| bgcolor=#b0c4de colspan=2 align="center" | Saslong | |
|---|---|---|
| Place: |  Val Gardena/Gröden | |
| Mountain: | Langkofel, Dolomites | |
| Member: | Club5+ | |
| Opened: | 1969 | |
| Level: | expert | |
| bgcolor=#b0c4de colspan=2 align="center" | Downhill | |
| Start: | 2249m (7,379feet) (AA) | |
| Finish: | 1410m (4,630feet) | |
| Vertical drop: | 839m (2,753feet) | |
| Length: | 3.446km (02.141miles) | |
| Max. incline: | 29.6 degrees (56.9%) | |
| Avg. incline: | 13.8 degrees (24.5%) | |
| Min. incline: | 6.4 degrees (11.2%) | |
| Most wins (M): |  Franz Klammer (4x) Kristian Ghedina (4x) | |
| Most wins (L): | Ilka Štuhec (1x) | |
| bgcolor=#b0c4de colspan=2 align="center" | Super-G | |
| Start: | 2000m (7,000feet) (AA) | |
| Finish: | 1410m (4,630feet) | |
| Vertical drop: | 590m (1,940feet) | |
| Length: | 2.365km (01.47miles) | |
| Max. incline: | 29.6 degrees (56.9%) | |
| Avg. incline: | 14.0 degrees (24.9%) | |
| Min. incline: | 6.5 degrees (11.4%) | |
| Most wins (M): |  Aksel Lund Svindal (5x) | |
| Most wins (L): | Ilka Štuhec (1x) |
Difficult jump short after the start, into the steepest section (56.9% gradient), then virtual change direction in mid-air to compression.
A 40m (130feet) jump which takes skiers into the second compression.
15to jump in the air, followed by a flat, yet intense, left-right-left gate combination ending at the 1st Mauer ("Wall").
Skiers jump approximately directly to the 1st Mauer and have to sway to the right to the 2nd Mauer.
The jump on the 2nd Mauer contemporaneously serves as the entry into the flat section leading to the 1st Camel Hump with top speed at 130km/h.
The Camel Humps represent the most spectacular section of the Saslong. They were named by the late and former Austrian FIS TD Sepp Sulzberger.
Uli Spiess from Austria was the first athlete to attempt and succeed in jumping all three Humps at the same time instead of taking each jump separately.
Since Spiess' premiere, skiers today mostly absorb the first jump (a.k.a. "Girardelli Line") and leap from the second over the third.
The record jump belongs to Austrian skier Michael Walchhofer who leaped reaching a height of 4–5 meters in 2003.
Ciaslat with its corrugated ripples and bumps is where the race is often decided. In this technically very demanding section of the course racers face overall 17 different ripples.
Skiers take the Nucia jump into the final schuss following the exit from Ciaslat.
The jump owes its name to the new tunnel that runs below the Final schuss and is part of the new street by-passing St.Christina which was opened in 2009.
The first downhill winner in February 1969 was Jean-Daniel Dätwyler from Switzerland, and this annual ski event is part of the prestigious Saslong Classic competition.
Saslong hosted the World Championships in 1970, which also counted for 1970 World Cup season points and wins/podiums statistics.
On 23 March 1975, Saslong hosted the first parallel slalom in history, Gustav Thöni won in front of 40,000, beating Ingemar Stenmark in the final.[2]
| Type | Season | Date | Winner | Second | Third | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 51 | DH | bgcolor=gainsboro align=center | 14 February 1969 | Rudi Sailer | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 79 | DH | bgcolor=gainsboro align=center | 15 February 1970 |  Malcolm Milne | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 128 | DH | bgcolor=gainsboro align=center | 15 March 1972 |  Mike Lafferty | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 135 | DH | bgcolor=gainsboro align=center | 15 February 1973 | David Zwilling | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 203 | DH | bgcolor=gainsboro align=center rowspan=2 | 21 March 1975 |  Bernhard Russi | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 204 | PS | 23 March 1975 | Walter Tresch | ||||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 232 | DH | bgcolor=gainsboro align=center rowspan=2 | 17 December 1976 | Erik Håker | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 233 | DH | 18 December 1976 | Bernhard Russi | ||||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 267 | DH | bgcolor=gainsboro align=center | 18 December 1977 | Franz Klammer | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 289 | DH | bgcolor=gainsboro align=center rowspan=2 | 16 December 1978 | Walter Vesti | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 290 | DH | 17 December 1978 |  Ken Read | ||||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 323 | DH | bgcolor=gainsboro align=center rowspan=2 | 17 December 1979 | Werner Grissmann | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 324 | KB | 11 December 1979 Madonna di Cam. (SL) ---------------------------- 17 December 1979 Val Gardena (DH) | Anton Steiner | ||||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 348 | DH | bgcolor=gainsboro align=center rowspan=3 | 14 December 1980 | Steve Podborski | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 349 | KB | 9 December 1980 Madonna di Cam. (SL) ---------------------------- 14 December 1980 Val Gardena (DH) |  Andreas Wenzel | ||||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 350 | DH | 15 December 1980 | Peter Müller | ||||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 385 | DH | bgcolor=gainsboro align=center rowspan=2 | 13 December 1981 | Leonhard Stock | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 386 | KB | 9 December 1981 Madonna di Cam. (SL) ---------------------------- 13 December 1981 Val Gardena (DH) | Even Hole | ||||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 417 | DH | bgcolor=gainsboro align=center rowspan=3 | 19 December 1982 | Franz Klammer | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 418 | KB | 12 December 1982 Val d'Isere (SG) ---------------------------- 19 December 1982 Val Gardena (DH) | |||||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 419 | DH | 20 December 1982 | Urs Räber | ||||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 458 | DH | bgcolor=gainsboro align=center rowspan=3 | 18 December 1983 | Steve Podborski | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 459 | SG | 19 December 1983 | Leonhard Stock | ||||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 461 | KB | 19 December 1983 Val Gardena (SG) ---------------------------- 20 December 1983 Madonna di Cam. (SL) | Alex Giorgi | ||||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 493 | DH | bgcolor=gainsboro align=center | 15 December 1984 | Peter Wirnsberger I | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 528 | DH | bgcolor=gainsboro align=center rowspan=2 | 14 December 1985 | Sepp Wildgruber | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 530 | KB | 14 December 1985 Val Gardena (DH) ---------------------------- 15 December 1985 Alta Badia (GS) | |||||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 575 | DH | bgcolor=gainsboro align=center | 13 December 1986 | Markus Wasmeier | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 606 | DH | bgcolor=gainsboro align=center | 12 December 1987 | Brian Stemmle | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 636 | DH | bgcolor=gainsboro align=center rowspan=2 | 9 December 1988 | Rob Boyd | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 637 | DH | 10 December 1988 | Peter Müller | ||||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 673 | DH | bgcolor=gainsboro align=center | 16 December 1989 | Kristian Ghedina | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 703 | DH | bgcolor=gainsboro align=center rowspan=2 | 14 December 1990 | Atle Skårdal | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 704 | DH | 15 December 1990 |  Luc Alphand | ||||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 733 | DH | bgcolor=gainsboro align=center | 14 December 1991 | Atle Skårdal | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 764 | DH | bgcolor=gainsboro align=center rowspan=2 | 11 December 1992 | Patrick Ortlieb | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 765 | DH | 12 December 1992 | A J Kitt | ||||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 801 | DH | bgcolor=gainsboro align=center rowspan=2 | 17 December 1993 |  Marc Girardelli | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 802 | DH | 18 December 1993 | Jean-Luc Crétier | ||||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 870 | DH | bgcolor=gainsboro align=center | 16 December 1995 | Luc Alphand | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 904 | DH | bgcolor=gainsboro align=center rowspan=2 | 20 December 1996 | Kristian Ghedina | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 905 | DH | 21 December 1996 | Josef Strobl | ||||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 978 | DH | bgcolor=gainsboro align=center rowspan=2 | 18 December 1998 | Hermann Maier | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 979 | DH | 19 December 1998 | Werner Franz | ||||
| align=right bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1013 | DH | bgcolor=gainsboro align=center rowspan=2 | 17 December 1999 | Ed Podivinsky | |||
| align=right bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1014 | DH | 18 December 1999 | Hermann Maier | ||||
| align=right bgcolor="#EDCCD5" rowspan=2 | DH | bgcolor=gainsboro align=center rowspan=2 | 16 December 2000 | cancelled; replaced in Val-d'Isère on same dates | ||||
| SG | 17 December 2000 | |||||||
| align=right bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1085 | DH | bgcolor=gainsboro align=center rowspan=2 | 14 December 2001 | Kurt Sulzenbacher | |||
| align=right bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1086 | DH | 15 December 2001 | Kjetil André Aamodt | ||||
| align=right bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1123 | SG | bgcolor=gainsboro align=center rowspan=2 | 20 December 2002 | Marco Büchel | |||
| align=right bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1124 | DH | 21 December 2002 | Josef Strobl | ||||
| align=right bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1160 | SG | bgcolor=gainsboro align=center rowspan=2 | 19 December 2003 | Hermann Maier | |||
| align=right bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1161 | DH | 20 December 2003 | Hans Knauß | ||||
| align=right bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1199 | SG | bgcolor=gainsboro align=center rowspan=2 | 17 December 2004 | Benjamin Raich | |||
| align=right bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1200 | DH | 18 December 2004 | Hans Grugger | ||||
| align=right bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1235 | SG | bgcolor=gainsboro align=center rowspan=2 | 17 December 2005 | Ambrosi Hoffmann | |||
| align=right bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1236 | DH | 17 December 2005 | Erik Guay | ||||
| align=right bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1270 | SG | bgcolor=gainsboro align=center rowspan=2 | 15 December 2006 | John Kucera | |||
| align=right bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1271 | DH | 16 December 2006 | Fritz Strobl | ||||
| align=right bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1308 | SG | bgcolor=gainsboro align=center rowspan=2 | 14 December 2007 | Marco Büchel | |||
| align=right bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1309 | DH | 15 December 2007 | Scott Macartney | ||||
| align=right bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1347 | SG | bgcolor=gainsboro align=center rowspan=2 | 19 December 2008 |  Patrik Järbyn | |||
| align=right bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1348 | DH | 20 December 2008 | Manuel Osborne-Paradis | ||||
| align=right bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1384 | SG | bgcolor=gainsboro align=center rowspan=2 | 18 December 2009 | Patrick Staudacher | |||
| align=right bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1385 | DH | 19 December 2009 | Ambrosi Hoffmann Johan Clarey | ||||
| align=right bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1415 | SG | bgcolor=gainsboro align=center rowspan=2 | 17 December 2010 | Erik Guay | |||
| align=right bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1416 | DH | 18 December 2010 | Didier Cuche | ||||
| align=right bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1452 | SG | bgcolor=gainsboro align=center rowspan=2 | 16 December 2011 | Kjetil Jansrud | |||
| align=right bgcolor="EDCCD5" | DH | 17 December 2011 | cancelled after 21 skiers due to strong winds; replaced on 3 February 2012 | |||||
| align=right bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1497 | SG | bgcolor=gainsboro align=center rowspan=2 | 14 December 2012 | Werner Heel | |||
| align=right bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1498 | DH | 15 December 2012 | Erik Guay | ||||
| align=right bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1531 | SG | bgcolor=gainsboro align=center rowspan=2 | 20 December 2013 | Jan Hudec | Adrien Théaux | ||
| align=right bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1532 | DH | 21 December 2013 | Johan Clarey | ||||
| align=right bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1565 | DH | bgcolor=gainsboro align=center rowspan=2 | 19 December 2014 | Dominik Paris | |||
| align=right bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1566 | SG | 20 December 2014 | Dominik Paris | Hannes Reichelt | |||
| align=right bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1601 | DH | bgcolor=gainsboro align=center rowspan=2 | 18 December 2015 | Aleksander Aamodt Kilde | |||
| align=right bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1602 | SG | 19 December 2015 | Kjetil Jansrud | ||||
| align=right bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1644 | SG | bgcolor=gainsboro align=center rowspan=2 | 16 December 2016 | Kjetil Jansrud | Aleksander Aamodt Kilde | Erik Guay | |
| align=right bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1645 | DH | 17 December 2016 | Steven Nyman | ||||
| align=right bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1681 | SG | bgcolor=gainsboro align=center rowspan=2 | 15 December 2017 |  Josef Ferstl | Max Franz | Matthias Mayer | |
| align=right bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1682 | DH | 16 December 2017 | Max Franz | ||||
| align=right bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1716 | SG | bgcolor=gainsboro align=center rowspan=2 | 14 December 2018 | Aksel Lund Svindal | Christof Innerhofer | Kjetil Jansrud | |
| align=right bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1717 | DH | 15 December 2018 | Beat Feuz | ||||
| align=right bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1757 | SG | bgcolor=gainsboro align=center rowspan=2 | 20 December 2019 | Vincent Kriechmayr | Kjetil Jansrud | Thomas Dreßen | |
| align=right bgcolor="EDCCD5" | DH | 21 December 2019 | heavy snowfall; replaced in Bormio on 27 December 2019 | |||||
| align=right bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1789 | SG | bgcolor=gainsboro align=center rowspan=2 | 18 December 2020 | Mauro Caviezel | Kjetil Jansrud | ||
| align=right bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1790 | DH | 19 December 2020 | Beat Feuz | ||||
| align=right bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1826 | SG | bgcolor=gainsboro align=center rowspan=2 | 17 December 2021 | Vincent Kriechmayr | |||
| align=right bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1827 | DH | 18 December 2021 | Niels Hintermann | ||||
| align=right bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1862 | DH | bgcolor=gainsboro align=center rowspan=3 | 15 December 2022 | Matthias Mayer | |||
| align=right bgcolor="EDCCD5" | SG | 16 December 2022 | cancelled due to bad weather conditions. | |||||
| align=right bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1863 | DH | 17 December 2022 | Mattia Casse |
| Type | Season | Date | Winner | Second | Third | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=right bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1611 | DH | bgcolor=gainsboro align=center rowspan=2 | 18 December 2018 |  Ilka Štuhec | Tina Weirather Nicole Schmidhofer | ||
| align=right bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1612 | SG | 19 December 2018 | Ilka Štuhec | Nicol Delago | Ramona Siebenhofer |
In 1986, elite Club5 was originally founded by prestigious classic downhill organizers: Kitzbühel, Wengen, Garmisch, Val d’Isère and Val Gardena/Gröden, with goal to bring alpine ski sport on the highest levels possible.[3]
Later over the years other classic longterm organizers joined the now named Club5+: Alta Badia, Cortina, Kranjska Gora, Maribor, Lake Louise, Schladming, Adelboden, Kvitfjell, St.Moritz and Åre.[4]