Sierre-Zinal celebrates 53 editions faithful to its legend. Known as one of the "cathedrals" of the trail running, the race that unites Sierre and Zinal through the Swiss Alps was born in 1974 by the mathematician Jean-Claude Pont and has since maintained the same route, practically unchanged: 31 kilometers and 2,200 meters of positive unevenness between paths that previously used the shepherds for transhumance.The route starts in Sierre, at 560…
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For the first time in 1974, the Sierre-Zinal mountain race will live on Saturday its 53rd edition (to be followed on RTS 2 from 10:30 a.m.). A look back at the years that forged its legend
Sierre-Zinal celebrates 53 editions faithful to its legend. Known as one of the "cathedrals" of the trail running, the race that unites Sierre and Zinal through the Swiss Alps was born in 1974 by the mathematician Jean-Claude Pont and has since maintained the same route, practically unchanged: 31 kilometers and 2,200 meters of positive unevenness between paths that previously used the shepherds for transhumance.The route starts in Sierre, at 560…