 | Florian Kostner | Italy | 1:35:48 h | | Anna Santer | Italy | 1:48:37 h |
| 2005 | Maurizio Pozzi | Italy | 1:41:03 h | | Lara Peyrot | Italy | 1:46:58 h |
| 2004 | Marco Cattaneo | Italy | 1:29:58 h | | Lara Peyrot | Italy | 1:42:28 h |
| 2003 | Juan Jesús Gutiérrez | Spain | 1:33:55 h | | Eugenia Bitchougova | Russia | 1:48:32 h |
| 2002 (40 km) | Alois Blassnig | Austria | 1:12:43 h | | Eugenia Bitchougova | Russia | 1:18:16 h |
| 2001 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Norway | 1:28:43 h | | Antonella Confortola Wyatt | Italy | 1:38:28 h |
| 2000 | Silvio Fauner | Italy | 1:37:30 h | | Maria Canins | Italy | 1:50:35 h |
| 1999 | Cristian Zorzi | Italy | 1:30:23 h | | Guidina Dal Sasso | Italy | 1:44:04 h |
| 1998 | Michail Botwinow | Austria | 1:27:11 h | | Eugenia Bitchougova | Russia | 1:37:35 h |
| 1997 | Roberto De Zolt | Italy | 1:27:18 h | | Eugenia Bitchougova | Russia | 1:36:01 h |
| 1996 | Silvio Fauner | Italy | 1:28:42 h | | Eugenia Bitchougova | Russia | 1:42:13 h |
| 1995 | Taufik Khamitov | Kazakhstan | 1:41:38 h | | Maria Canins | Italy | 1:55:27 h |
| 1994 | Alfred Runggaldier | Italy | 1:37:34 h | | Maria Canins | Italy | 1:47:54 h |
| 1993 (30 km) | Alfred Runggaldier | Italy | 1:26,19 h | | Nathalie Santer | Italy | 1:34:07 h |
| 1992 (40 km) | Paolo Riva | Italy | 1:28:26 h | | Maria Canins | Italy | 1:40:30 h |
| 1991 (40 km) | Patrizio Deola | Italy | 1:31:43 h | | Maria Canins | Italy | 1:48:31 h |
| 1990 (40 km) | Luciano Fontana | Italy | 1:25:45 h | | Giovanna Vego Socco | Italy | 2:11:32 h |
| 1989 (30 km) | Patrizio Deola | Italy | 1:09:44 h | | Maria Canins | Italy | 1:19:01 h |
| 1988 (40 km) | Alfred Runggaldier | Italy | 1:31:57 h | | Maria Canins | Italy | 1:41:15 h |
| 1987 (40 km) | Luciano Fontana | Italy | 2:08:10 h | | Maria Canins | Italy | 2:14:25 h |
| 1986 (40 km) | Giuseppe Ploner | Italy | 1:34:31 h | | Maria Canins | Italy | 1:50:14 h |
| 1985 (40 km) | Friedrich Nöckler | Italy | 1:56:42 h | | Loretta de Monte | Italy | 3:04:38 h |
| 1984 (40 km) | Albert Walder | Italy | 1:58:11 h | | Johanna Rehmann | Italy | 2:56:35 h |

### Winners skating 30 km

| Year | Male | Female |
| 2025 | Matteo Tanel Italy | Ilona Plechacova Czech Republic |
| 2024 | Giacomo Gabrielli Italy | Julia Kuen Italy |
| 2023 | Patrick Klettenhammer Italy | Federica Sanfilippo Italy |
| 2022 | Matteo Tanel Italy | Martina Bellini Italy |
| 2021 | canceled (COVID-19) | canceled (COVID-19) |
| 2020 | Florian Cappello Italy | Martina Di Centa Italy |
| 2019 | Clemens Blaßnig Austria | Barbara Jezeršek Australia |
| 2018 | Matteo Tanel Italy | Debora Roncari Italy |
| 2017 | Enrico Nizzi Italy | Elisa Brocard Italy |
| 2016 | Jiri Rocarek Czech Republic | Debora Roncari Italy |
| 2015 | Eric Thomas Germany | Barbara Jezeršek Slovenia |
| 2014 | Simone Paredi Italy | Melissa Gorra Italy |
| 2013 | Simone Paredi Italy | Barbara Felderer Italy |
| 2012 | Enrico Nizzi Italy | Veronika Vítková Czech Republic |
| 2011 | Bruno Debertolis Italy | Eugenia Bitchougova Italy |
| 2010 | Candide Pralong Switzerland | Picon Anouk Faivre France |
| 2009 | Dietmar Nöckler Italy | Magda Genuin Italy |
| 2008 | Christian Cusini Italy | Karin Moroder Italy |

### Winners classic 42 km

| Year | Male | Nationality | Time | | Female | Nationality | Time |
| 2025 | Francesco Ferrari | Italy | 1:46:42 h | | Michaela Patscheider | Italy | 1:58:57 h |
| 2024 | Lorenzo Busin | Italy | 1:46:57 h | | Heli Heiskanen | Finland | 2:04:20 h |
| 2023 | Lorenzo Busin | Italy | 1:47:24 h | | Malin Börjesjö | Sweden | 2:08:19 h |
| 2022 | Dietmar Nöckler | Italy | 1:55:38 h | | Malin Börjesjö | Sweden | 2:13:22 h |
| 2021 | canceled (COVID-19) | canceled (COVID-19) | canceled (COVID-19) | canceled (COVID-19) | canceled (COVID-19) | canceled (COVID-19) | canceled (COVID-19) |
| 2020 | Mauro Brigadoi | Italy | 1:47:29 h | | Klara Moravcova | Czech Republic | 2:04:25 h |
| 2019 | Oskar Kardin | Sweden | 1:51:05 h | | Justyna Kowalczyk | Poland | 2:04:09 h |
| 2018 | Jewgeni Dementjew | Russia | 1:52:52 h | | Franziska Müller | Germany | 2:16:23 h |
| 2017 | Mauro Brigadoi | Italy | 1:50:06 h | | Jessica Müller | Germany | 2:16:05 h |
| 2016 | Dietmar Nöckler | Italy | 1:43:38 h | | Kateřina Smutná | Austria | 1:52:31 h |
| 2015 | Petr Novák | Czech Republic | 1:48:18 h | | Renate Forstner | Germany | 2:30:48 h |
| 2014 | Franz Göring | Germany | 1:52:05 h | | Adela Boudikova | Czech Republic | 2:19:05 h |
| 2013 | Bruno Debertolis | Italy | 1:47:12 h | | Eugenia Bitchougova | Russia | 2:21:28 h |
| 2012 | Sergio Bonaldi | Italy | 1:47:15 h | | Renate Forstner | Germany | 2:21:24 h |
| 2011 | Bruno Debertolis | Italy | 1:31:16 h | | Ingrid Damgaard | Norway | 1:47:40 h |
| 2010 | Bruno Debertolis | Italy | 1:53:37 h | | Eugenia Bitchougova | Russia | 2:14:24 h |

### Winners classic 30 km

| Year | Male | Female |
| 2025 | Tommaso Dellagiacoma Italy | Anna Schmidhofer Austria |
| 2024 | Tommaso Dellagiacoma Italy | Michaela Patscheider Italy |
| 2023 | Stefano Dellagiacoma Italy | Michaela Patscheider Italy |
| 2022 | Stefano Dellagiacoma Italy | Michaela Patscheider Italy |
| 2021 | canceled (COVID-19) | canceled (COVID-19) |
| 2020 | Florian Cappello Italy | Franziska Müller Germany |
| 2019 | Lorenzo Busin Italy | Chiara Caminada Italy |
| 2018 | Riccardo Mich Italy | Federica Simeoni Italy |
| 2017 | Christian Völz Germany | Franziska Müller Germany |
| 2016 | Miroslav Rypl Czech Republic | Jessica Müller Germany |
| 2015 | Eric Thomas Germany | Barbara Felderer Italy |
| 2014 | Andy Gerstenberger Germany | Alexandra Svoboda Germany |
| 2013 | Jens Filbrich Germany | Jessica Müller Germany |
| 2012 | Thomas Moriggl Italy | Barbara Felderer Italy |
| 2011 | Peter Milz Germany | Valentina Vuerich Italy |
| 2010 | Ivan Debertolis Italy | Barbara Antonelli Italy |
| 2010 | Thomas Steurer Austria | Eugenia Bitchougova Russia |
| 2008 | Marco Cattaneo Italy | Eugenia Bitchougova Russia |
| 2007 | Anders Aukland Norway | Alessandra Rigamonti Italy |