CROSS COUNTRY SKI, SPRINT. Bysprinten in Mosjøen, Norway, Saturday April 27th will be shown live on TV4, Sweden. "It will be a two hour long live broadcast from Mosjøen, and hopefully good marketing for the race and the town of Mosjøen", says Lyder Sund in Helgeland Event.

Last year´s winner of Bysprinten in Mosjøen: Eirik Brandsdal

Last year Bysprinten was streamed on many websites, says Sund, who also this year can offer a link for those who would like to stream Bysprinten Live.

You will find the link here:
www.bysprinten.no/live
www.helgeland-arbeiderblad.no

Excited about live coverage

He is very satisfied with the first live television broadcast from the race.

"There is no doubt that live TV coverage is important for us. When we negotiate with potential sponsors on a national level there are always questions about TV- coverage. We are much more appealing to the sponsor market when we can offer live broadcast", Sund says.

It's IEC in Sport who will be producing the broadcast from the event, in cooperation with the crew from Bysprinten. Jon Ola Lien has been the producer the recent years, and the production has preliminary been shown on big screens at the arena. Also this year there is a big screen production, but at the same time the crew will be producing for internet and TV.

The company IEC is known as one of the largest producers of sporting events. In the world of skiing they are the producers of Swix Ski Classics, but they produce many other sporting events as well. Among other, they cover 40 tennis tournaments every year.

Complete National team to Bysprinten

Bysprinten will guarantee a fast race this Saturday. The event can offer a near complete National ski sprint team from Norway.

The National team with Eirik Brandsdal, Anders Glørsen, Ola Vigen Hattestad, Tomas Northug, and Øystein Pettersen will all be at the starting line. Only Pål Golberg is absent from the race.

"The recent years we have had the best sprinters in the world, and it looks as if they enjoy themselves up here", says Lyder Sund.

Last year Eirik Brandsdal won just in front of Ola Vigen Hattestad after a dramatic last turn. Swedish Teodor Peterson had a lead, but crashed in a fence.

Will this year´s event be a Norwegian and Swedish duel?

History shows that the winners are hard to predict at this event, but we are confident that both Teodor Peterson and Robin Bryntesson are eager to beat the Norwegians. Little brother Cologna is also an exciting skier. He is a really good sprinter, says Sund. Gianluca Cologna is a new star this season. He is Swiss Champion, and has been in a final in the world cup.

Germany's best skier

Tobias Angerer (36) began as a sprinter many years ago, and has become the most- winning German skier. In 2004 he won his first world cup race, and has in a total 10 world cup victories. He won the overall world cup in the 2005/2006 and 2006/07 season. In 2007 he became the first male winner of Tour de Ski. This year, he is finally ready to compete in Mosjøen.

"It is really exciting that he wants to come to Mosjøen. He is one of the world cups "grand old men"", says Sund.

IEC in Sports
Fri, April 26, 2013 6:12 pm

Skiers BYSPRINTEN

Women
Katja Visnar, Slovenia
Denise Herrmann, Germany
Charlotte Kalla, Sweden
Mari Eide, Norway
Maria Nysted Grønvoll, Norway
Laurien van der Graaff, Switzerland
Magdalena Pajala , Sweden
Sanna Halberg, Sweden
Elin Mohlin, Sweden
Johanna Meyer, Sweden
Ida Indahl, Sweden

Men  
Ola Vigen Hattestad, Norway
Øystein Pettersen, Norway
Robin Bryntesson, Sweden
Teodor Peterson, Sweden
Niklas Dyrhaug, Norway
Eirik Brandsdal, Norway
Anders Glørsen, Norway
Tobias Angerer, Germany
Morten Vannebo, Norway
Rolf Einar Jensen, Norway
John K Dahl, Norway
Kalle Lassila, Finland
Daniell Heun, Switzerland
Anders Tettli Rennemo, Norway
Andreas Myran Steen, Norway
Kristian Tettli Rennemo, Norway
Chris Jespersen, Norway
Joeri Kindschi, Switzerland
Gianluca Cologna, Switzerland
Håvard Klementsen, Norway
Magnus Moan, Norway
Tomas Northug, Norway
Even Northug, Norway