The ninth Cykelvasan in history will run on Saturday August 12, 2017 – 94 kilometres from Sälen to Mora. Today the race was fully booked, which means 13,000 registered cyclists. In addition there are now over 3,200 registered for Cykelvasan Öppet Spår which, on Friday August 11, will run for the third time. There the maximum number of participants is 6,000. In other words, registering is still possible.
The fourth Ultravasan 90 has, like in previous years, attracted many from the ultrarunning world elite to run from Sälen to Mora this August. The 2016 men's class top three (see photo above) and the 2016 ladies' class top two will return in Ultravasan 2017. Also spicing up the starting field are a number of other well-known runners, challenging the victors from previous years. Today over 1000 runners are registered for Ultravasan 90 and Ultravasan 45, which run on Saturday, August 19.
When registration opened for Vasaloppet's Winter Week 2018 on Sunday morning at 09:00, over 35,000 people had registered for a Winter Week race after only one hour. Vasaloppet and Nattvasan were fully booked after hardly 5 and 7 minutes respectively. "Registering for a race gives you a clear training goal, which appeals to many," says Eva-Lena Frick, Vasaloppet's CEO.
For the eighth year in a row, over fifty thousand participants managed to complete their Winter Week races. This year 54,483 (counting all the Stafettvasan sections) reached the finish in Mora. 2,156 participant broke off their race and there were a total of 66,582 registered participants.
All registrations to our ski races 2018 will be administrated on a temporary registration page on vasaloppet.se which will be online on Sunday morning March 19.
Vasaloppet 2017, with 15,800 registered skiers, was concluded with a tight and thrilling sprint in the men's class where last year's winner, Norwegian John Kristian Dahl, managed to defend his victory just ahead of fellow countryman Andreas Nygaard. This despite major back problems in the days before the start. Britta Johansson Norgren won a long-awaited victory in the ladies' class after placing second these past three years.
The 93rd Vasaloppet since the beginning in 1922 will start in Berga by in Sälen on Sunday March 5, 2017, at 08:00. This year marks the centennial of the birth of Nils ”Mora-Nisse” Karlsson, who won Vasaloppet more than anyone else, and Vasaloppet is asking everyone to ski the race with a red cap to honour this skiing hero. As usual Vasaloppet has collected and compiled many interesting historic facts, statistics and trivia, as well as current news for the race on Sunday.
Britta Johansson Norgren won the 29th Tjejvasan with a new record time: 1.16.44. Britta broke the earlier record by a minute and 46 seconds. In brilliant sunshine and hard, solid tracks, Britta shot off at full speed right from the start. After Hökberg she was skiing solo towards her victory and the new record. "This was amazing. An incredible experience," said Britta after her second straight victory in Tjejvasan.
Vasaloppet's CEO Eva-Lena Frick writes to welcome all visitors to Vasaloppet's Winter Week 2017.
Vasaloppet's Winter Week 2017 starts on Friday, February 24, with Kortvasan. So far, participants from 58 different nations, from all continents, have registered for Vasaloppet's Winter Week 2017. The earlier record of 55 nations was from 2016.
