Marcialonga ready for 5000 skiers to arrive to Cavalese
37 nations ready for over 5000 participants for this 49th edition, starting tomorrow Sunday at 8 am from Moena. First bibs are for elite skiers, among them, Emil Persson, winner in 2021, Max Novak, current leader of the Ski Classics ranking. Also, there is the Norwegian Tord Asle Gjerdalen, who, seen the good weather forecast, is ready to show his traditional pair of Ray-Ban…
From Norway also some bad news arrived: Marit Bjørgen, one of the strongest cross-country skier ever with Olympic medals, World Championships and World Cup titles, is positive to Covid-19. The Swedish Oskar Kardin is absent too, due to an accident. While he was training in Livigno he got hit by a car, nothing serious luckily and he will soon be back on skis. Among women, eyes on Britta Johansson Norgren and Ida Dahl, both leaders of the Ski Classics ranking.
Today the Marcialonga weekend already has begun with the Story event, a revival that brings back all in time, precisely in the 70s with equipment pre 1976 and vintage clothes.
See you tomorrow on the tracks of Marcialonga, and in the finish. The Worldloppet desk is ready to stamp your passports.
