Visma Ski Classics

47th Marcialonga on fire!

The weekend is just over: big celebrations in Val di Fiemme and Val di Fassa (Trentino-Italy) from the 1st to the last arrived Top weekend in Italy! This time not so much sun shining above the participants, but it was as usual the warm cheering up from the spectators all along the slope to warm […]

47th Marcialonga: the challenge between Dario Cologna and Petter Northug

On January 26th, 7500 athletes at the start, amongst them many well-known names The 70km competition with the two champions will take place on 26th January in Val di Fiemme and Fassa. The Swiss Italian skier Dario Cologna, also called “SuperDario”, will compete against the Norwegian Petter Northug, also called “Jantelov” or “Thug”. Two great […]

Registration for Marcialonga 2020 open on June 10th

The Italian Worldloppet race usually solds out within only a few minutes after opening the online registration every year. We expect the same this year, specially when considering, that 2020’s edition is going to be special one: The organizers announced, that coming season the mark of 250.000 participants in total will be broken. “This will […]

Kowalczyk & Eliassen triumph at Birkebeinerrennet 2019

Like every year, thousands of cross-country skiing lovers honoured the legacy of the Birkebeiner warriors at today’s Birkebeinerrennet. The victories in 2019 go to Poland’s Justyna Kowalczyk & Norway’s Petter Eliassen. Norway’s biggest cross-country skiing race is also one of the biggest xc-events in the world and a highlight in the Worldloppet calendar. Like every […]

Cologna and von Siebenthal take home the victory at the Engadin Skimarathon

Dario Cologna and Nathalie von Siebenthal are the winners of the 51st Engadin Skimarathon. The two Swiss athletes dominated the race from start to finish. Cologna clinched the win putting in a final head to head spurt to clock a record time – von Siebenthal came in almost one minute ahead of the runner-up. The […]

Interview with Tore Berdan & Britta Norgren about their Vasa-Victory

Vasaloppet 2019 offered solo victories in both the men’s and women’s class. Norwegian Tore Bjørset Berdal broke away with barely five kilometres left and could hold his ground for a victory in the men’s class and Britta Johansson Norgren won the ladies’ class after having been alone in the lead for almost the whole race. […]

Berdal & Norgren win 2019’s Vasaloppet

Today at 08:00 in the morning more than 15.000 skiers started to move from the Swedish Sälen to Mora for the 2019-edition of the famous Vasaloppet. Almost 5 hours later we know, who finished first and gets the honor and glory as next Vasaloppet winner of the history. More precisely, 4:49:15 later, the winner crossed […]

Really everything you need to know about Vasaloppet 2019

The 95th Vasaloppet will start in Sälen on Sunday, March 3, 2019, at 08:00.Vasaloppet is fully booked, as usual, which means 15,800 registered participants. In total around 62,000 participants have registered so far for the Vasaloppet Winter Week 2019 races. This is the 42nd year that Vasaloppet will be broadcast live on Swedish Television. Here […]

Jizerska Padesatka won by Andreas Nygaard and Lina Korsgren

Such a nail-biting finish had not been seen at Jizerská 50 for ages! The first contestants were a large men’s group, the strongest racer being the Norwegian Andreas Nygaard. Among the women, it was decided before Hřebínek. The Swede Lina Korsgren made it to the finish with a lead of more than one minute over […]