# Cross della Vallagarina

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The **Cross della Vallagarina** is an annual [cross country running](/source/Cross_country_running) competition that is held in mid-January in [Rovereto](/source/Rovereto), [Italy](/source/Italy). The competition derives its name from the [Vallagarina](/source/Vallagarina) valley in which the city is located. It was first held in 1978 following the success of local runner [Cristina Tomasini](/source/Cristina_Tomasini) at the [1977 IAAF World Cross Country Championships](/source/1977_IAAF_World_Cross_Country_Championships).[1] She was the inaugural winner of the Cross della Vallagarina, which was unusual in being a women's competition only – the men's race was added later in 1981.[2][3]

The Cross della Vallagarina is part of the [European Athletics](/source/European_Athletics) permit meeting series,[4] and has also previously been part of the Italian national circuit.[5] It hosted the Italian Cross Country Championships in 2005 and 2007.[6] The race is organised by the local [sports club](/source/Sports_club) *U.S. Quercia Rovereto*, which also hosts the city's annual [track and field](/source/Track_and_field) meeting ([Palio Città della Quercia](/source/Palio_Citt%C3%A0_della_Quercia)) and [Giro Podistico di Rovereto](/source/Giro_Podistico_di_Rovereto) [road race](/source/Road_running).[3]

The current elite men's and women's races are held over 8.8 km and 5.5 km, respectively. The women's competition in 1978 began as a contest over 5 km and has remained roughly this distance throughout its history, except for a brief period where it was extended from 2005 to 2007. The men's race started as an 8 km event, but it has been mostly between 9–10 km for the majority of editions.[2] The competition's looped course features a number of uphill and downhill sections along the valley's edge, making it a difficult race for some athletes.[7][8][9] In addition to the elite level races, there are also several races for [fun runners](/source/Fun_run) and amateurs, ranging from youth competitions to races for [masters athletes](/source/Masters_athletics).[10]

Past winners of the event include some of Italy's most successful runners, including Olympic marathon champion [Gelindo Bordin](/source/Gelindo_Bordin), [1987 World Champion](/source/1987_World_Championships_in_Athletics) [Francesco Panetta](/source/Francesco_Panetta), [Gabriella Dorio](/source/Gabriella_Dorio) (Olympic gold medallist in the 1500 m) and two-time 5000 m global medallist [Roberta Brunet](/source/Roberta_Brunet). Foreign winners of the event include multiple [European Cross](/source/European_Cross_Country_Championships) champion [Serhiy Lebid](/source/Serhiy_Lebid), world [steeplechase](/source/Steeplechase_(athletics)) champions [Wilson Boit Kipketer](/source/Wilson_Boit_Kipketer) and [Dorcus Inzikuru](/source/Dorcus_Inzikuru), and [World Half Marathon](/source/IAAF_World_Half_Marathon_Championships) champion [Wilson Kiprop](/source/Wilson_Kiprop).[11]

## Past senior race winners

**Key:**

Edition Year Men's winner Time (m:s) Women's winner Time (m:s) 1st 1978 Not held Cristina Tomasini (Italy) 17:37.0 2nd 1979 Agnese Possamai (Italy) ? 3rd 1980 Cristina Tomasini (Italy) 16:08.5 4th 1981 Albert Rungger (Italy) 25:25.1 Agnese Possamai (Italy) 15:14.5 5th 1982 Gelindo Bordin (Italy) 25:32 Cristina Tomasini (Italy) 16:16.5 6th 1983 Mariano Scartezzini (Italy) 26:39.5 Gabriella Dorio (Italy) 17:10.6 7th 1984 Sergio Pesavento (Italy) 25:59.2 Wilma Rusman (Netherlands) 16:10.0 8th 1985 Gelindo Bordin (Italy) 25:36.2 Wilma Rusman (Netherlands) 16:43.0 9th 1986 Gianni Demadonna (Italy) 25:24.0 Maria Curatolo (Italy) 15:35.0 10th 1987 Francesco Panetta (Italy) ? Flavia Furlan (Italy) ? 11th 1988 Marco Gozzano (Italy) 28:07.5 Rosanna Munerotto (Italy) 15:42.9 12th 1989 Francesco Panetta (Italy) 27:54.9 Maria Curatolo (Italy) 15:04.9 13th 1990 Francesco Panetta (Italy) 28:25.9 Nadia Dandolo (Italy) 15:46.7 14th 1991 Stephenson Nyamu (Kenya) 27:41.0 Nives Curti (Italy) 15:18.0 15th 1992 Jonah Koech (Kenya) 28:28.9 Nadia Dandolo (Italy) 15:40.9 16th 1993 Francesco Panetta (Italy) 28:04.6 Valentina Tauceri (Italy) 16:02.3 17th 1994 Richard Kosgei (Kenya) 29:10 Roberta Brunet (Italy) 16:14 18th 1995 Umberto Pusterla (Italy) 29:18 Cristina Misaros (Romania) 16:26 19th 1996 Angelo Carosi (Italy) 28:37 Florence Barsosio (Kenya) 15:40 20th 1997 Mark Bett (Kenya) 28:22 Nadia Dandolo (Italy) 15:22 21st 1998 Umberto Pusterla (Italy) 28:43 Elisa Rea (Italy) 15:48 22nd 1999 Wilson Kipketer (Kenya) 27:38 Sabrina Varrone (Italy) 15:02 23rd 2000 Paul Kosgei (Kenya) 28:00.1 Valentina Tauceri (Italy) 15:47.3 24th 2001 Paul Kosgei (Kenya) 27:57.3 Merima Denboba (Ethiopia) 15:04.3 25th 2002 David Makori (Kenya) 29:58.1 Rita Jeptoo (Kenya) 17:29.5 26th 2003 Serhiy Lebid (Ukraine) 26:44.4 Dorcus Inzikuru (Uganda) 5:27.0 27th 2004 Serhiy Lebid (Ukraine) 29:24.3 Anikó Kálovics (Hungary) 19:02.7 28th 2005 Maurizio Leone (Italy) 35:52 Patrizia Tisi (Italy) 27:07 29th 2006 Eliud Kirui (Kenya) 28:37.1 Priscah Cherono (Kenya) 22:02 30th 2007 Giuliano Battocletti (Italy) 30:44 Renate Rungger (Italy) 27:07 31st 2008 Wilson Kiprop (Kenya) 26:11.5 Catherine Kurui (Kenya) 19:26.3 32nd 2009 Wilson Kiprop (Kenya) 25:25.1 Federica Dal Ri (Italy) 19:17.1 33rd 2010 Lema Abera (Ethiopia) 25:52 Asmerawork Bekele (Ethiopia) 18:37 34th 2011 Thomas Longosiwa (Kenya) 26:06.6 Birtukan Fente (Ethiopia) 18:58.4 35th 2012 Kinde Atanau (Ethiopia) 25:27 Afera Godfay (Ethiopia) 19:16 36th 2013 Muktar Edris (Ethiopia) 26:43 Silvia La Barbera (Italy) 22:44 37th 2014 Robert Ndiwa (Kenya) 27:00 Linah Cheruto (Kenya) 21:40 38th 2015 Andrew Kwemoi (Kenya) 27:07 Silvia La Barbera (Italy) 22:48 39th 2016 Rodgers Maiyo (Kenya) 26:39 Alemitu Hawi (Ethiopia) 21:35 40th 2017 Robert Ndiwa (Kenya) 27:21 Sara Dossena (Italy) 22:24 41st 2018 Telahun Bekele (Ethiopia) 26:58 Norah Jeruto (Kenya) 21:05 42nd 2019 Telahun Bekele (Ethiopia) 26:12 Moira Stewartová (Czech Republic) 22:41 43rd 2020 Cesare Maestri (Italy) 28:01 Moira Stewartová (Czech Republic) 18:27 — 2021 Did not held 44th 2022 Tadese Takele (Ethiopia) 27:08 Klara Lukan (Slovenia) 17:47 45th 2023 Egide Ntakarutimana (BDI) 27:27 Francine Niyomukunzi (BDI) 17:41 46th 2024 Ibrahim Ezzaydouni (Spain) 27:49 Francine Niyomukunzi (BDI) 17:35 47th 2025 Célestin Ndikumana (BDI) 25:08 Ruken Tek (Turkey) 19:00 48th 2026 Enrico Vecchi (Italy) 26:07 Emily Collinge (United Kingdom) 19:02

## See also

- [Cinque Mulini](/source/Cinque_Mulini)
- [Trofeo Alasport](/source/Trofeo_Alasport)

## References

1. Sampaolo, Diego (2011-01-17). [Longosiwa and Birtukane take commanding victories in Vallagarina XC](http://www.iaaf.org/WXC11/news/kind=100/newsid=59071.html). [IAAF](/source/IAAF). Retrieved on 2011-01-28.

1. Civai, Franco (2011-01-17). [Cross della Vallagarina](https://www.arrs.run/HP_VallagarinaXC.htm). [Association of Road Racing Statisticians](/source/Association_of_Road_Racing_Statisticians). Retrieved on 2011-01-25.

1. [La Nostra Storia](http://www.usquercia.it/storia.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213209/http://www.usquercia.it/storia.html) 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian). U.S. Quercia Rovereto. Retrieved on 2011-01-25.

1. [Results European Athletics Cross Country Permit Races 2010/11](http://www.european-athletics.org/results-european-athletics-cross-country-permit-races-201011.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110312052804/http://www.european-athletics.org/results-european-athletics-cross-country-permit-races-201011.html) 2011-03-12 at the Wayback Machine. [European Athletics](/source/European_Athletics). Retrieved on 2011-01-25.

1. [31st Cross Internazionale della Vallagarina](http://www.european-athletics.org/general-news/31st-cross-internazionale-della-vallagarina.html). [European Athletics](/source/European_Athletics) (2008-01-11). Retrieved on 2011-01-25.

1. [IL GRANDE CROSS IN VALLAGARINA](http://www.genovapress.com/index.php/content/view/39902/64/) (in Italian). *Genova Press* (2011-01-11). Retrieved on 2011-01-25.

1. [Percorso](http://www.usquercia.it/cross/percorso.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20181030222145/http://www.usquercia.it/cross/percorso.html) 2018-10-30 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian). U.S. Quercia Rovereto. Retrieved on 2011-01-25.

1. Sampaolo, Diego (2009-01-18). [Kiprop and Dal Ri the winners in Villa Lagarina Cross Country](http://www.iaaf.org/WXC09/news/newsid=48952.html). [IAAF](/source/IAAF). Retrieved on 2011-01-25.

1. Sampaolo, Diego (2010-01-17). [Ethiopian sweep at the Cross della Vallagarina](http://www.iaaf.org/WXC10/news/kind=100/newsid=55320.html). [IAAF](/source/IAAF). Retrieved on 2011-01-25.

1. [Il nuovo programma completo](http://www.usquercia.it/cross/orari.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230205/http://www.usquercia.it/cross/orari.html) 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian). U.S. Quercia Rovereto. Retrieved on 2011-01-25.

1. Sampaolo, Diego (2006-01-20). [International fields return - Vallagarina Cross Country preview](http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=33198.html). [IAAF](/source/IAAF). Retrieved on 2011-01-25.

**List of winners**

- Civai, Franco (2011-01-17). [Cross della Vallagarina](https://www.arrs.run/HP_VallagarinaXC.htm). [Association of Road Racing Statisticians](/source/Association_of_Road_Racing_Statisticians). Retrieved on 2011-01-25.

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.usquercia.it/cross/)

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