Team GS8, based in Värmland, Sweden, enters Ski Classics Season XVIII with a bigger and more experienced roster after a breakthrough campaign last season.

Now in its third year in Ski Classics, the team delivered its first major milestone last season: the Green Sprint bib. For Season XVIII, the roster has grown, with higher ambitions both on and off the snow as the team looks to establish itself among the leading names in long-distance skiing. Adam Gillman takes over as Pro Team Director, a change that lets Gabriel Strid step back from the role and focus fully on being an athlete.

The Sprint bib arrived through Gabriel Strid, who won the men’s title outright last season. Vebjørn Moen finished runner-up while racing for Team Eksjöhus, and the two spent the winter battling for Green bib points at every Sprint checkpoint on the calendar.

Now Moen joins Strid at Team GS8. Will the team back both sprinters in the same competition, or split their focus elsewhere? It could be one of the more interesting subplots of the season.

The roster also gains Suzette Christin, previously with Team Nordic Expérience/Coste-Fromagerie Marcel Petite, Tova Andersson, formerly of Team Ramudden, and Ask Jørgensen, who arrives from Team Synnfjell.

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Team GS8

• Country: Sweden
• Pro Team Director: Adam Gillman
• Pro Team Ranking: 16th
• Website: Team GS8
• Instagram: Team GS8
• Facebook: Team GS8

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Ski Classics World Championship Season XVIII (2026/2027) 

• Event 1: December 11, 2026 – Bad Gastein Prologue – Austria – 1km 
• Event 2: December 13, 2026 – Sportgastein Criterium – Austria – 30km 
• Event 3: December 19, 2026 – Bad Gastein ITT – Austria – 7km 
• Event 4: December 20, 2026 – Bad Gastein Criterium – Austria – 36km 
Bad Gastein Tour (Events 1–4 of Ski Classics World Championship Season XVIII) 
• Event 5: January 16, 2027 – Engadin La Diagonela – Switzerland – 55km 
• Event 6: January 17, 2027 – Zuoz–St. Moritz Sprint – Switzerland – 30km 
• Event 7: January 31, 2027 – Marcialonga – Italy – 70km 
• Event 8: February 12, 2027 – Bedřichov Heat Sprint – Czech Republic – 1.5km 
• Event 9: February 14, 2027 – Jizerská 50 – Czech Republic – 50km 
• Event 10: February 27, 2027 – Oxberg–Mora Sprint Women – Sweden – 30km 
• Event 11: February 28, 2027 – Oxberg–Mora Sprint Men – Sweden – 30km 
• Event 12: March 7, 2027 – Vasaloppet – Sweden – 90km 
• Event 13: March 20, 2027 – Birkebeinerrennet – Norway – 53km 
• Event 14: April 3, 2027 – Reistadløpet – Norway – 35km 
• Event 15: April 4, 2027 – Grand Finale Summit 2 Senja – Norway – 60km 

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