Chamonix,World Cup Difficulty 2001 and Boulder

The World Cup Difficulty 2001 gets underway in Chamonix as does the second stage of the World Cup Boulder

July 2001

The World Cup Difficulty 2001 gets underway in Chamonix today. Finally the long awaited competition circuit restarts, and after a summer pause continues in Lecco in September to finish in Courmayeur on 14 December. The season will be a long one therefore, demanding excellence and constancy, amply demonstrated last year by the overall winners Liv Sansoz and Yuji Hirayama.

Apart from the fact that the current title holder is the great absentee of this stage, the men’s field remains unchanged. French hopes will rest on young Alexandre Chabot, second overall last year, while Italy’s fortunes rest in the hands of Cristian Brenna third overall, and Dino Lagni, last year’s winner at Chamonix.

The women’s field sees no great change either, but from an Italian point of view this year could prove extremely fruitful, as Jenni Lavarda has recently proven to be on excellent form by becoming Youth World Champion at Imst.

The second stage of the World Cup Boulder is also being held at Chamonix this weekend. France, after having dedicated so much to this speciality, obviously hopes for a champion and all eyes will therefore be on JÃ©rÃ´me Meyer, winner at Gap a fortnight ago. And all eyes will also be on the likes of Pedro Pons and Christian Core, who hope to remedy last competition’s “false start”.

The competition program continues to be intense with next week’s third stage of the Boulder World Cup in Munich and the international Master at Serre Chevalier.

Good luck to all involved!

Thursday 12
9h00 - 19h30 : Difficulty: 1/4 Final

Friday 13
14h00 - 17h00 : Difficulty: 1/2 Final
21h00 : Difficulty: Final
22h45 : Superfinal

Saturday 14
10h30 - 19h30 : Boulder: Qualification

Sunday 15
15h00 Boulder: Finale

Further information:
> Chamonix 2001