News

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  9 years ago

  Information on registration and start certificates

  The Summer Week 2016 will be larger than ever, and there are still spots open for those who want to bike or run in one of our races. You can register for Cykelvasan 30, Cykelvasan 45 and Cykelvasan Öppet Spår at vasaloppet.se up until Wednesday August 10 at midnight. After that it will be possible to register directly on location up until the start of the race. Online registration for Ultravasan 45, Ultravasan 90 and Vasastafetten will close on Thursday August 18 at midnight. NOTE! Start certificates will be emailed out on Friday August 5 to those who are already registered.

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  9 years ago

  Some new routes for Vasaloppet's Summer Week 2016

  The Vasaloppet organization is, of course, working each year to develop and improve the Vasaloppet Arena. This summer we can therefore present some route changes in the cycling and running races. Here you can read more on these changes.

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  9 years ago

  Bus tickets for the 2016 summer races are now on sale

  We recommend that all participants take the bus to the start location. Buy your ticket to Vasaloppet's official bus transports through vasaloppet.se. By taking the bus you can be sure to arrive at the start on time.

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  9 years ago

  World stars to Ultravasan 2016

  Ultravasan will run for the third time on Saturday August 20, 2016. As in the first two successful years there will be many elite world-class runners making their way to Dalarna. Swedish 100 km world champion Jonas Buud, who won the men's competition in Ultravasan 90 in both 2014 and 2015, will return to show his mettle once more. The ladies side looks highly interesting, the biggest star being world champion Ellie Greenwood from the UK.

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  10 years ago

  Vasaloppet and Nattvasan 2017 fully booked

  When Vasaloppet opened registration for eight of the ten ski races in Vasaloppet's Winter Week 2017 this Sunday morning, two of the races were fully booked immediately. The new couples race Nattvasan was fully booked in 1.5 minutes while Vasaloppet was full after 4 minutes. Over 33,000 participants had registered for the Winter Week 2017 after one hour.

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  10 years ago

  Stafettvasan developments in 2017

  Registration for the 2017 Winter Week opens on March 20 at 09:00. Here is some extra information for those interested in Stafettvasan, since things will work differently next year.

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  10 years ago

  Vasaloppet's Winter Week 2016 in numbers — registration for 2017 opens on March 20

  For the seventh year in a row, more than fifty thousand participants managed to complete their Winter Week races, and this year the total was 55,435 (including all Stafettvasan sections). Only 2,128 participants broke off their races, which is about half as many as last year. There were a total of 68,024 registered participants.

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  10 years ago

  Nattvasan 2017 – 90 K in moonlight

  Vasaloppet now introduces the major initiative Nattvasan 2017, a 90 kilometre ski adventure between Sälen and Mora in the middle of the night. This freestyle race runs as a couples competition with teams of two. The first Nattvasan will take place on Friday March 3, 2017, at 20:00 in the evening. Registration opens on Sunday March 20, 2016.

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  10 years ago

  John Kristian Dahl and Katerina Smutná won Vasaloppet 2016

  Vasaloppet 2016 was decided with exciting final spurts in both the men's and ladies' class. Norwegian John Kristian Dahl won one of the largest group spurts in Vasaloppet history and took his second victory ahead of his compatriot Stian Hoelgaard. Czech/Austrian Katerina Smutná won the ladies' class two seconds ahead of Britta Johansson Norgren.

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  10 years ago

  Facts, statistics, trivia and news for the 92nd Vasaloppet

  It has been 495 years since Gustav Vasa's adventures in Dalarna, and the 92nd Vasaloppet since the beginning in 1922 will start in Sälen on Sunday March 6, 2016, at 08:00. As usual Vasaloppet has collected and compiled interesting historic facts and trivia as well as current news for the race on Sunday.