Sunday, December 1st is the key day with the 10, 21 and 42 km races among cellars and vineyards
The Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Running Festival is underway: tomorrow the “quarter stage” opens in Vidor
Saturday, November 30th at 7:30 the start of the 51 km Ultra Trail on the Cammino delle Colline with arrival in Vittorio Veneto
Everything is ready for the Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Running Festival. Tomorrow, Friday, November 29th, the event will officially start and until Sunday, December 1st it will involve almost 4,300 runners, walkers and off-road enthusiasts, taking them into the cellars (51 will be crossed) and into the vineyards of the Prosecco Hills, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. There will be 1312 foreigners (31%) coming from 41 countries, including other continents such as Australia, America and Asia. The multifunctional centre in Piazza Capitello in Vidor, the heart of the event, will start to come to life starting tomorrow, when the race office and expo will open at 3:00 pm. Themed dinners, music and traditional local dances are planned for Friday and Saturday evenings, while on Saturday and Sunday there will also be traditional wooden games.
Four races are scheduled that will cross, as a whole, the municipalities of Vidor, Moriago della Battaglia, Farra di Soligo, Miane, Valdobbiadene, Follina, Pieve di Soligo, Cison di Valmarino, Tarzo, Revine Lago and Vittorio Veneto.
Saturday 30 November, at 7:30 am from Vidor, the start of the first edition of the 1st Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Ultra Trail which, after 51 km with a positive difference in altitude of 2,265 meters along the Cammino delle Colline del Prosecco di Conegliano e Valdobbiadene, will land in Piazza del Popolo, in the heart of Vittorio Veneto. As Giovanni Carraro, designer of the Cammino, recalled, the Ultra Trail will develop along the crest of the hills passing through Colbertaldo, the southern heights of Valdobbiadene, Col San Martino, the Vedette di Farra di Soligo, Premaor di Miane, the Tre Ponti di Follina, the area of Cison with Zuel di Qua e di Là, Arfanta, Tarzo, Nogarolo and Serravalle, joining portions of some of the 39 individual Prosecco itineraries. For the participants there will also be particularly challenging sections, such as the very steep Monte Moncader (470 meters), the final part of Monte Comun (490 meters) and Monte Baldo (597 meters), the highest hill on the route. The race will take place through history, passing trenches, tunnels and military posts (visible on the hills), ossuaries and military shrines, as well as villages of suggestive beauty, with breathtaking views. Sunday will be the highlight of the day, with departures from the La Tordera winery, not far from the multipurpose center in Piazza Capitello: at 8:30 the start of the 2nd Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Marathon of 42 km, at 10:00 the start of the 14th Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Run of 21 km and at 10:20 the 9th Conegliano Valdobbiadene Bollicina of 10 km. As for the numbers: 48% of the Italians registered, equal to 1465 participants, come from outside Veneto. The most represented regions, in addition to Veneto, are Lombardy (389 participants), Emilia Romagna (298) and Trentino – Alto Adige (247). Among the 41 foreign countries, those with the most registered are Hungary (148), Poland (133), Austria (106), Slovakia (105), Romania (79), Czech Republic (65), Germany (63) Estonia (62), Latvia (62) and Slovenia (49). The largest groups are Run Different (65 – Modena), Asd Prato Promozione (54 – Prato), Podismo il Ponte Asd (53, Pisa), Bomberun Asd (37, Padova) and Atletica Elpidiense Avis Aido (29, Porto Sant’Elpidio – FM – Marche).
A real “Festival” centered on running and outdoor sports activities but also perfect for spending a few days of relaxation and vacation in the UNESCO heritage hills. And those who participated last year, in many cases decided to return again this year. Like Jonas Jessen, a 34-year-old German from Berlin, an economics researcher, a passionate runner, who in 2023 had been to Vidor with other friends, running the half marathon and was enthusiastic about the experience, a “nice mix of sport and the opportunity to enjoy the area, with a wonderful atmosphere so much so that it convinced us to return again this year in about ten”. “When I learned that there would also be the Ultra Trail, I was really happy, I decided to run the trail on Saturday and the half marathon on Sunday – Jessen said – probably in the half marathon it will be a little slower than in 2023, but I will have the opportunity, along the way, to taste some Prosecco Conegliano Valdobbiadene Docg and local food”. At the start, distributed on the 10, 21 and 42 km routes, there will also be the women of FemiRun&Walk, a group of women (and some men) from all over Norway, born about ten years ago with the participation in the Rome Marathon. The aim is to motivate and encourage women to run and walk, regardless of age and their state of fitness, setting different goals for each one. The first to set an example and be an extraordinary source of inspiration, about ten years ago, was the leader of the group Vibeke Bjerg, who after undergoing an operation for a brain tumor, after only 6 days was already on the street running 20 km, then participating, a few months later, in the Rome Marathon.
THE CELLARS CROSSED
The routes of the 9th Conegliano Valdobbiadene Bollicina 10 km, the 14th Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Run and the Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Marathon will cross 51 cellars, farms and agritourisms: La Tordera (starting point of all three routes), Giotto, Dariva, Cantina Castello di Berton, Dal Din Spumanti, Riccardo, Fratelli Rizzetto, Sentier, Tormena Fratelli, Micel, Frozza, Mass Bianchet, Fratelli Gatto Cavalier, Al Cartizze da Bepi Moret, Casa Gialla, Campion, La Baracheta, Rosaval, Valdo, Valvarse, Somasòt, Col De Balt, Val d’Oca, Ca’ Dal Molin, Il Borgo dei Vettor, Cantina Andreola – Eroico in Valdobbiadene, Pro Loco Col San Martino, Ferronato Fratelli, Ferronato Denis, Follador Prosecco Wines, Riva Granda, Frasca Marchet, Bortolin Angelo Spumanti, Marsuret, Nani Rizzi Spumanti, Costa d’Or, Francesco Follador, Colesel, Garbara Cartizze, Salis, El Palazon, Colline Guizzette, Cartizze PDC, Val Longa, Domus Picta, Villa Cedri (headquarters of the Association for the heritage of the Prosecco Hills of Conegliano and Valdobbiadene), Parco della Filandetta, Villa Morona De Castaldis, Riva de Milan, Locanda Sandi and Barichel.
THE VOLUNTEERS
A real army: that of the 350 volunteers (directly linked to Tri Veneto Run, but also to many local associations of the municipalities involved) for the Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Running Festival, also “racing” to ensure the success of the event. They will be busy carrying out many tasks, from the logistics of the start to the banners, from the motorcyclist to the people in charge along the route, from those who will take care of refreshments to those who will prepare and deliver the race packs, from those who will take care of the inflatables to those who will position the mileage signs.
PARTNERS
Alongside the Asd Tri Veneto Run, directed in collaboration with Maratona di Treviso Scrl, “G.S. Lepri strache di Vidor”, the Pro Loco of Vidor and Colbertaldo, with the Patronage and contribution of the Municipality of Vidor, Valdobbiadene, Moriago della Battaglia, Farra di Soligo, Miane, Follina, Cison di Valmarino, Tarzo, Revine Lago, Vittorio Veneto and Conegliano, of the Veneto Region and under the aegis of US Acli, there are Banca Prealpi SanBiagio, Alì Supermarkets, San Benedetto, Association for the Heritage of the Prosecco Hills of Conegliano and Valdobbiadene, Consortium for the Protection of Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco DOCG, Lazzaris, Valdo Spumanti, Scatolificio Sarcinelli, Sogno Veneto, Borsoi, Confagricoltura Treviso, Latteria Soligo, Méthode, Lanificio Bottoli, Piovesana, Silca SpA, Kiron, Savno, Oggi Treviso, Radio Company and the technical partners Karpos and Scarpa.
THE SCHEDULE
TOMORROW, FRIDAY 29 NOVEMBER 2024
3:00 PM Race Office and Expo opening
7:00 PM Race Office and Expo closing
7:00 PM “Muset & Calici” typical “musét” dinner (reservation required)
9:00 PM Toast offered by the Colbertaldo and Vidor Wine Exhibition (only for those who have booked for the dinner)
9:00 PM The Fireplaces: Folk and Rock’n’Roll music
10:30 PM Closing
SATURDAY 30 NOVEMBER 2024
6:00 AM Race Office and Expo opening, Ultra Trail bag storage
6:00 AM Ultra Trail shuttle bus departure from Vittorio Veneto in Piazza del Popolo (reservation required)
6:45 AM Ultra Trail shuttle bus arrival in Vidor in via Palladio
7:30 AM Start of the 1st Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Ultra Trail (Vidor)
10.00 am Tana dei Tarli: traditional wooden games
2.00 pm Awards ceremony for the 1st Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Ultra Trail (Piazza del Popolo, Vittorio Veneto)
5.00 pm I Mercanti Dogali: traditional dances & songs
7.30 pm “Spiedo Party” dinner based on Treviso spit (reservation required)
8.00 pm Race Office and Expo closing
8.30 pm Toast offered by the Colbertaldo and Vidor Wine Exhibition (only for those who have booked for the dinner)
10.30 pm Closing
SUNDAY 1 DECEMBER 2024
7.00 am Race Office and Expo opening
9.15 am Race Office closing
7.00 am Baggage storage opening
8.00 pm 08.30 Start 2nd Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Marathon
10.00 Start 14th Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Run
10.20 Start 9th Conegliano Valdobbiadene Bollicina
12.00 Opening Pasta Party
From 12.30 Awards ceremony (to follow based on arrivals)
17.00 Bag drop off closes
18.00 Event closes
For information: www.prosecco.run
