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New Challengers Season Starts This Weekend

The new Ski Classics Challengers Season starts this weekend, with the first event being Janteloppet in Norway on Saturday.

Photo: Arild-Nikolaisen/Blåvegenløpet

Blåvegenløpet in Norway was one of the Ski Classics Challengers events Season XIV.

After a successful season, the Ski Classics Challengers start the new season with Janteloppet. Here is all you need to know about the Ski Classics Challengers in the previous season.

The Ski Classics Challengers circuit is a great success, and for Season XIV, 46 events joined the calendar in 15 different countries. Sweden and Norway were active countries as thirteen events were from the home of Vasaloppet and nine from the land of fjords. But there were many other skiing countries, such as Austria, France, Finland, Italy, Germany, Iceland, Greenland, Latvia, Estonia, Canada, the Czech Republic, Argentina, and the USA.

When all the events were put together, 2.313 skiing and rollerskiing kilometers were available, with 27 events in classic technique, 7 in freestyle, 11 classic rollerski events, and 1 skating rollerski race.

Five of these 46 events had to be canceled due to various conditions, from weather to road constructions, preventing the races from taking place. Below you will find a complete list of the events that were held during Season XIV and the ones that needed to be canceled.

Start of American Birkebeiner, one of the Challengers events in North America. Photo: ABSF/Bob Pearl.


Ski Classics Challengers Events Season XIV

  • Lapponia Ski Week/FIN – 04-06-08.04.22
  • Blåvegenløpet/NOR – 09.04.22
  • Totenrullen/NOR – 18.06.22
  • Vaajmarathon/SWE – 30.07.22
  • Tanumsloppet/SWE – 14.08.22
  • Ushuaia Loppet/ARG – 14.08.22
  • OnePartnerGroup-loppet/SWE – 14.0.22 (canceled)
  • Alliansloppet/SWE – 27.08.22
  • Ring Frei/AUT – 28.08.22
  • Värnamorullen/SWE – 03.09.22
  • Lake Saimaa Roller Ski Marathon/FIN – 04.09.22
  • La Venosta Skiroll/ITA – 24.09.22
  • Klarälvsloppet/SWE – 25.09.22
  • Båstad-Mölle/SWE – 01.10.22 (canceled)
  • Lipnolopet/CZE – 08.10.22
  • Sjusjøen Super Criterium/NOR – 12.11.22 (canceled)
  • Gastein Classics/AUT – 10.12.22
  • La Venosta Open/ITA – 17.12.22
  • Vasaloppet China/CHN – 04.01.23
  • Marathon International de Bessans/FRA – 07.01.23
  • Craft Ski Marathon/SWE – 15.01.23
  • OnePartnerGroup Ski Marathon Östersund/SWE – 15.01.23
  • Dolomitenlauf/AUT – 22.01.23
  • König Ludwig Lauf/GER – 05.02.23
  • MarciaGranParadiso/ITA – 05.02.23
  • Wadköpingsloppet/SWE – 05.02.23
  • Alutaguse Marathon/EST – 11.02.23
  • La Transjurassienne/FRA – 12.02.23
  • Bessemerloppet/SWE – 12.02.23
  • Åsarna Ski Marathon/SWE – 18.02.23
  • Furusjøen Rundt-rennet/NOR – 18.02.23
  • Trysil Skimaraton/NOR – 18.02.23
  • Les Belles Combes/FRA – 19.02.23
  • Trysil-Knut rennet/NOR – 25.02.23 (canceled)
  • American Birkebeiner/USA – 25.02.23
  • Arctic Alta Skimaraton/NOR – 25.02.23
  • Tjejvasan/SWE – 25.02.23
  • Ganghoferlauf Classics/AUT – 04.03.23
  • Ganghoferlauf Skating/AUT – 05.03.23
  • La Savoyarde Ekosport/FRA – 12.03.23 (canceled)
  • Latloppet/LAT – 12.03.23
  • Flyktningerennet/NOR – 26.03.23
  • Arctic Circle Race/GRL (3 days) – 31.03, 01.04 and 02.04.23
  • Blåvegenløpet/NOR – 01.04.23
  • Sovereign 2 SilverStar Ski Marathon – Skate – 01.04.23
  • Sovereign 2 SilverStar Ski Marathon – Classic – 02.04.23
Start of Lipnolopet in the Czech Republic. Photo: Jiří Bošek/Bóša Fotograf


Ski Classics Challengers Events – New Season – April 2023

Ski Classics Challengers season starts this weekend, and a few more winter events still run until April 15.

  • Janteloppet/NOR – 08.04.23
  • Lapponia Ski Week/FIN (3 days) – 11.04, 12.04, and 14.04.23
  • Fossavatnsgangan/ISL – 15.04.23

The new Ski Classics Challengers season is defined as April 4, 2023, until April 8, 2024, according to the Ski Classics Rules & Regulations.

The Season XIV of Ski Classics Pro Tour consisted 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, Bedřichov, 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 and Ski Classics Challengers you can find at skiclassics.com.

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