In a time when we need to keep our physical distance, Vasaloppet is investing in spreading ski experiences from the Vasaloppet Arena with free TV broadcasts via the dedicated streaming service Vasaloppet.TV. Here viewers can follow both the elite competitions – Tjejvasan and Vasaloppet – and the many skiers taking on Vasaåket 2021 in the Vasaloppet Arena.
The first Grand Classics event Marcialonga in Italy takes place Sunday January 31st. The prize money pot for completing a Grand Slam is now revealed awarding the achievement with 100,000 EUR. Noone so far in history has been able to complete a Grand Slam, which is done by winning the four Grand Classics events in Visma Ski Classics the same season. Will we see the first one this year?
This past autumn Vasaloppet has, in close consultation with the authorities, planned for a different Vasaloppet winter. In the altered programme – where Tjejvasan and Vasaloppet run as elite competitions while others are welcomed to Vasaåket which can be completed on a day of choice during a three-week period – there are a great number of adjustments and precautions in and around the Vasaloppet Arena. All to ensure that everyone can have a wonderful and safe skiing experience during Vasaåket
Today there are 48 days remaining until Vasaloppet on March 7, 2021, which will run solely as an elite competition for men and women in the 90-kilometre Vasaloppet Arena. To spread out participants further, the women's class will start at 07:40, twenty minutes before the men's start at 08:00. There will be no spectators on location but Sveriges Television will, as well as many other broadcasters of course, broadcast the 97th Vasaloppet, which already has some impressive registered participants.
An open arena and the possibility of completing Vasaåket whenever you want between February 12 and March 7 on location in the Vasaloppet Arena. That's the concept when Vasaloppet's Winter Week 2021 is cancelled and replaced with a covid-safe alternative. Booking for Vasaåket is now open, welcome!
More days to choose from and fewer skiers at the start and in the track. Extra precautions at the start, finish and checkpoints, and no spectators on location. The Vasaloppet winter 2021 will be different but victors will be crowned, Tjejvasan and Vasaloppet will be broadcast live on SVT and all skiers will have a chance to ski their distance in the Vasaloppet Arena.
With increasing cases of Covid-19 infections in Italy and most European countries during the last couple of weeks, Visma Ski Classics has decided to postpone the start of Season XI. The start is now planned to mid-January with the expectation that the situation will improve by the end of the year. To strengthen the later part of the season, a new event has been added: Årefjällsloppet 100 km on March 27th! Vasaloppet will publish more information in English on Monday November 9th.
An evening race, starting and finishing in Mora, open to all who'd like to try running in forefathers' tracks. With lots of paths, technical terrain and hills at sunset. That's the concept of Trailvasan 10, Vasaloppet's newest race. "With Trailvasan 10 we're giving even more people the chance to cross the finish line in Mora," says Tommy Höglund, Vasaloppet's Sport Manager.
There's still a large degree of uncertainty in the world related to the ongoing covid-19 pandemic. This that means that there may be changes to the Vasaloppet's Winter Week 2021 schedule. "The Winter Week will take place in some form. We urge all participants to keep training with the goal of crossing the finish line, and we will work towards our goal of welcoming you all to the Vasaloppet Arena in the winter of 2021," says Johan Eriksson, acting CEO of Vasaloppet.
Looking back at the unusual Vasaloppet year of 2020, Vasaloppet can happily announce that 528 participants completed their Vasaloppstrippeln after cycling and running races in Hemmavasan. In addition, several participants have chosen to save their ski race from this past winter and instead complete Vasaloppstrippeln in combination with Vasaloppet's Summer Week on August 13–21, 2021. But who managed the achievement this year? All the names are now available, along with home regions and results.
