Magni Smedås, Team Eksjöhus, won the 70-kilometer-long Marcialonga in a solo breakaway and superior performance today in Italy. Her first-ever Pro Tour victory!
Magni Smedås, Team Eksjöhus, showed superior performance and won today’s Marcialonga, the Ski Classics Season XIV seventh event, the first Grand Classics, and the second Iconic Climb of Season XIV. Magni Smedås completed the race in a total time of 3:14:00.1.
Second place went to Anikken Gjerde Alnæs, Team Ragde Charge, 1:05.5 back. Third place went to Jenny Larsson, Team Ragde Charge, 2:04.3 behind the winner.
Full Race Report in Progress.
Marcialonga – Top 3 Women
- Magni Smedås, Team Eksjöhus, 3:14:00.1
- Anikken Gjerde Alnæs, Team Ragde Charge, +1:05.5
- Jenny Larsson, Team Ragde Charge, +2:04.3
Results can be found HERE.
Marcialonga program, start lists, results, and live timing can be found here.
Next up is Jizerská50 on Sunday, February 12. The 50-kilometer classic race marks the eighth Ski Classics stage and Season XIV’s second Grand Classics event.
The Season XIV of Ski Classics Pro Tour consists of 14 events on 10 event weekends in 6 different countries.
Ski Classics Pro Tour Season XIV (2022/2023)
- Event 1: December 10, 2022 – Bad Gastein PTT, Bad Gastein, Austria, 15km
- Event 2: December 11, 2022 – Bad Gastein Criterium, Bad Gastein, Austria, 35km
- Event 3: December 17, 2022 – La Venosta Criterium, Val Venosta, Italy, 36km
- Event 4: January 14, 2023 – Pustertaler Ski Marathon, Sexten, Italy, 62km
- Event 5: January 15, 2023 – Prato Piazza Mountain Challenge, Niederdorf, Italy, 32km
- Event 6: January 21, 2023 – Engadin La Diagonela, Engadin Valley, Switzerland, 48km
- Event 7: January 29, 2023 – Marcialonga, Trentino, Italy, 70km
- Event 8: February 12, 2023 – Jizerská50, Bedrichov, Czech Republic, 50km
- Event 9: February 18, 2023 – Grönklitt Criterium, Orsa Grönklitt, Sweden, 50km
- Event 10: February 19, 2023 – Grönklitt ITT, Orsa Grönklitt, Sweden, 15km
- Event 11: March 5, 2023 – Vasaloppet, Sälen-Mora, Sweden, 90km
- Event 12: March 18, 2023 – Birkebeinerrennet, Rena-Lillehammer, Norway, 54km
- Event 13: April 1, 2023 – Reistadløpet, Setermoen-Bardufoss, Norway, 40km
- Event 14: April 2, 2023 – Summit 2 Senja, Bardufoss- Finnsnes, Norway, 67km
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