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Once a year all representatives of Worldloppet are gathering to evaluate the past season and to discuss about the future of our Worldloppet. This year the OC of Finlandia Hiihto around the President Juha Viljamaa invited the 20 Worldloppet nations to Lahti, the venue of Finlandia Hiihto and also of the Nordic World Championships 2017 for the Worldloppet Annual General Meeting 2016.

New race for the FIS Worldloppet Cup 2017

The meeting has not even officially begun but already brought the first decisitions and good news. The biggest and best news: We have a new (old) race for the FIS Worldloppet Cup 2017! It is one of the Worldloppet founding members and was part of the Cup the last time in 2013. Now in 2017 it returns into the official FIS worldcup of marathonskiing and brings beside Tartu Maraton and Marcialonga another classic style race. Worldloppet is proud to announce, that the historical German race in Oberammergau, the König Ludwig Lauf will enhace the FIS Worldloppet Cup in 2017! 

With the commitment of the French Fouleé Blanche the cup will start again like last year in Autrans, continue in Austria with the Dolomitenlauf, the Italian Marcialonga, ski the König Ludwig Lauf, return to France again to last year cancelled La Transjurasienne, move to Tartu Maraton in Estonia, then to the Engadin Skimarathon and conclude again in Russia with the Russialoppet UgraXCski-Marathon.

After today’s FIS Worldloppet Cup meeting the AGM continues tomorrow and on Saturday with reports from the races and the officials, workinggroups and discussions. Of course there will also be time for a side program to get a small impression of the finnish (sauna)culture and to socialise.