This week’s Orsa2Levi podcast guest Emilie Fleten, Team XPND Fuel, is one of the strongest favorites to win the Champion title in Visma Ski Classics in Season XII. In her two years in the circuit, she has been on the podium seven times and finished third in the overall competition last season, but she still has no victory.
Tomorrow, the Visma Ski Classics podcast Orsa2Levi has an in-depth chat with Team XPND Fuel’s Emilie Fleten, who talks about skiing, training, her childhood, her personal life and how she overcame eating disorder.
Another exciting winter is ahead of us, and the Visma Ski Classics Pro Tour will be entering its 12th year, hence Season XII. As always, the brand has evolved, and new additions have been integrated into the long-distance skiing circuit. It looks like this season will the most thrilling one so far.
Viktor Mäenpää from Team Mäenpää has just finished his high-altitude training camp in Livigno, and he is now ready to raise the bar in Season XII. His ultimate goal is to win a Pro Tour stage in the future, but for the upcoming winter he aims to take a step closer to the podium.
In long distance skiing, much like in cycling, drafting another skier is greatly beneficial. The term drafting is mainly used in sports physiology and biomechanics to describe the tactic of performing a mode of activity in a sheltered position.
The owner of Russian Winter Team Nikita Tamm follows his family tradition of embracing sports and sciences. His grandfather was a Noble Prize winner, and his parents were scientists and adventurers. This background of his has paved the way for the only Russian Pro Team to become a force to be reckoned with in Visma Ski Classics.
The Swedish skier who will make her debut in Visma Ski Classics with Team Robinson Trentino won the famous Italian race La Sgambeda, in a competition packed with long-distance skiers.
Team Edux from Finland is preparing for the Visma Ski Classics season opening in Levi, the finish of the Pro Tour finale Ylläs-Levi. The training has proceeded well in perfect winter conditions.
Team XPND Fuel’s captain Tord Asle Gjerdalen, the guest of this week’s Orsa2Levi, is a three-time Marcialonga winner, two-time Visma Ski Classics Champion, a Legend in the Hall of Fame with his 11 stage wins, and the reigning king of Vasaloppet. He is also an innovator in the world of skiing and known to the TV…
Kuzbass Classic Marathon in Russia has now become a part of the Visma Ski Classics Challengers series. This 50 km classic race takes place on March 6, 2022. This new Challengers edition will be held along the frozen water area of the Belovsky Sea and its surrounding areas. The organizers promise an enticing and beautiful race that captures…
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