GVD Ski Team, the Norwegian Pro Team formerly known as Team Kaffebryggeriet DRIV, enters Season XVIII with six athletes, three women and three men, and two new arrivals from the disbanded Team Eksjöhus.

The team carried the Kaffebryggeriet name for years before joining forces with DRIV. It is led by Pro Team Director Matias Noren, with Vetle Thyli, its most experienced athlete. Thyli and Henrik Haugland Syverinsen continue, while Ilona Jambor competes in the Vet category.

Magni Smedås is a Ski Classics Legend with five Pro Tour wins: Marcialonga and Jizerská 50 in 2023, and Engadin La Diagonela, Birkebeinerrennet and Summit 2 Senja in 2024. She made an immediate impact in her new colors, winning the Ski Classics Challengers event Energamo Lipnolopet on October 3 in a course record, a year after Sandra Schützová took the same victory for the team. Schützová has since moved to Team Burger King Northug.

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Jeremy Royer, the French skier who won the Youth competition in Season XVI, took his first Pro event podium last winter with second place at Engadin La Diagonela, 0.6 seconds behind Amund Riege. He has set himself a clear goal for the new season: to win a Ski Classics World Championship event and finish on the podium at one of the four Grand Classics.

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Amalie Ous Mollatt joins from Team Aktiv mot Kreft, now Bardo Ski Team.

GVD Ski Team

• Country: Norway
• Pro Team Director: Matias Noren
• Pro Team Ranking: 12th

Pro Team Athletes

*Youth  **Cubs  ***Vet

Ski Classics World Championship Season XVIII (2026/2027) 

• Event 1: December 11, 2026 – Bad Gastein Prologue – Austria – 1km
• Event 2: December 13, 2026 – Sportgastein Criterium – Austria – 30km
• Event 3: December 19, 2026 – Bad Gastein ITT – Austria – 7km
• Event 4: December 20, 2026 – Bad Gastein Criterium – Austria – 36km
Bad Gastein Tour (Events 1–4 of Ski Classics World Championship Season XVIII)
• Event 5: January 16, 2027 – Engadin La Diagonela – Switzerland – 55km
• Event 6: January 17, 2027 – Zuoz–St. Moritz Sprint – Switzerland – 30km
• Event 7: January 31, 2027 – Marcialonga – Italy – 70km
• Event 8: February 12, 2027 – Bedřichov Heat Sprint – Czech Republic – 1.5km
• Event 9: February 14, 2027 – Jizerská 50 – Czech Republic – 50km
• Event 10: February 27, 2027 – Oxberg–Mora Sprint Women – Sweden – 30km
• Event 11: February 28, 2027 – Oxberg–Mora Sprint Men – Sweden – 30km
• Event 12: March 7, 2027 – Vasaloppet – Sweden – 90km
• Event 13: March 20, 2027 – Birkebeinerrennet – Norway – 53km
• Event 14: April 3, 2027 – Reistadløpet – Norway – 35km
• Event 15: April 4, 2027 – Grand Finale Summit 2 Senja – Norway – 60km

For more updates and detailed information about the Ski Classics World Championship, visit skiclassics.com.

Author: Leandro Lutz
Photo: Ski Classics