No matter if you're a more experienced cyclist or just getting started, and regardless of the goal you're setting for your race, previous Cykelvasan 90 winner Emil Lindgren has the tips to get you there!
Registration for the 99th Vasaloppet and the other races in Vasaloppet's Winter Week 2023 opens on Sunday, March 27, 2022 at 09.00 on vasaloppet.se. Vasaloppet's Winter Week 2022 will go down in history as the return of participants and spectators to the Vasaloppet Arena after the pandemic. But it will also be remembered as a week with sunshine for every single race, except (the night race) Nattvasan! The Vasaloppet organization is looking forward to continuing the anniversary year with Vasaloppet's Summer Week in August, held again on location for the first time since 2019. Here, Vasaloppet's CEO Johan Eriksson will share some thoughts on the past and future.
There were two Norwegian victories in Vasaloppet 2022: Andreas Nygaard took his second win, sprinting across the finish line ahead of Emil Persson and Axel Jutterström. It was Norway's tenth straight Vasaloppet victory. In the women's class, Astrid Öyre Slind took her first victory after coming in second twice before. She also set a new track record. Britta Johansson Norgren was second and Emelie Fleten third.
On Sunday, March 6 at 08:00 in Sälen, it's time for the start of the 98th Vasaloppet – 100 years after the first race in 1922. Vasaloppet is fully booked, which means 15,800 registered participants. In total, more than 50,000 participants have so far registered for Vasaloppet's Winter Week 2022 races. Here are all the conditions for this year's edition of the world's largest cross-country ski race.
Based on developments in recent days with Russia's military attack on Ukraine and the ongoing war, Vasaloppet has decided not to allow Russian or Belarusian participation in Vasaloppet 2022.
Britta Johansson Norgren of Sollefteå Skidor IF won Tjejvasan 2022 after a close duel with last year's winner Lina Korsgren, Korsnäs IF Skidklubb. It was Britta's fifth victory in Tjejvasan and the eighth time she ended up on the podium. She also broke her own record time from 2017 by one minute and 5 seconds – the new record is 1.15.39. Third place went to Magni Smedås, Norway, in her first ever Tjejvasan.
On Saturday, February 26 it will once more be time for Tjejvasan, the 30-kilometre women's race in the Vasaloppet Arena, starting in Oxberg. 4,500 participants are registered for the 34th Tjejvasan and they will cross the finish line under a new finish line portal by the belfry in Mora. For the eleventh year in a row, Swedish Television broadcasts the world's largest ski race exclusively for women. Those who want to participate may register all the way up until the start. Here we will present all the conditions ahead of Tjejvasan 2022!
For the first time in two years, Vasaloppet can arrange exercise races and competitions as usual again – and there is great interest in participating. Today, nearly two weeks after Sweden lifted its restrictions, almost 50,000 skiers are registered for one of twelve races in the Vasaloppet Winter Week 2022. At the same time, those who cannot get to Dalarna can still complete their race at home – in Sweden or around the world. It's also possible to register right up until the start for the races that are not fully booked. Here we will present some numbers from this year's registration statistics.
The temperature was one degree below freezing and the weather a little overcast when Jubileumsvasan started in Sälen at 07:04 on Saturday morning. It was then exactly 36,490 days and one hour since the start of the very first Vasaloppet on March 19, 1922. Jubileumsvasan is a tribute race to the pioneers who started and completed the first race 100 years ago. Ernst Alm was first across the finish line back in 1922 and Erik Wikström from Sjömarken in Västergötland was first to cross the finish in 2022. But many had a tough time out in the track.
On Saturday, February 12, 2022, Jubileumsvasan will run – a race in tribute to the pioneers who started and carried out the very first Vasaloppet in 1922. You can see Jubileumsvasan as a living museum or a unique opportunity to travel 100 years back in time. The goal is that everything, as far as possible, should reflect the Vasaloppet race that participants experienced in the early 1920s. A winner will be crowned in Jubileumsvasan but the whole race is more of a celebration than a competition. Vasaloppet will broadcast Jubileumsvasan live, free of charge, on the streaming service Vasaloppet.TV starting at 06:55 in the morning.
