SWIX SKI CLASSICS. The premier of the Swix Ski Classics long distance ski championships in Switzerland had a nice surprise with Rikard Tynell (Team Tynell) winning the men's competition two weeks ago. In the women's competition there was no big surprises with Seraina Boner (Team Coop) winning the women's competition.

Photo © Magnus Östh / Swix Ski Classics

The current leader in the Swix Ski Classics Champion competition, Rikard Tynell, did a surprisingly strong race at La Diagonela and will have a though competition defending the yellow leading bib on Sunday.  Last year’s winner Jørgen Aukland (Team Centric) had an injury since La Diagonela but will together with skiers such as Jerry Ahrlin (Team Centric), Oskar Svärd (Team Coop), John Christian Dahl (Team United Bakeries) and other male skiers keep an eye on Rikard not giving him or other skiers a gap like last race. Seraina is the current leader in the womens competition after her victory at home in Switzerland. She will for sure fight for another victory with candidates like Susanne Nyström (Team Centric), Vibeke Skofterud (Team NPRO), Larisa Shaydurove (Russia Marathon Team) and more.

Marcialonga is a 70km race in classic technique and begins with 18km mostly uphill to Canazei before the course turns around and goes 45km primarily downhill to the village of Molina. There the course turns once again uphill and 3km before the finishline i Cavalese the skiers reach the famous climb of Cascata. There are two Swix Ski Classics sprints in the picturesque race of Marcialonga: one after 18km in Canazei and the other after 55km in Lago di Tesero, located at the ski stadium of Val di Fiemme. Marcialonga will be broadcasted on TV in more than 55 countries all over the world.

Swix Ski Classics is the long distance ski championships, consisting of the six most prestigious ski events in the world: La Diagonela Switzerland, Marcialonga Italy, König Ludwig Lauf Germany, Vasaloppet Sweden, Birkebeinerrennet Norway and the Swix Ski Classics Final Årefjällsloppet Sweden, all 50km or more and open for professional as well as amateur skiers.

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Swix Ski Classics
Fri, January 24, 2014 9:56 am

Standings before Marcialonga
Champion Swix Ski Classics Champion
Men
#  Country  Name  Team  Points
1   RIKARD TYNELL  TTYN  200
2   JOHAN KJØLSTAD  UNBA  170
3   JOHN KRISTIAN DAHL  UNBA  140
4   SIMEN ØSTENSEN  CENT  120
5   STANISLAV ŘEZÁČ  CENT  100
Women
#  Country  Name  Team  Points
1   SERAINA BONER  COOP  200
2   LARISA SHAIDUROVA  RUSM  170
3   SUSANNE NYSTRÖM  CENT  140
4   OLGA ROTCHEVA  RUSM  120
5   LAILA KVELI  CENT  100
SprintSwix Ski Classics Sprint
#  Country  Name  Team  Points
1   JOHN KRISTIAN DAHL  UNBA  75
2   RIKARD TYNELL  TTYN  45
3   MORTEN EIDE PEDERSEN  COOP  30
4   ANDERS AUKLAND  CENT  15
5   KLAS NILSSON  MILA  15
TeamSwix Ski Classics Team
#  Team  Points
1  TEAM UNITED BAKERIES  385
2  TEAM CENTRIC  375
3  TEAM TYNELL  335
4  TEAM COOP  314
5  RUSSIAN MARATHON TEAM  263
YouthSwix Ski Classics Youth
Men
#  Country  Name  Team  Points
1   TORE BJØRSETH BERDAL  UNBA  90
2   CHRISTOFFER CALLESEN  LEAS  50
3   BILL IMPOLA  COOP  29
4   ANDERS HØST  CETA  23
5   STIAN HOELGAARD  NPRO  15

More results on our webiste: www.swixskiclassics.com

Swix Ski Classics 2014
Event 1:  La Diagonela                               Switzerland                 January 12th, 2014
Event 2:  Marcialonga                                 Italy                             January 26th, 2014
Event 3:  König Ludwig Lauf                       Germany                     February 2nd, 2014
Event 4:  Vasaloppet                                   Sweden                       March 2nd, 2014
Event 5:  Birkebeinerrennet                        Norway                        March 15th, 2014
Event 6:  Årefjällsloppet                              Sweden                       March 29th, 2014

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