Will the Lenzerheide World Cup come to an end?
The organizers from Lenzerheide put on a good face and call the situation "We take a break". We are taking a break. This underlines their ambition to return to the international racing circuit after the World Championships in Valais. "We are fundamentally positive about a resumption from 2025," says OC President Christoph Müller. However, these negotiations would only be taken up at a later date.
The World Championships in Valais will take place in 2025, with a World Cup race traditionally being held on the same courses one year beforehand. This is the reason why Lenzerheide has already had to pull out of the World Cup this year. However, it remains difficult to understand why a World Cup race should not be held twice in the same country - which is customary in almost all other sports. What's more, Lenzerheide is not a random or even exotic location, but the race with the largest number of spectators, which culminated in the legendary 2018 World Championships.Lenzerheide would not be the first traditional venue to be removed from the race calendar. Just think of the witches' cauldron in Houffalize. Or the legendary downhill races in Kaprun. The cross-country summits in Offenburg and Albstadt. In ski racing, it would be almost unthinkable for events such as the Lauberhorn race in Wengen, the giant slalom in Adelboden or the Streif in Kitzbühel to disappear from the racing calendar, even temporarily.
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