Vasaloppet, the tenth stage of the Ski Classics Pro Tour and third Grand Classics Season XVI, took place this Sunday in Sweden. Watch the women’s top 3 Pro Team athletes’ interviews here!
VASALOPPET
Vasaloppet, the tenth stage in the Ski Classics Pro Tour and a Grand Classics event, Season XVI, took place this Sunday in Sweden. With superior performances, Stina Nilsson, Team Ragde Charge, and Alvar Myhlback, Lager 157 Ski Team, won the 101st edition of the legendary 90km long-distance race.
Read More: Alvar Myhlback and Stina Nilsson win the 101st edition of Vasaloppet
INTERVIEWS
Interview with Stina Nilsson, Team Ragde Charge (1st place)
Interview with Anikken Gjerde Alnæs, Team Engcon Charge (2nd place)
Interview with Silje Øyre Slind, Team Aker Dæhlie (3rd place)
VASALOPPET – WOMEN
In the women’s race, which also started at 8:00 CET, together with the men, the speed was high right out from the start, with the women trying to hold on to the men’s peloton.
Soon the women reached the Högsta Punkten – the day’s Climb checkpoint, Anikken Gjerde Alnæs, Team Engcon, and Stina Nilsson, Team Ragde Charge, crossed the climb first and second, with already a small lead over the women chasers. Silje Øyre Slind, Team Aker Dæhlie, and Emilie Fleten, Team Ramudden, some of the favorites for the day, crossed 12.0 and 12.4 seconds behind, third and fourth places, after just 2.9km into the race.
The leading duo soon dissolved and Stina worked well together with the men in front and got a gap over Anikken. At the Smågan Sprint at the 10.7km mark, Stina Nilsson, Team Ragde Charge, crossed first, followed by Anikken Gjerde Alnæs, Team Engcon, 10.5 seconds behind, and Silje Øyre Slind, Team Aker Dæhlie, 28.5 seconds back, with Emilie Fleten, Team Ramudden, crossing in the fourth position, 44.8 seconds behind.
At the Mångsbodarna checkpoint, 24.3km into the race, Nilsson crossed first, with Øyre Slind 1:20.8 behind, Gjerde Alnæs 1:21.5, and the next skier, Fleten, already 3:05.0 back. About ten kilometers later, at the Risberg checkpoint, Nilsson was already 2:32.0 ahead of Øyre Slind, 2:36.9 over Gjerde Alnæs, and 4:38.7 ahead of Fleten.
When the leading Pro Team athlete reached Oxberg, Nilsson had a lead of 4:47.8 and 4:48.2 over Gjerde Alnæs and Øyre Slind, with Fleten already 9:37.5 back. From there, the women’s race was about Stina Nilsson in the lead and the chasers behind fighting for the remaining podium places.
At Hökberg, the gap was still solid, and the lead was 5:28.0 over Øyre Slind and Gjerde Alnæs and almost 11 minutes over Fleten.
In the end, Stina Nilsson, Team Ragde Charge, won Vasaloppet with a solid performance, paced herself perfectly to win this year’s Vasaloppet in superior performance, in a total time of 3:54:00.6, and her first Ski Classics Pro Tour event win.
Second place went to Anikken Gjerde Alnæs, Team Engcon, 5:10.4 back. Silje Øyre Slind, Team Aker Dæhlie, completed the podium in the third position, 5:11.2 behind the winner.
Vasaloppet – Top 3 Women
- Stina Nilsson, Team Ragde Charge, 3:54:00.6
- Anikken Gjerde Alnæs, Team Engcon, +5:10.4
- Silje Øyre Slind, Team Aker Dæhlie, +5:11.2
Complete Vasaloppet results can be found HERE
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Next up is Birkebeinerrennet on Saturday, March 15. The 54-kilometer classic race marks the eleventh Ski Classics stage and Season XVI’s fourth Grand Classics event.
Season XVI of Ski Classics Pro Tour consists of 14 events on 10 event weekends in 6 different countries.
Ski Classics Pro Tour Season XVI (2024/2025)
- 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, 13km
- 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
More information about the Ski Classics Pro Tour can be found at skiclassics.com
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