The Ski Classics Pro Teams are now registered for the upcoming Season XIV. Thirty-five Pro Teams have been granted a license for the Ski Classics Season XIV, starting in Bad Gastein, Austria, on December 10, 2022. In total there are in Ski Classics rules 35 Pro Team licenses to hand out, the 25 best Pro Teams from previous season automatically receive a new pro team license for an upcoming winter, remains and new teams need to apply. Some exiting Pro Teams may have new names due to changes in their partner structure.
Ski Classics specially like to welcome the three new Pro Teams; “Danish Ski Marathon Team”, “Bruse Sauerland Ski Team” from Germany and Norwegian “Team Northug” to the family.
Norway is in the top with 12 registered Pro Teams, followed by Sweden with 6 Pro Teams. Finland has 4 Pro Teams while Italy and Czech Republic have 3 and Germany 2. There are 6 countries with one Pro Team: France, Estonia, Switzerland, Austria, and Denmark. In addition, Russian Winter Team, has received a frozen license due to the current situation in Ukraine.
In Season XIV, there are 14 Pro Tour events in 10 event weekends in 6 different countries. The shortest events are the 15km Bad Gastein Pro Team Tempo on December 10 in Austria and the 15km Grönklitt ITT, Individual Time Trial, on February 19, 2023, in Sweden. The longest event this winter is the 90km Vasaloppet in Sweden.
The 35 Pro Teams in Season XIV in the ranking order:
1. Team Ramudden
Country: Sweden
Pro Team Director: Lina Korsgren
2. Lager 157 Ski Team
Country: Sweden
Pro Team Director: Anton Järnberg
3. Team Ragde Charge
Country: Norway
Pro Team Director: Magnar Dalen / Jørgen Aukland
4. Team Aker Daehlie
Country: Norway
Pro Team Director: Knut Nystad / Joachim Aurland
5. Team Eksjöhus
Country: Sweden
Pro Team Director: Oskar Svärd
6. Team XPND Fuel
Country: Norway
Pro Team Director: Tord Asle Gjerdalen
7. Team Næringsbanken Stora Enso
Country: Norway
Pro Team Director: Arnt Nyborg
8. Team Engcon
Country: Sweden
Pro Team Director: Jerry Ahrlin
9. Team Nordic Expérience
Country: France
Pro Team Director: Maxime Grenard
10. Team Kaffebryggeriet
Country: Norway
Pro Team Director: Vetle Thyli
11. Team Robinson Trentino
Country: Italy
Pro Team Director: Bruno Debertolis
12. Slavia Pojistovna Team
Country: Czech Republic
Pro Team Director: Nicole Mertinová
13. eD system Silvini Team
Country: Czech Republic
Pro Team Director: Marek Pazderský
14. Team Nordic Jobs Worldwide
Country: Estonia
Pro Team Director: Mart Kevin Põlluste
15. Vltava Fund Ski Team
Country: Czech Republic
Pro Team Director: Josef Korhoň
16. Team Internorm Alpenplus Trentino
Country: Italy
Pro Team Director: Michele Pasqualotto
17. Team Front Rustad IL
Country: Norway
Pro Team Director: Atle Smenes
18. Team NTNUI Sweco
Country: Norway
Pro Team Director: Ludvig Vartdal
19. Team Edux
Country: Finland
Pro Team Director: Eric Storvall
20. Team Mäenpää
Country: Finland
Pro Team Director: Kim Mäenpää
21. Team BSV IBEX
Country: Switzerland
Pro Team Director: Markus Walser
22. Exsitec Ski Team
Country: Sweden
Pro Team Director: Niclas Hägglund
23. Team Norsk Gran
Country: Norway
Pro Team Director: Halvor Korbøl Thoner
24. Ski Team Göhlins
Country: Sweden
Pro Team Director: Isak Nilsson / Simon Jonsson
25. xc-ski.de A|N Skimarathon Team
Country: Germany
Pro Team Director: Sabine Freimuth
26. Team Coop
Country: Norway
Pro Team Director: Petter Skinstad
27. Team Straye Waterwell
Country: Norway
Pro Team Director: Lars Myrseth Kurås
28. Team Synnfjell
Country: Norway
Pro Team Director: Geir Kvillum
29. Team Futura Trentino Dolomiten Trauma Clinic
Country: Italy
Pro Team Director: Andrea Buttaboni
30. Team Electrofit
Country: Finland
Pro Team Director: Kalle Liukkonen
31. Team Kaskipuu
Country: Finland
Pro Team Director: Kari Varis
32. Ski-Willy Marathon Team Austria
Country: Austria
Pro Team Director: Peter Kiene / Stefan Petritsch
33. Bruse Sauerland Ski Team
Country: Germany
Pro Team Director: Andreas Tannert / Lennert Versen
34. Danish Skimarathon Team
Country: Denmark
Pro Team Director: Bjørn Toft
35. Team Northug
Country: Norway
Pro Team Director: Kristin Tomasson
Frozen Pro Team license:
Russian Winter Team
Country: Russia
Pro Team Director: Andrei Tiuterev
More info about the Ski Classics Pro Tour you can find at skiclassics.com.
