On Saturday, August 30, it’s time for Alliansloppet 2025. The Ski Classics Challengers event is a 48-kilometer classic technique roller ski race held in Trollhättan, Sweden.

The long-distance roller ski competition gathers a strong field of Pro Team athletes and elite cross-country skiers, making it one of the highlights of the summer racing calendar. The elite women’s race starts at 12:15 CET, followed by the elite men’s at 12:45 CET. See the full men’s and women’s start lists below.    

START LIST MEN
START LIST WOMEN

The event brings together some of the World’s top Pro Team athletes and World Cup skiers looking to test their form during the summer training season. At the same time, the relatively easy course makes it accessible for beginners and recreational skiers, many of whom take on their first roller ski race in Trollhättan.

Alliansloppet also holds the distinction of being the first official seeding roller ski race for the renowned Vasaloppet, adding further importance to its place on the summer racing calendar.

Best Moments of Alliansloppet 2024

Video Credits: Michael NCP-TV/Alliansloppet

Come and experience the Scandinavian summer and explore the beautiful Swedish West Coast! Alliansloppet is part of a multi-day festival of sports competitions and will also serve as one of the stages for the 2025 Roller Ski World Cup.

Facts

• Date: Saturday, August 30, 2025
• Location: Trollhättan
• Country: Sweden
• Race Distance: 48km 
• Technique: Roller ski classic
• Website: Alliansloppet  
• Registration: Alliansloppet   
• Instagram: Alliansloppet   
• Facebook: Alliansloppet   

Trollhättan Roller Ski World Cup

Trollhättan will also host the second stop of the 2025 FIS Roller Ski World Cup, taking place from August 29 to 31. Over three days, senior and junior national athletes will compete across various race formats.

The event starts on Friday, August 29, with a 1.3km sprint in freestyle technique for all athletes, followed by a 48km mass start race in classic technique for senior athletes and 32km for junior roller skiers on Saturday, August 30, and ends with the 15km interval start in classic technique for both senior women and men and 7.5km for junior women and junior men athletes, on Sunday, August 31, 2025.

See the complete program for the Trollhättan Roller Ski World Cup below.

FACTS Trollhättan Roller Ski World Cup 2025

• When: Friday, August 29 to Sunday, August 31, 2025 
• Who: Senior and junior national skiers – women and men
• Where: Trollhättan, Sweden
• What: FIS Roller Ski World Cup in Trollhättan, Sweden

PROGRAM

Friday, August 29 (more information can be found HERE and HERE)

• 13:00 CET: 1.3km Sprint Qualification Free – Men
• 13:00 CET: 1.3km Sprint Qualification Free – Women
• 13:00 CET: 1.3km Sprint Qualification Free – Junior Men
• 13:00 CET: 1.3km Sprint Qualification Free – Junior Women
• 14:50 CET: 1.3km Sprint Final Free – Junior Men
• 14:50 CET: 1.3km Sprint Final Free – Junior Women
• 16:50 CET: 1.3km Sprint Final Free – Men
• 16:50 CET: 1.3km Sprint Final Free – Women

Saturday, August 30 (more information can be found HERE and HERE)

• 8:45 CET: 32km Mass Start Classic – Junior Men
• 8:45 CET: 32km Mass Start Classic – Junior Women
• 12:15 CET: 48km Mass Start Classic – Women (a Ski Classics Challengers event)
• 12:45 CET: 48km Mass Start Classic – Men (a Ski Classics Challengers event)

Sunday, August 31 (more information can be found HERE and HERE)

• 11:15 CET: 7.5km Interval Start Classic – Junior Men
• 11:25 CET: 7.5km Interval Start Classic – Junior Women
• 12:05 CET: 15km Interval Start Classic – Men
• 13:45 CET: 15km Interval Start Classic – Women

For a comprehensive Trollhättan Roller Ski World Cup events calendar, click HERE

As the Alliansloppet 48km race is a Ski Classics Challengers event, Pro Team registered athletes can collect points for the Ski Classics Champion and Youth competitions in their respective genders. 

A list of Ski Classics Challengers events with confirmed dates for the season 2025/2026 can be found at Ski Classics. The list is updated continuously with new events.

Everyone participating in Ski Classics, Pro Tour or Challengers events, and professional and recreational skiers can connect their profile to the results database of Ski Classics called MyPages.

MyPages can be connected for free. In the profile, you can view your Ski Classics event results, collect pins, print diplomas, and analyze your results with friends in the SC ranking system. In your profile, you collect points according to your performance and are rewarded with pins and diplomas.

One of the central features of MyPages is that you get your global SC ranking. The SC Ranking is a live updated international ranking, unique in combining women and men, professional and recreational skiers in one single list.

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