The athletes are hot, sponsors happy, the TV rips for the television rights!

From the beginning we were convinced of the success of the project. For the fifth edition of the eight-stage race, the New Year begins in Oberhof, we reached the first target. The tour has established itself in the international sporting calendar as a fixed size. With five you're not yet an adult, but it's not a small child. The tour is now stable, now you can go on refining the system. The basic idea provides eight chapters, within ten days in three countries. We have previously hammer out only rarely, for logistical reasons, we focus on two countries, but , we have in mind, Austria or Switzerland to take on board. However, an Eastern tour with stages in the Czech Republic, Poland and eastern Germany is not excluded.

The fact is, you need a balanced program and we have in this year. We are pleased that the tour not only experts arriving now. The final attempt at mountain Alpe Cermis is the most watched event in a cross-country season. Many interested in sports TV viewers know what the tour. However, the most complete athletes only have a chance to win the Tour. We would like to see the Tour de Ski may one day be as popular as the Four Hills ski jumping. We want to measure ourselves against the best and the tour is the best. And who knows, maybe we can even exceed one day. Ambitious we are. What the TV viewers are concerned, we are not far away.

Enjoy the Tour 2010/11 and send me your feedback!

Yours

Jürg