Monday, Nov 6, 2023
Today's Paper
Date: January 8 2022 Place: Misurina, Italy Distance: 48 km Classic technique Active years: new edition Record number of participants: new edition Highest peak and total climb: 1792 m/740 m Number of VSC sprints/climbing points: TBA Start times: 8:15 CET women and 10:00 CET men After the holiday break over Christmas and New Year, the Pro Tour continues in Italy. A new location…
The Visma Ski Classics podcast Orsa2Levi, hosted by Teemu Virtanen, goes to Switzerland to meet with the director of Team BSV Ibex, the only Swiss Pro Team in the Pro Tour. Markus Walser is a professional ski coach who learned the tricks of the trade in Norway, and he is spreading the good gospel of…
The Canadian long distance ski event Sovereign2Silvestar Ski Marathon in British Columbia becomes a new addition to the Visma Ski Classics Challengers series. It is the first Challengers event in Canada. The 42-kilometer course can be raced both in classic and skating technique. The classic event will take place on April 2, 2022, and the…
Research material by: Cross-Country Ski Headquarters & Cross-Country Skiing Planet In today’s world, cross-country skiing has become much easier and simpler for recreational skiers as there are so many wax-free options and skin-skis to select from. The old-fashioned waxing seems to be passé and even fluor based glide waxes are becoming quite questionable due to…
Date: December 19, 2021 Place: Orsa Grönklitt, Sweden Distance: 35 km Classic technique Active years: new edition Record number of participants: new edition Highest peak and total climb: Individual Prologue 559 m/575 m Number of VSC sprints/climbing points: TBA Start times: 8:35 CET for women and 10:30 CET for men The Orsa Grönklitt Prologue is a 35 km mass-start race on Sunday, the day after the…
Cross-country skiing is, without a doubt, an endurance sport, and long distance skiing is an extreme form of endurance sport. For skiers, endurance is a term that we are all very familiar with, or are we? Have we ever taken time to think about it in more detail? Perhaps not, but no worries as this…
Date: December 18 2021 Place: Orsa Grönklitt, Sweden Distance: 15 km Classic technique Active years: new edition Record number of participants: new edition Highest peak and total climb: Pro Team Tempo 499 m/133 m Number of VSC sprints/climbing points: TBA Start times: 9:45 CET for the Pro Team Tempo The Visma Ski Classics Season XII starts with the Pro Team Tempo in Orsa Grönklitt, Sweden,. The distance…
Cross-country skiing, and long distance in particular, is a strenuous sport, which requires a lot of work, patience and tons of energy. Pro Team athletes can train from four to five hours a day at their peak and push their bodies to the limit. As a result, cross-country skiers, on average, also have the biggest fueling demands of any…
This Pro Team has its roots in Team ParkettPartner Sjusjøen, but now the Pro Team athletes go with a new name and sponsor. The team signed a renowned World Cup skier from the UK, Andrew Musgrave, who will participate in some events after the Olympics. Simen Engebretsen Nordli finished 2nd at Klarälvsloppet this September, and…
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