A Norwegian team lines up on the Ski Classics Pro Tour this winter with seven athletes and a cause behind it: childhood bone cancer.

The project began on a November evening at NTNU, where Halfdan Baumann and Erling Owren, one engineering student and one recent graduate, sketched out what a new Ski Classics Pro Team could look like. After a first season racing as Team Aktiv mot Kreft, the project continues under a new name and partner for Season XVIII: Bardo Ski Team, in partnership with the Bardo Foundation.

The Bardo Foundation was set up in memory of Bernardo, known as Bardo to his Norwegian friends, who died at 16 after two years with osteosarcoma, the most common bone cancer in children and young adults. The foundation funds osteosarcoma research, works to widen access to clinical trials, and supports families through treatment and beyond. Treatment for the disease has barely moved in four decades, and childhood cancer research still receives only a small share of overall cancer funding.

Four athletes continue from last season: Erik Ola Jorde, Halvor Bade, Halfdan Thomas Baumann, and Erling Nyborg Owren. Jorde had a breakthrough Season XVII, finishing 45^th in the overall standings, 7^th in the Youth classification and 4^th in the Cubs classification, more than doubling his points from the previous season.

The team’s entire women’s lineup is new for Season XVIII: Hanna Sandholt Hansen, transferring in from Team Sjusjøen Langløp, Madelene Nord, from Bruse Sauerland Ski Team, and Camilla Brørs, from Team Sport 1 Lillehammer. Arild Baumann takes over as Pro Team Director.

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Bardo Ski Team

• Country: Norway
• Pro Team Director: Arild Baumann
• Pro Team Ranking: 20th
• Website: The Bardo Foundation
• Instagram: Bardo Ski Team

Pro Team Athletes

*Youth  **Cubs

Read More: Ski Classics World Championship Season XVIII

Ski Classics World Championship Season XVIII (2026/2027) 

• Event 1: December 11, 2026 – Bad Gastein Prologue – Austria – 1km 
• Event 2: December 13, 2026 – Sportgastein Criterium – Austria – 30km 
• Event 3: December 19, 2026 – Bad Gastein ITT – Austria – 7km 
• Event 4: December 20, 2026 – Bad Gastein Criterium – Austria – 36km 
Bad Gastein Tour (Events 1–4 of Ski Classics World Championship Season XVIII) 
• Event 5: January 16, 2027 – Engadin La Diagonela – Switzerland – 55km 
• Event 6: January 17, 2027 – Zuoz–St. Moritz Sprint – Switzerland – 30km 
• Event 7: January 31, 2027 – Marcialonga – Italy – 70km 
• Event 8: February 12, 2027 – Bedřichov Heat Sprint – Czech Republic – 1.5km 
• Event 9: February 14, 2027 – Jizerská 50 – Czech Republic – 50km 
• Event 10: February 27, 2027 – Oxberg–Mora Sprint Women – Sweden – 30km 
• Event 11: February 28, 2027 – Oxberg–Mora Sprint Men – Sweden – 30km 
• Event 12: March 7, 2027 – Vasaloppet – Sweden – 90km 
• Event 13: March 20, 2027 – Birkebeinerrennet – Norway – 53km 
• Event 14: April 3, 2027 – Reistadløpet – Norway – 35km 
• Event 15: April 4, 2027 – Grand Finale Summit 2 Senja – Norway – 60km 

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