Program
The program of Sierre-Zinal
COMPLETE 2023 PROGRAMME
TUESDAY 8 AUGUST in SIERRE
Presentation of souvenir prizes for all participants with NFC tags /personalized video
WEDNESDAY 9 AUGUST in SIERRE AND at ZINAL
- Arrival of first invited elite guests at Zinal village
- Presentation of the Sierre-Zinal Golden Jubilee watch by Norqain at Gil Bonnet’s Jeweller’s shop in Sierre (by invitation only)
THURSDAY 10 AUGUST at ZINAL
- Arrival of Sierre-Zinal former winners at Zinal village, welcome drinks and live music at 5 pm on Zinal’s village square
- Presentation of the Sierre-Zinal Golden Jubilee Cartoon Strip "50 Years of Anecdotes and Insider Stories”. Book signing at 5 pm on Zinal’s village square
FRIDAY 11 AUGUST, downtown Sierre
- As of 1:30 pm, Race Number retrieval at the Sierre Town-Hall for both the Children’s Race
and next day’s races. Opening of the Sierre-Zinal Village and free photos with your bib on the stage
- 1:45 pm, Presentation of the Sierre-Zinal Golden Jubilee Cartoon Strip "50 Years of Anecdotes and Insider Stories”. Book signing by Julien Valentini on the Town Hall stage
- As of 3 pm, Interactive Sierre-Zinal Game displayed on the giant screen: test your skills and challenge your friends!
- From 5 pm to 6:30 pm, Race of the Five Obstacles. Warm up courtesy of our partner Idée Sport
- 5:00 pm, Girls’ start (aged 4-5)
- 5:15 pm, Boys’ start (aged 4-5)
- 5:30 pm, Girls’ start (aged 6-7)
- 5:45 pm, Boys’ start (aged 6-7)
- 6:00 pm, Girls’ start (aged 8-9)
- 6:15 pm, Boys’ start (aged 8-9)
- 6:30 pm, Run & Sign Presentation
- 6:45 pm, Introduction of Elite Guest Runners and former winners
- 7:15 pm, Children’s Race Award Ceremony in front of the Sierre Town-Hall
SATURDAY 12 AUGUST, Sierre-Zinal Golden Jubilee
- From 4:45 am to 6:10 am, Tourist Category Start
- 10:15 am, Junior Race Start at Chandolin
- 10:55 am, Runner Category Start
- 11:00 am, Beginning of the race’s live transmission on RTS displayed on the giant screens at Chandolin, Tignousa and Zinal
- 12: pm, Beginning of live transmission on Eurosport
- As of 1:25 pm, Arrival of first elite runners at Zinal
- 9:00 am - 3 pm, Presentation of the Sierre-Zinal Golden Jubilee Cartoon Strip "50 Years of Anecdotes and Insider Stories”. Book signing by Julien Valentini on Zinal’s village square
- 4:45 pm, Award Ceremony with Golden Jubilee musical performance and visual animation
- 5:45pm, Live DJ show
- 8:00 pm, Manchester band Undercover will perform an exclusive Golden Jubilee concert (free admission)
- 10:00, Live DJ (free admission)
- 12:00 am and 2:00 am, Lunabus departs from Zinal and serves Anniviers. The 2:00 am bus drives down to Sierre
New: All day entertainment on Zinal’s village square!
Sunday 13 AUGUST, Golden Jubilee Summit Brunch
Join us for the Sierre-Zinal Golden Jubilee brunch: Join up will old friends and make new ones at this fun and unique fundraiser!
Information and reservationsSTART TIMES FOR EACH CATEGORY
TOURISTS, Saturday August 12th from Sierre
Exceptional momentary road closure between Finges start area and the Anniviers Valley at 4:40 am
- Starting block 1 start time: 4:45 am
- Starting block 2 start time: 4:55 am
- Starting block 6 start time: 5:05 am
Exceptional momentary road opening between the start area at Finges and the Anniviers valley from 5:15 to 5:45 am
Exceptional momentary road closure between Finges start area and the Anniviers Valley at 5:45 am
- Starting block 4 start time: 5:50 am
- Starting block 5 start time: 6:00 am
- Starting block 6 start time: 6:10 am
The road between the start area at Finges and the Anniviers Valley reopens at 6:20 am
- Runners are seeded into starting blocks through Datasport’s timing sytem based on their estimated running time and previous SZ results. You will be notified of your start time via a personal e-mail at least a week prior to the race (to be confirmed).
- Starting block changes will result in disqualification.
- Athletes should arrive at the Start Area 30 minutes before their start time.
RUNNERS, Saturday August 12th from Sierre
Exceptional momentary road closure between Finges start area and the Anniviers Valley at 10:55 am
- Starting block “invited elites” start time: 11:00 am
- Starting block 1 start time: 11:00 am
- Starting block 2 start time: 11:10 am
- Starting block 3 start time: 11:20 am
The road between the start area at Finges and the Anniviers Valley reopens at 11:30
- For security reasons cut-off times must be abided (see below).
- Runners are seeded into starting blocks through Datasport’s timing sytem based on their estimated running time and previous SZ results. You will be notified of your start time via a personal e-mail at least a week prior to the race (to be confirmed).
- Starting block changes will result in disqualification.
- Athletes should arrive at the start area 30 minutes before their start time.
