Orsa Grönklitt welcomes Pro Teams and their athletes as the Ski Classics heads to Scandinavia with another back-to-back Pro Tour events weekend, Grönklitt Criterium and Grönklitt ITT – Individual Time Trial. 

After eight stages, the Ski Classics Pro Tour starts its final part of the season in the same venue where the Prologue weekend was held in Season XII. 

On Saturday, February 18, the weekend starts with the Grönklitt Criterium. The ninth event in Season XIV is a 50-kilometer long-distance race offering stunning scenery. The Grönklitt Criterium is a mass-start race and a challenging course.

Grönklitt Criterium – Ski Classics Pro Tour – Event 9

• Date: February 18, 2023
• Distance: 50km Classic Technique
• Place: Orsa Grönklitt, Sweden
• Number of SC Sprints: 1
• Number of SC Climbs: 1

Grönklitt Criterium – Course Map and Profile

On Sunday, February 19, the weekend continues with the tenth event in Season XIV, the Grönklitt ITT. The Individual Time Trial is organized as an individual start competition, and the Pro Tour athletes will face a 12-kilometer race in typical Swedish forests close to small lakes and beautiful landscapes, all only half an hour’s drive from the legendary finish line of Vasaloppet. 

Grönklitt ITT – Ski Classics Pro Tour – Event 10

• Date: February 19, 2023
• Distance: 12km Classic Technique
• Place: Orsa Grönklitt, Sweden
• Number of SC Climbs: 1

Grönklitt ITT – Course Map and Profile

In the pre-events interviews ahead of the Grönklitt weekend, broadcast on SC YouTube earlier today, Anton Karlsson, Ski Classics Sports Director, has some impressions about the upcoming Ski Classics Pro Tour weekend:

“It’s nice to see that we are already here at events 9 and 10 this coming weekend, the Tour is heading North, from the continent to Scandinavia, and we are very much looking for the weekend,” and continues:

“The tracks and conditions are looking perfect at the moment. There’s a lot of snow up here in Orsa Grönklitt,” says the Ski Classics Sports Director. 

Watch the Full Pre-Grönklitt Interviews Here With Anton Karlsson And Some Of The Favorites For The Weekend: Grönklitt Pre-Events Interviews Live On SC YouTube

The Season XIV of Ski Classics Pro Tour consists of 14 events on 10 event weekends in 6 different countries. 

Ski Classics Pro Tour Season XIV (2022/2023)

• Event 1: December 10, 2022 – Bad Gastein PTT, Bad Gastein, Austria, 15km
• Event 2: December 11, 2022 – Bad Gastein Criterium, Bad Gastein, Austria, 35km
• Event 3: December 17, 2022 – La Venosta Criterium, Val Venosta, Italy, 36km 
• Event 4: January 14, 2023 – Pustertaler Ski Marathon, Sexten, Italy, 62km
• Event 5: January 15, 2023 – Prato Piazza Mountain Challenge, Niederdorf, Italy, 32km
• Event 6: January 21, 2023 – Engadin La Diagonela, Engadin Valley, Switzerland, 48km 
• Event 7: January 29, 2023 – Marcialonga, Trentino, Italy, 70km
• Event 8: February 12, 2023 – Jizerská50, Bedrichov, Czech Republic, 50km
• Event 9: February 18, 2023 – Grönklitt Criterium, Orsa Grönklitt, Sweden, 50km
• Event 10: February 19, 2023 – Grönklitt ITT, Orsa Grönklitt, Sweden, 12km
• Event 11: March 5, 2023 – Vasaloppet, Sälen-Mora, Sweden, 90km
• Event 12: March 18, 2023 – Birkebeinerrennet, Rena-Lillehammer, Norway, 54km
• Event 13: April 1, 2023 – Reistadløpet, Setermoen-Bardufoss, Norway, 40km
• Event 14: April 2, 2023 – Summit 2 Senja, Bardufoss- Finnsnes, Norway, 67km

More information about the Ski Classics Pro Tour you can find at skiclassics.com.

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