Musgrave wins Blink Classics 2024

by Leandro Lutz • 01.08.2024
Blink Musgrave
The second day of the Blink Festival in Norway saw Andrew Musgrave, Team Aker Dæhlie, winning the 50-kilometer-long Blink Classics on Thursday evening. 

The second day of the Blink Festival in Norway saw Andrew Musgrave, Team Aker Dæhlie, winning the 50-kilometer-long Blink Classics on Thursday evening. 

Blink Festival day two was marked by a long-distance roller ski race in classic technique, with start and finish in Ålgård, Norway. This year, Blink Classics has attracted big names from several countries, and today, Ski Classics Pro Team athletes met World Cup skiers in one of the most robust starting fields of all time.

In the men’s race, Andrew Musgrave, Team Aker Dæhlie, won the race with a total time of 1:58:55.9. Eirik Sverdrup Augdal, Team Eksjöhus, finished in second place, 22.2 seconds behind the winner. Thomas Joly, Team Ramudden, completed the podium in third place, 29.9 seconds back. 

Top 5 Blink Classics, Men

  1. Andrew Musgrave, Team Aker Dæhlie, 1:58:55.9
  2. Eirik Sverdrup Augdal, Team Eksjöhus, +22.2
  3. Thomas Joly, Team Ramudden, +29.9
  4. Morten Eide Pedersen, Team Eksjöhus, +30.3
  5. Mathias Aas Rolid, Team Ragde Charge, +30.6

Complete results can be found HERE 

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On Friday, a 10/15 kilometers mass start race awaits the cross-country skiers, and on Saturday, a sprint race.

Ski Classics Pro Teams

  • Team Ramudden
  • Team Aker Dæhlie
  • Lager 157 Ski Team
  • Team Eksjöhus
  • Team Engcon
  • Team Ragde Charge
  • Team Kaffebryggeriet
  • Exsitec Ski Team
  • i3 Ski Team
  • Team Næringsbanken Stora Enso
  • Team Synnfjell
  • Ski Team Göhlins
  • Team Front Rustad IL
  • Team NTNUI
  • Team Nordic Experience
  • Team Robinson Trentino
  • Team Northug

Also Read – Blink Festival 2024: Complete calendar

FACTS: BLINK FESTIVAL 2024

  • Who:  Cross-country skiers and biathletes at national and international levels, as well as junior classes and age-specific classes for younger athletes
  • What:  Summer ski festival cross-country skiing, biathlon, and long-distance skiing, held for the first time in 2006
  • Where:  Sandnes, Lysefjorden and Gjesdal, Norway
  • When:  July 31 to August 3, 2024
  • Website: https://www.blinkfestivalen.no/

Program

Wednesday, July 31 BLINK Lysebotn Up, 7.5km uphill race

  • 11:00 CET: 1km and 2km girls and boys
  • 11:45 CET: 7.5km skate women senior and women junior
  • 13:30 CET: 7.5km double poling women and men senior
  • 15:00 CET: 7.5km skate men senior and men junior
  • Prize giving at Øygardstøl after the finish

Thursday, August 1 BLINK Classics at Ålgård

  • 15:00-23:00 CET: Folk Festival at Ålgård – activities for children and young people
  • 15:00-15:45 CET: Show with Superbussen and Fantorangen
  • 17:00-17:45 CET: Show with Superbussen and Fantorangen
  • 18:45 CET: Start BLINK Classics
  • 20:45 CET: Estimated finish time BLINK Classics
  • 21:15 CET: Free concert with Postgirobygget

Friday, August 2: BLINK in Sandnes Sentrum 

  • 7:00-14:20 CET: Competitions for age groups and juniors 
  • 12:00-21:00 CET: Kid Camp – activities for children and young people in Rutenparken
  • 14:00-14:45 CET: Show with Superbussen and Fantorangen in Rutenparken
  • 14:30-15:15 CET: Shooting – biathlon elite
  • 15:30-15:50 CET: Cross-country skiing – prologue women and men
  • 15:55-16:50 CET: Biathlon – shooting duel women and men
  • 17:00-17:45 CET: Show with Superbussen and Fantorangen in Rutenparken
  • 17:10-18:25 CET: Biathlon – super sprint qualification elite women and men
  • 18:25-18:55 CET: Cross-country skiing – 10km mass start women
    18:55-19:45 CET: Biathlon – super sprint final women and men
  • 19:45-20:25 CET: Cross-country skiing – 15km mass start men
  • 20:45 CET: Award ceremony
  • 21:00 CET: Free concert with D.D.E.

Saturday, August 3: BLINK in Sandnes Sentrum 

  • 7:30-14:20 CET: Competitions for age groups and juniors
  • 11:00-12:00 CET: Free brunch
  • 12:00-21:00 CET: Kid Camp – activities for children and young people in Rutenparken
  • 12:00-12:45 CET: Show with Superbussen and Fantorangen in Rutenparken
  • 14:15-15:00 CET: Prize giving ceremony for age groups in Rutenparken
  • 14:30-15:15 CET: Shooting – biathlon elite
  • 15:30-15:40 CET: Cross-country skiing – prologue men
  • 15:45-17:37 CET: Biathlon – qualification mix and single mix relay
  • 16:00-16:45 CET: Show with Superbussen and Fantorangen in Rutenparken
  • 17:44-19:20 CET: Cross-country skiing – quarterfinals and semifinals sprint women and men
  • 19:22-20:08 CET: Biathlon – final mixed relay
  • 20:10-20:23 CET: Cross-country skiing – finals sprint women and men
  • 20:25-21:05 CET: Biathlon – final single mix relay
  • 21:25 CET: Awards ceremony
  • 21:45 CET: Free concert with Highasakite

All competitions are broadcast on NRK. 

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