On Saturday, Alvar Myhlback, Lager 157 Ski Team, starts his first competition in Ski Classics Season XV.

Ski Classics Season XV restarts this weekend after the Christmas and New Year’s break with the 3 Zinnen Ski Marathon in Italy. The young Swedish Alvar Myhlback will be on the start line.

Last winter, Alvar Myhlback focused on long-distance skiing. The biggest success was when the 17-year-old finished eighth at Vasaloppet.

For this season, he has primarily focused on the traditional cross-country skiing, started at four World Cup events, and is aiming for the Junior World Championships in Planica, Slovenia (to be held on February, from 5 to 11).

But for the next three weekends, the idea is for him to race the Ski Classics Pro Tour. On the program is Saturday’s 3 Zinnen Ski Marathon (which for this year’s edition has been renamed from the Pustertaler Ski Marathon), the Engadin La Diagonela the next weekend and the first Grand Classics event of Season XV at Marcialonga on January 28.

Now, Myhlback joined the Lager 157 Ski Team’s line-up:

“I think it may take some time before he is in it again. Now he’s been focused on traditional since September, or at least until a month ago. I think it will get better and better in these three races. But Alvar is offensive and forward, he will tighten the bow,” says Pro Team Director Anton Järnberg.

What does the competition program look like?
“There will be three races in the Ski Classics now; then Junior World Championships which means he will not race Jizerská50. Then we’ll have a discussion and review after that,” says Järnberg, whose Pro Team also has a season debut for Torleif Syrstad.

“Torleif has studied to become a physiotherapist and has an internship period that must be completed. So, since August he works full-time in Meråker and trains mornings and evenings. He will race this weekend’s race and Marcialonga, then we believe and hope that he will be able to race all competitions from the time the Ski Classics “move” to Sweden and Norway from mid-February,” says Järnberg.

Torleif Syrstad did his first race in the Ski Classics in 2016 and has, among other things, been third at Vasaloppet twice.

Ski Classics Live Sessions Today – 3 Zinnen Ski Marathon

Ski Classics Season XV starts 2024 this weekend at Sexten, Italy, with 3 Zinnen Ski Marathon on Saturday. Today, the Ski Classics Live Sessions with Pro Team athletes ahead of the 5th Pro Tour event of the season will be broadcast live on SC – The Ski Community YouTube channel from 15:00 CET.

3 Zinnen Ski Marathon Live Sessions

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Important names of the Ski Classics Pro Tour are taking part in the Live Sessions today.

Ski Classics Pro Tour Season XV

The Season XV of Ski Classics Pro Tour consists of 15 events on 11 event weekends in 6 different countries. The season started in Bad Gastein, Austria, on December 9, 2023, and will end in Norway with the 100km Ski Classics Grand Finale Janteloppet on April 13, 2024.

Next up is the 3 Zinnen Ski Marathon in Italy on January 13, 2024. The event marks the fifth Ski Classics Pro Tour stage of Season XV.

Ski Classics Pro Tour Season XV (2023/2024)

• Event 1: December 9, 2023 – Bad Gastein PTT, Austria, 13km
• Event 2: December 10, 2023 – Bad Gastein Criterium, Austria, 36km
• Event 3: December 16, 2023 – La Venosta Criterium, Italy, 35km 
• Event 4: December 17, 2023 – La Venosta ITT, Italy, 10km
• Event 5: January 13, 2024 – 3 Zinnen Ski Marathon, Italy, 62km
• Event 6: January 20, 2024 – Engadin La Diagonela, Switzerland, 56km
• Event 7: January 28, 2024 – Marcialonga, Italy, 70km
• Event 8: February 11, 2024 – Jizerská50, Czech Republic, 50km
• Event 9: February 17, 2024 – Grönklitt Classic, Sweden, 60km
• Event 10: February 18, 2024 – Grönklitt ITT, Sweden, 13km
• Event 11: March 3, 2024 – Vasaloppet, Sweden, 90km
• Event 12: March 16, 2024 – Birkebeinerrennet, Norway, 54km
• Event 13: April 6, 2024 – Reistadløpet, Norway, 50km
• Event 14: April 7, 2024 – Summit 2 Senja, Norway, 60km
• Event 15: April 13, 2024 – Ski Classics Grand Finale – Janteloppet, Norway, 100km

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