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Season XIV kicks off in three weeks!

The winter is starting to make its entry across Europe and today the official Season XIV calendar video is launched. Ski Classics Pro Tour consists this season of 14 events on 10 event weekends in 6 different countries. Watch the video below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHSn2WKn9gg

The brand-new season has 5 new events: Bad Gastein PTT and Bad Gastein Criterium in Austria. Grönklitt Criterium and Grönklitt ITT has the same location as last year in Sweden- but with new events and dates. The Ski Classics Final is held in Norway with a brand-new event, Summit 2 Senja.

Ski Classics have during the years introduced several new competition formats and season XIV will in addition to the regular long distance races include a Pro Team Tempo (PTT), two Criterium and one Individual Time Trial (ITT). To read more about the rules and the competition formats visit Ski Classics rules.

Season XIV starts with a new destination in the Pro Tour, Bad Gastein in Austria. The double-events weekend includes a Pro Team Tempo on Saturday, December 10, and a Criterium on Sunday, December 11. The Criterium is a mass start event held in several loops with less than 10km each and classic technique. After Bad Gastein, La Venosta Criterium takes place on Saturday, December 17.

After the holiday break, the Tour returns with another double-events weekend this time in Italy, with Pustertaler Ski Marathon on Saturday, January 14, and Prato Piazza Mountain Challenge on Sunday, January 15. The later voted the best event in Season XII and brings the spectators breathtaking sceneries from the mountain tops.

The following weekend, it’s time for a stop in Switzerland when the 55 km long Engadin La Diagonela takes place on Saturday 21st of January. Then, back to Italy for the first Grand Classics event of the season, Marcialonga, taking place on Sunday, January 29, ending the Alp segment of the circuit.

The Pro Tour takes two weekends off before continuing northeast to the second Grand Classics event, Jizerská50, on Sunday, February 12, with the Czech event being the Central/Eastern European stage before heading to Scandinavia.

In Sweden awaits another back-to-back weekend in Orsa Grönklitt with Grönklitt Criterium on Saturday, February 18, and Grönklitt ITT on Sunday, February 19. The Individual Time Trial is organized as an individual start competition, and the Pro Tour athletes will face a challenging 15km race.

Then it is time for the last two Grand Classics events, Vasaloppet on Sunday, March 5, and Birkebeinerrennet on Saturday, March 18. The final weekend of Ski Classics is composed by Reistadløpet on Saturday, April 1, and the brand-new Summit 2 Senja on Sunday, April 2, concluding the Ski Classics Season XIV.

Iconic Climbs
The new addition to Season XIV are the Iconic Climbs, giving an extra dimension and more points to the winner of the most challenging climbs in Ski Classics.

Season XIV, there will be four Iconic Climbs, two in the Alps part of the Tour (Prato Piazza Mountain Challenge, and Cascata at Marcialonga) and two in Scandinavia (Raudfjellet at Birkebeinerrennet, and Orta at Reistadløpet).

Ski Classics Pro Tour Events season XIV

Bad Gastein PTT – Ski Classics Pro Tour Event 1
Date: December 10, 2022
Distance: 15km Classic Technique
Place: Bad Gastein, Austria
Start Time: 9:30 CET

Bad Gastein Criterium – Ski Classics Pro Tour Event 2
Date: December 11, 2022
Distance: 35km Classic Technique
Place: Bad Gastein, Austria
Start Time: Women 9:15 CET/Men 10:50 CET

La Venosta Criterium – Ski Classics Pro Tour Event 3
Date: December 17, 2022
Distance: 40km Classic Technique
Place: Val Venosta, Italy
Start Time: Women 8:15 CET/Men 10:30 CET

Pustertaler Ski Marathon – Ski Classics Pro Tour Event 4
Date: January 14, 2023
Distance: 62km Classic Technique
Place: Sexten, Italy
Start Time: Women 9:15 CET/Men 9:00

Prato Piazza Mountain Challenge – Ski Classics Pro Tour Event 5
Date: January 15, 2023
Distance: 30km Classic Technique
Place: Niederdorf, Italy
Start Time: Women 9:05/Men 9:00 CET

Engadin La Diagonela – Ski Classics Pro Tour 6
Date: January 21, 2023
Distance: 55km Classic Technique
Place: Pontresina-Zuoz, Switzerland
Start Time: Women 9:00 CET/Men 8:55 CET

Marcialonga – Ski Classics Pro Tour 7
Date: January 29, 2023
Distance: 70km Classic Technique
Place: Trentino, Italy
Start Time: Women 8:05 CET/Men 8:00 CET

Jizerská50 – Ski Classics Pro Tour 8
Date: February 12, 2023
Distance: 50km Classic Technique
Place: Bedřichov, Czech Republic

Grönklitt Criterium – Ski Classics Pro Tour 9
Date: February 18, 2023
Distance: 50km Classic Technique
Place: Orsa Grönklitt, Sweden
Start Time: Women 8:00 CET/Men 10:30 CET

Grönklitt ITT – Ski Classics Pro Tour 10
Date: February 19, 2023
Distance: 15km Classic Technique
Place: Orsa Grönklitt, Sweden
Start Time: Women 8:00 CET/Men 9:30 CET

Vasaloppet – Ski Classics Pro Tour 11
Date: March 5, 2023
Distance: 90km Classic Technique
Place: Sälen-Mora, Sweden
Start Time: Women 8:00 CET/Men 8:00 CET

Birkebeinerrennet – Ski Classics Pro Tour 12
Date: March 18, 2023
Distance: 54km Classic Technique
Place: Rena-Lillehammer, Norway
Start Time: Women 8:00 CET/Men 7:45 CET

Reistadøpet – Ski Classics Pro Tour 13
Date: April 1, 2023
Distance: 40km Classic Technique
Place: Setermoen-Bardufoss, Norway
Start Time: Women 10:00 CET/Men 10:30 CET

Summit 2 Senja – Ski Classics Pro Tour 14
Date: April 2, 2023
Distance: 67km Classic Technique
Place: Bardufoss-Finnsnes, Norway
Start Time: Women 8:05 CET/Men 8:00 CET

More info about the Ski Classics Pro Tour you can find at skiclassics.com.

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