Marcialonga Bodø, the 12th Pro Tour event of Ski Classics Season XVI, took place this Saturday in Norway. Watch the top 3 men’s interviews and event highlights here!

Marcialonga Bodø

Marcialonga Bodø, the 12^th Pro Tour event in the Ski Classics Season XVI, took place this Saturday in Norway. With solid performances, Eirik Sverdrup Augdal, Team Eksjöhus, and Stina Nilsson, Team Ragde Charge, won the 50km long-distance skiing race in Valnesfjord. 

Read More: Eirik Sverdrup Augdal and Stina Nilsson winners at Marcialonga Bodø Season XVI

INTERVIEWS

Interview with Eirik Sverdrup Augdal, Team Eksjöhus (1^st place)

Interview with Axel Jutterström, Team Eksjöhus (2^nd place)

Interview with Thomas Ødegaarden, Team Eksjöhus (3^rd place)

MARCIALONGA BODØ – MEN

The men’s race started at 10:15 CET with a fast pace but no decisive action until before the Sprint checkpoint, with all the favorites in the big main group.

At the only Sprint checkpoint of the day at Graurvatnet, 7.8km into the race, Anton Persson, Team Ramudden, crossed the line first, followed by Morten Eide Pedersen, Team Eksjöhus, and Alfred Buskqvist, Team Ramudden.

At Halsvatnet, 11.7km into the race, eleven skiers passed within 6.4 seconds, with Thomas Ødegaarden, Team Eksjöhus, at the front. The first chasing skiers crossed the checkpoint 11.8 seconds back, with Jeremy Royer, Team Eksjöhus, leading the chase and Amund Hoel, Team Engcon, a couple of seconds back. 

A few kilometers later and at a fast pace, the front group split, and 11 skiers got a breakaway. With 32km into the race, the gap was already 40 seconds to the chasers, including the Yellow bib Amund Hoel.

At the Natural Park checkpoint, 19.4km into the race, eleven skiers crossed within 3.2 seconds, with Axel Jutterström at the front, followed by Johan Hoel, Amund Riege, Emil Persson, Kasper Stadaas, Andreas Nygaard, Max Novak, Thomas Ødegaarden, Alvar Myhlback, Eirik Sverdrup Augdal, and Ole Jørgen Bruvoll. The first chasing skiers crossed the checkpoint 27.1 seconds back, with Herman Paus leading the chase and Amund Hoel 59.2 seconds behind the leaders. 

Just before the start of the second and final lap, the chasers caught the leaders, and 24.8km into the race, 23 skiers crossed the checkpoint within 5.1 seconds, with a solid group just before the only Climb checkpoint of the day.

Heading to the Climb checkpoint, the pace at the front increased and split the group, with Team Eksjöhus taking the reins and setting a furious pace.

At Halsvatnet, 36.6km into the race, Axel Jutterström, Team Eksjöhus, showed his strength, crossing the Climb checkpoint first, followed by his teammates Thomas Ødegaarden and Eirik Sverdrup Augdal. Seven skiers crossed in the front group within 8 seconds from the front.

After the Climb, a powerful Team Eksjöhus trio broke away from the main leading, with Axel Jutterström, Thomas Ødegaarden, and Eirik Sverdrup Augdal setting a fast pace in the last 10km towards the finish line and 11.0 seconds ahead of the chasers.

Five kilometers to go, and the leading trio was still working well and holding a gap of 1 minute over the chasers. Over the kilometers, the gap increased, and the race was set to have a final sprint between the three Team Eksjöhus skiers.

In the end, Eirik Sverdrup Augdal, Team Eksjöhus, won Marcialonga Bodø with a perfectly timed sprint finish.

Second place, after a photo finish, went to Axel Jutterström, Team Eksjöhus, 0.1 seconds back, with Thomas Ødegaarden, also from Team Eksjöhus, completing the podium in third place, 3.0 seconds behind the winner. 

Top 5 Men

1. Eirik Sverdrup Augdal, Team Eksjöhus, 2:09:21.6
2. Axel Jutterström, Team Eksjöhus, +0.1
3. Thomas Ødegaarden, Team Eksjöhus, +3.0
4. Andreas Nygaard, Team Ragde Charge, +1:46.4
5. Kasper Stadaas, Team Ragde Charge, +1:47.2

Complete results from Marcialonga Bodø can be found HERE

Marcialonga Bodø Season XVI – Video Highlights

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Next up is Reistadløpet on Saturday, March 29, and the Grand Finale Summit 2 Senja on Sunday, March 30. The events mark the 13^th and 14^th and final Ski Classics Pro Tour events of Season XVI.

Ski Classics Pro Tour Season XVI (2024/2025)

Season XVI of the Ski Classics Pro Tour consists of 14 events across 10 event weekends in 6 countries. It started in Bad Gastein, Austria, on December 13, 2024, with the Pro Team Presentation and ends in Finnsnes, Norway, with the Ski Classics Grand Finale Summit 2 Senja on March 30, 2025.

• Event 0: Friday, December 13, 2024 –Ski Classics Pro Team Presentation XVI – Bad Gastein, Austria
• Event 1: Saturday, December 14, 2024 – Bad Gastein ITT – Sportgastein, Austria, 7km
• Event 2: Sunday, December 15, 2024 – Bad Gastein Criterium – Sportgastein, Austria, 36km
• Event 3: Saturday, January 11, 2025 – 3 Zinnen Ski Marathon – Sexten, Italy, 60km
• Event 4: Sunday, January 12, 2025 – La Venosta ITT Kapron-Melago – Val Venosta, Italy, 11km
• Event 5: Saturday, January 18, 2025 – Engadin La Diagonela – Pontresina-Zuoz, Switzerland, 43km
• Event 6: Sunday, January 26, 2025 – Marcialonga – Trentino, Italy, 70km
• Event 7: Sunday, February 9, 2025 – Jizerská50 – Bedřichov, Czech Republic, 50km
• Event 8: Saturday, February 15, 2025 – Grönklitt Criterium 61 – Orsa Grönklitt, Sweden, 61km
• Event 9: Sunday, February 16, 2025 – Grönklitt ITT – Orsa Grönklitt, Sweden, 13km
• Event 10: Sunday, March 2, 2025 – Vasaloppet – Sälen-Mora, Sweden, 90km
• Event 11: Saturday, March 15, 2025 – Birkebeinerrennet – Rena-Lillehammer, Norway, 54km
• Event 12: Saturday, March 22, 2025 – Marcialonga Bodø – Valnesfjord, Norway, 50km
• Event 13: Saturday, March 29, 2025 – Reistadløpet – Setermoen-Bardufoss, Norway, 46km
• Event 14: Sunday, March 30, 2025 – Grand Finale Summit 2 Senja – Bardufoss-Finnsnes, Norway, 60km

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