Marcialonga, the sixth stage of the Ski Classics Pro Tour and the first Grand Classics Season XVI, took place this Sunday in Italy. Watch the men’s top 3 Pro Team athletes’ interviews here!
Marcialonga
Marcialonga, the sixth Ski Classics Pro Tour stage and first Grand Classics event, Season XVI, took place today in Italy. Andreas Nygaard, Team Ragde Charge, and Emilie Fleten, Team Ramudden, won the 70-kilometer long-distance skiing race in grand style.
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Interviews
Interview with Andreas Nygaard, Team Ragde Charge (1st place)
Interview with Max Novak, Team Aker Dæhlie (2nd place)
Interview with Amund Hoel, Team Engcon (3rd place)
In the men’s race, which started at 8:00 CET, the action started early with Team Eksjöhus, Team Engcon, Lager 157 Ski Team, and Team Ragde Charge setting the pace for the first kilometers.
At Canazei, the first Sprint checkpoint of the day, at the 18.9km mark, we saw Vebjørn Moen, Team Eksjöhus, crossing first, followed by Anton Persson, Team Ramudden, in second, and Max Novak, Team Aker Dæhlie, in third position.
Right after the Sprint checkpoint, Vebjørn Moen kept the pace and got a break, gaining a few seconds over his chasers, but soon brought back by the main group.
With 33.3km into the race at Soraga, Petter Stakston, Team Aker Dæhlie, crossed first, followed by Runar Skaug Mathisen, Lager 157 Ski Team, and Johan Hoel, Team Ragde Charge.
Heading to the second Sprint checkpoint of the day, with about 30km to go, Mathias Aas Rolid, Team Ragde Charge, and Vebjørn Moen, Team Eksjöhus, tried their luck and got a break, gaining a few seconds over the main group.
The day’s second and last Sprint checkpoint was contested in Predazzo at the 45.7km mark, with Vebjørn Moen, Team Eksjöhus, taking maximum points. Mathias Aas Rolid, Team Ragde Charge, crossed in second place, followed by Emil Persson, Lager 157 Ski Team, in third place and 19.6 seconds behind the leaders. Twenty-one skiers were within 27.5 seconds from the leaders with 24.3km to go.
With 9.8km to go, the leading group increased the gap to 1:18, with the chasers trying their best to bring the breakaway back.
In the final part of the race, with only 1.6km to go, Mathias Aas Rolid started a tactical move, attacking the group, but was soon brought back by Amund Hoel. At the last kilometer, it looked like Novak, Nygaard, and Hoel were set to fight for the top spot on the podium, with Aas Rolid struggling in the final climb.
In the end, with an epic effort, Andreas Nygaard, Team Ragde Charge, sprinted powerfully to win Marcialonga and the first Grand Classics Season XVI – his first Marcialonga win. Second place went to Max Novak, Team Aker Dæhlie, 0.5 seconds back. Amund Hoel, Team Engcon, completed the podium in third place, 11.85 seconds behind.
Marcialonga – Top 5 Men
- Andreas Nygaard, Team Ragde Charge, 2:39:34.7
- Max Novak, Team Aker Dæhlie, +0.5
- Amund Hoel, Team Engcon, +11.8
- Mathias Aas Rolid, Team Ragde Charge, +51.0
- Ole Jørgen Bruvoll, Team Engcon, +1:04.7
Complete Marcialonga results can be found HERE
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Next up is Jizerská50 on Sunday, February 9. The 50-kilometer classic race marks the seventh Ski Classics stage and Season XVI’s second Grand Classics event.
Season XVI of Ski Classics Pro Tour consists of 14 events on 10 event weekends in 6 different countries.
- Event 0: Friday, December 13, 2024 –Ski Classics Pro Team Presentation XVI – Bad Gastein, Austria
- Event 1: Saturday, December 14, 2024 – Bad Gastein ITT – Sportgastein, Austria, 7km
- Event 2: Sunday, December 15, 2024 – Bad Gastein Criterium – Sportgastein, Austria, 36km
- Event 3: Saturday, January 11, 2025 – 3 Zinnen Ski Marathon – Sexten, Italy, 60km
- Event 4: Sunday, January 12, 2025 – La Venosta ITT Kapron-Melago – Val Venosta, Italy, 11km
- Event 5: Saturday, January 18, 2025 – Engadin La Diagonela – Pontresina-Zuoz, Switzerland, 43km
- Event 6: Sunday, January 26, 2025 – Marcialonga – Trentino, Italy, 70km
- Event 7: Sunday, February 9, 2025 – Jizerská50 – Bedřichov, Czech Republic, 50km
- Event 8: Saturday, February 15, 2025 – Grönklitt Criterium 61 – Orsa Grönklitt, Sweden, 61km
- Event 9: Sunday, February 16, 2025 – Grönklitt ITT – Orsa Grönklitt, Sweden, 12km
- Event 10: Sunday, March 2, 2025 – Vasaloppet – Sälen-Mora, Sweden, 90km
- Event 11: Saturday, March 15, 2025 – Birkebeinerrennet – Rena-Lillehammer, Norway, 54km
- Event 12: Saturday, March 22, 2025 – Marcialonga Bodø – Bodø, Norway, 50km
- Event 13: Saturday, March 29, 2025 – Reistadløpet – Setermoen-Bardufoss, Norway, 46km
- Event 14: Sunday, March 30, 2025 – Grand Finale Summit 2 Senja – Bardufoss-Finnsnes, Norway, 60km
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