Lapland race

Lapland race
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Levi Black slope
Levi Black steep slope in summer 2005
Place:	Levi , Finland
Mountain:	Levi fell
slalom
Begin:	438 meters
Target:	258 meters
Height difference:	180 meters
Maximum gradient:	52%

The Lapland Races are international alpine ski races in Levi in the Finnish province of Lapland .

It was held for the first time in 2000 as a European Cup race (two slaloms and two giant slaloms for men) and in February 2004 with two slaloms for women for the first time as a World Cup race - the first on Finnish soil. After two women's World Cup slaloms were held again in March 2006, there has been an annual women's and men's World Cup slalom since the 2006/2007 season. The date was postponed to mid-November in order to bridge the time between the World Cup kick-off in Sölden at the end of October and the North American races from the end of November. Although Levi is considered snow reliable due to its geographical location around 170 km north of the Arctic Circle , the races had to be canceled in 2007, 2011 and 2015 due to lack of snow. The slaloms are held on the Levi Black slope . It is the most northerly and with a starting height of 438 meters and a target height of 258 meters, it is also the lowest slope in the Alpine Ski World Cup.

World Cup podiums

Ladies

date	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
02/28/2004	Tanja Poutiainen	Elisabeth Görgl	Maria Riesch
02/29/2004	Maria Riesch	Elisabeth Görgl	Martina Ertl
03/10/2006	Janica Kostelić	Anja Pärson	Kathrin Zettel
03/11/2006	Anja Pärson	Janica Kostelić	Nicole Hosp
11/11/2006	Marlies shield	Nicole Hosp	Kathrin Zettel
11/10/2007	Canceled due to lack of snow.
11/15/2008	Lindsey Vonn	Maria Pietilä-Holmner	Maria Riesch
11/14/2009	Maria Riesch	Lindsey Vonn	Tanja Poutiainen
11/13/2010	Marlies shield	Maria Riesch	Tanja Poutiainen
11/12/2011	Canceled due to lack of snow.
11/10/2012	Maria Höfl-Riesch	Tanja Poutiainen	Mikaela Shiffrin
11/16/2013	Mikaela Shiffrin	Maria Höfl-Riesch	Tina Maze
11/15/2014	Tina Maze	Frida Hansdotter	Kathrin Zettel
11/14/2015	Canceled due to lack of snow.
11/12/2016	Mikaela Shiffrin	Wendy Holdener	Petra Vlhová
11/11/2017	Petra Vlhová	Mikaela Shiffrin	Wendy Holdener
11/17/2018	Mikaela Shiffrin	Petra Vlhová	Bernadette shield
11/23/2019	Mikaela Shiffrin	Wendy Holdener	Katharina troop

List of winners 2004–2019

	Surname	Winner	Second	third
1	Mikaela Shiffrin	4th	1	1
2	Maria Riesch	3	2	2
3	Marlies shield	2	0	0
4th	Tanja Poutiainen	1	1	2
5	Petra Vlhová	1	1	1
6th	Janica Kostelić	1	1	0
6th	Anja Pärson	1	1	0
6th	Lindsey Vonn	1	1	0
9	Tina Maze	1	0	1

Men's

date	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
11/12/2006	Benjamin Raich	Markus Larsson	Giorgio Rocca
11/11/2007	Canceled due to lack of snow.
11/16/2008	Jean-Baptiste Grange	Bode Miller	Mario Matt
11/15/2009	Reinfried Herbst	Ivica Kostelić	Jean-Baptiste Grange
11/14/2010	Jean-Baptiste Grange	André Myhrer	Ivica Kostelić
11/13/2011	Canceled due to lack of snow.
11/11/2012	André Myhrer	Marcel Hirscher	Jens Byggmark
11/17/2013	Marcel Hirscher	Mario Matt	Henrik Kristoffersen
11/16/2014	Henrik Kristoffersen	Marcel Hirscher	Felix Neureuther
11/15/2015	Canceled due to lack of snow.
11/13/2016	Marcel Hirscher	Michael Matt	Manfred Mölgg
11/12/2017	Felix Neureuther	Henrik Kristoffersen	Mattias Hargin
11/18/2018	Marcel Hirscher	Henrik Kristoffersen	André Myhrer
11/24/2019	Henrik Kristoffersen	Clément Noël	Daniel Yule

List of winners 2006–2019

	Surname	winner	Second	Third
1	Marcel Hirscher	3	2	0
2	Henrik Kristoffersen	2	2	1
3	Jean-Baptiste Grange	2	0	1
4th	André Myhrer	1	1	1
5	Felix Neureuther	1	0	1
6th	Benjamin Raich	1	0	0
6th	Reinfried Herbst	1	0	0

Web links

• World Cup Levi (Finnish, English)
• World Cup races in Levi on the website of the International Ski Federation

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} World Cup race in Levi canceled - Reiteralm jumps in. www.planetsnow.de, November 6, 2007, accessed December 26, 2012.
2. ↑ ^{a b c} No snow in Finland: Slalom in Levi canceled. www.skiweltcup.tv, November 3, 2011, accessed December 26, 2012.
3. ↑ ^{a b c} World Cup Levi Is Canceled  ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , www.worldcuplevi.com November 5, 2015, accessed November 5, 2015.  

Coordinates: 67 ° 48 ′ 17 ″  N , 24 ° 48 ′ 9 ″  E