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. world ski news : New surprises in Marcialonga? - 24 January 2014 - 10:02
SWIX SKI CLASSICS. The premier of the Swix Ski Classics long distance ski championships in Switzerland had a nice surprise with Rikard Tynell (Team Tynell) winning the men's competition two weeks ago. In the women's competition there was no big surprises with Seraina Boner (Team Coop) winning the women's competition.
Photo © Magnus Östh / Swix Ski Classics
The current leader in the Swix Ski Classics Champion competition, Rikard Tynell, did a surprisingly strong race at La Diagonela and will have a though competition defending the yellow leading bib on Sunday. Last year’s winner Jørgen Aukland (Team Centric) had an injury since La Diagonela but will together with skiers such as Jerry Ahrlin (Team Centric), Oskar Svärd (Team Coop), John Christian Dahl (Team United Bakeries) and other male skiers keep an eye on Rikard not giving him or other skiers a gap like last race. Seraina is the current leader in the womens competition after her victory at home in Switzerland. She will for sure fight for another victory with candidates like Susanne Nyström (Team Centric), Vibeke Skofterud (Team NPRO), Larisa Shaydurove (Russia Marathon Team) and more.
Marcialonga is a 70km race in classic technique and begins with 18km mostly uphill to Canazei before the course turns around and goes 45km primarily downhill to the village of Molina. There the course turns once again uphill and 3km before the finishline i Cavalese the skiers reach the famous climb of Cascata. There are two Swix Ski Classics sprints in the picturesque race of Marcialonga: one after 18km in Canazei and the other after 55km in Lago di Tesero, located at the ski stadium of Val di Fiemme. Marcialonga will be broadcasted on TV in more than 55 countries all over the world.
Swix Ski Classics is the long distance ski championships, consisting of the six most prestigious ski events in the world: La Diagonela Switzerland, Marcialonga Italy, König Ludwig Lauf Germany, Vasaloppet Sweden, Birkebeinerrennet Norway and the Swix Ski Classics Final Årefjällsloppet Sweden, all 50km or more and open for professional as well as amateur skiers.
Press Release
Swix Ski Classics
Fri, January 24, 2014 9:56 am
Standings before Marcialonga
Champion Swix Ski Classics Champion
Men
# Country Name Team Points
1 RIKARD TYNELL TTYN 200
2 JOHAN KJØLSTAD UNBA 170
3 JOHN KRISTIAN DAHL UNBA 140
4 SIMEN ØSTENSEN CENT 120
5 STANISLAV ŘEZÁČ CENT 100
Women
# Country Name Team Points
1 SERAINA BONER COOP 200
2 LARISA SHAIDUROVA RUSM 170
3 SUSANNE NYSTRÖM CENT 140
4 OLGA ROTCHEVA RUSM 120
5 LAILA KVELI CENT 100
SprintSwix Ski Classics Sprint
# Country Name Team Points
1 JOHN KRISTIAN DAHL UNBA 75
2 RIKARD TYNELL TTYN 45
3 MORTEN EIDE PEDERSEN COOP 30
4 ANDERS AUKLAND CENT 15
5 KLAS NILSSON MILA 15
TeamSwix Ski Classics Team
# Team Points
1 TEAM UNITED BAKERIES 385
2 TEAM CENTRIC 375
3 TEAM TYNELL 335
4 TEAM COOP 314
5 RUSSIAN MARATHON TEAM 263
YouthSwix Ski Classics Youth
Men
# Country Name Team Points
1 TORE BJØRSETH BERDAL UNBA 90
2 CHRISTOFFER CALLESEN LEAS 50
3 BILL IMPOLA COOP 29
4 ANDERS HØST CETA 23
5 STIAN HOELGAARD NPRO 15
More results on our webiste: www.swixskiclassics.com
Swix Ski Classics 2014
Event 1: La Diagonela Switzerland January 12th, 2014
Event 2: Marcialonga Italy January 26th, 2014
Event 3: König Ludwig Lauf Germany February 2nd, 2014
Event 4: Vasaloppet Sweden March 2nd, 2014
Event 5: Birkebeinerrennet Norway March 15th, 2014
Event 6: Årefjällsloppet Sweden March 29th, 2014