The Grönklitt weekend marked the 9th and 10th Ski Classics Pro Tour events of Season XIV with Grönklitt Criterium and Grönklitt ITT. After the challenging weekend, these are the rankings and bib-holders in various overall competitions.
On Saturday, Grönklitt Criterium saw Ida Dahl, Team Engcon, and Emil Persson, Lager 157 Ski Team, winning the 9th Pro Tour event of the season. The winners were the same on Sunday, but the action was just as great at the 10th event of Ski Classics Season XIV.
Read More About Saturday’s Race: Persson and Dahl back to the top of the podium at Grönklitt Criterium
Also Read About The Grönklitt ITT Results: Ida Dahl and Emil Persson take top honors at Grönklitt Individual Time Trial
With the results, you can now check the SC Standings and bib-holders.
CHAMPION COMPETITION
When we look at the Ski Classics general classification after the Grönklitt weekend, the Yellow Champion Bib Competition belongs to Emil Persson, Lager 157 Ski Team, and Magni Smedås, Team Eksjöhus.
In the men’s battle for overall, the Yellow bib rests on Emil Persson’s shoulders. Persson, Lager 157 Ski Team, leads the Champion competition with a good margin and a total of 1920 points after his double win at Orsa Grönklitt.
Second place overall is Amund Riege, Team Ramudden, with 1158 points, followed now by Max Novak, Team Aker Dæhlie, with 1140 points.
In the women’s overall, Magni Smedås, Team Eksjöhus, keeps a tight lead with a total of 1630 points, followed by Ida Dahl, Team Engcon, with 1625 points, and only 5 points behind the leader. Third place overall is now Emilie Fleten, Team Ramudden, with 1305 points.
SPRINT COMPETITION
After the Sprint checkpoint this weekend at the Grönklitt Criterium, Alfred Buskqvist, Team Ramudden, carries the Green bib of the men’s Sprint competition with 200 points. Vebjørn Moen, Team Aker Dæhlie, is the second place with 174 points, and Lorenzo Busin, Team Internorm Alpenplus Trentino, keeps the third position with 102 points.
After the weekend, Ida Dahl, Team Engcon, is the new Green bib holder with 184 points. Magni Smedås, Team Eksjöhus, is the new second place with 164 points, and Anikken Gjerde Alnæs, Team Ragde Charge, dropped to third place with 159 points.
CLIMB COMPETITION
After the two Climb checkpoints this weekend, one at each Pro Tour event, Emil Persson, Lager 157 Ski Team, with 202 points, and Ida Dahl, Team Engcon, with 287 points, are carrying the bib in the Climb Competition.
In the men’s side, Emil Persson, Lager 157 Ski Team, leads the Climb competition with 202 points. Johan Hoel, Team Ragde Charge, is in second place with 129 points, followed now by Herman Paus, Team Ramudden, in third place, with 93 points.
In the women’s Climb competition, Ida Dahl, Team Engcon, leads with 287 points. Emilie Fleten, Team Ramudden, is in second place with 165 points, followed now by Magni Smedås, Team Eksjöhus, in third with 122 points.
YOUTH COMPETITION
The Pink bibs in the Youth Competition are resting on the shoulders of Amund Riege, Team Ramudden, and Karolina Hedenström, Lager 157 Ski Team, with 1158 and 1181 points, respectively.
Amund Riege, Team Ramudden, is leading with 1158 points. Herman Paus, also from Ramudden, is in second place with 915 points, and Petter Stakston, Team Aker Dæhlie, with 879 points, is now in third place for the Youth bib overall.
Karolina Hedenström, Lager 157 Ski Team, is leading with 1181 points. Ida Palmberg, Team Ramudden, is in second place with 774 points, followed by Hanna Lodin, Ski Team Göhlins, in third place for the Pink bib with 561 points.
PRO TEAM COMPETITION
Team Ramudden leads the Pro Team Competition with 1660 points, closely followed by Lager 157 Ski Team with 1640 points.
Team Aker Dæhlie sits in third place overall with 1530 points after the Grönklitt weekend.
GRAND CLASSICS
The Grand Classics events are the four largest and most prestigious in Ski Classics: Marcialonga, Jizerská50, Vasaloppet, and Birkebeinerrennet.
The Grönklitt weekend was held between Jizerská50 and Vasaloppet, not counting points for the Grand Classics.
Ahead of Vasaloppet, Andreas Nygaard, Team Ragde Charge, leads the men’s Grand Classics overall with 480 points. In second place is Emil Persson, Lager 157 Ski Team, with 420 points, followed by Amund Riege, Team Ramudden, in third place with 383 points.
In the women’s competition, Magni Smedås, Team Eksjöhus, leads with 600 points. After winning the second Grand Classics of Season XIV, Smedås is now the only athlete in Ski Classics that could make a Grand Slam, winning the four Grand Classics.
Karolina Hedenström, Lager 157 Ski Team, follows in second place with 390 points. Jenny Larsson, Team Ragde Charge, with 383 points, is in third position.
Check skiclassics.com for overall standings and all about Ski Classics.
Next up is Vasaloppet on Sunday, March 5. The race marks the 11th event of Ski Classics Season XIV.
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, Bedřichov, 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
More information about the Ski Classics Pro Tour you can find at skiclassics.com.
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