From 130 to 30 – persecution of a top result in Vasaloppet

Elias Andersson from the Göhlin ski team ended the Grönklitt weekend with a eighth place in Grönklitt ITT. This is Andersson's best result in ski leaves since his debut in Vasaloppet 2021. At that time he ended in 130th place.

In 2022 he took another step forward and ended the 96th place. In 2023 he improved and secured 90th place. However, he did not take part in 2024. Elias Andersson will start his fourth vasaloppet on Sunday.

Read too: Everything you need to know before Vasaloppet Season XVI

If nothing drastic happens, the native Gnosjö will be ready at the start line tomorrow. With his last eighth place in his memory, the 25-year-old now has significantly higher ambitions.

“Before the season I said I would be very satisfied with a top 30 finish.”

But are you not a bit modest if you take your latest result into account in Grönklitt?

“No, but that's the level that I was throughout the season. Of course, the result was very good, but the race on Sunday is also several kilometers longer, ”says Andersson too long.

A lot of training

“Vasaloppet is the biggest race of the entire season, so of course I'm excited,” says Andersson.

Since Grönklitt, Andersson has been focusing on training and preparing for the 90-kilometer challenge on Sunday.

“After Grönklitt, my focus was exclusively on training. I have done a lot of training in the past two weeks and have now subsided a bit towards the end. I hope the form will be there on Sunday, ”says a calm and confident Elias Andersson.

“We also tested skis and completed many good tests before Vasaloppet. We will carry out the final tests today (Saturday), but it feels like we have everything under control, ”he concludes.

Ski -Glücks Season XVI

The Ski Classics Pro Tour relay XVI consists of 14 events on 10 event weekends in 6 countries. The season started on December 13, 2024 in Austria with the presentation of the Pro teams and will end on March 30, 2025 with the Grand Finale Summit 2 Senja in Norway.

Next is Vasaloppet on Sunday, March 2, 2025. The 90-kilometer race marks the tenth Ski Glassic Pro-Tourbühne and the third Grand Classics event from season XVI.

Vasaloppet – Ski Classics Pro Tour Event 10

• Date: Sunday, March 2, 2025
• Distance: 90 km classic technology
• Location: From halls to Mora, Sweden
• Start time: 8:00 Paths for women and men
• SC sprints: 2
  • Smågan: 11 km
  • Evertsberg: 48 km
• SC climbs: 1
• Total climb: 948 m
• Winner of the last issue: Emilie Fletten (4: 23: 06.7) and Torsleif Syrstad (3: 52: 43.7)
• Website: Vasaloppet
• SC play: Vasaloppet

You can find more information about Vasaloppet HERE And HERE

Ski Classics Pro Tour season XVI (2024/2025)

• Event 0: Friday, December 13, 2024 – KI Classics Pro Team Presentation XVI – Bad Gastein, Austria
• Event 1: Saturday, December 14, 2024 – bad Gastein ITT – Sportgastein, Austria, 7 km
• Event 2: Sunday, December 15, 2024 – bad guest criterion – Sportgastein, Austria, 36 km
• Event 3: Saturday, January 11, 2025 – 3 battlements Ski Marathon – Sexten, Italy, 60 km
• Event 4: Sunday, January 12, 2025-La Venosta ITT Kapron-Melago-Val Venosta, Italy, 11 km
• Event 5: Saturday, January 18, 2025 engraver La Diagonela-Pontresina-Zuoz, Switzerland, 43 km
• Event 6: Sunday, January 26, 2025 – Marcialonga – Trentino, Italy, 70 km
• Event 7: Sunday, February 9, 2025 – Jizerská50 – Bedřichov, Czech Republic, 50 km
• Event 8: Saturday, February 15, 2025 – Grönklittritritriten 61 – Orsa Grönklitt, Sweden, 61 km
• Event 9: Sunday, February 16, 2025 – Grönklitt ITT – Orsa Grönklitt, Sweden, 13 km
• Event 10: Sunday, March 2, 2025-VASALOPTETSASEN-MORA, Sweden, 90 km
• Event 11: Saturday, March 15, 2025-Birkbebeinennennet-Rena-Lillehammer, Norway, 54 km
• Event 12: Saturday, March 22, 2025 – Marcialonga Bodø – Bodø, Norway, 50 km
• Event 13: Saturday, March 29, 2025-Restadløpet set-Moen-Bardufoss, Norway, 46 km
• Event 14: Sunday, March 30, 2025-grand Finale Summit 2 Senja-Bardufoss-Finnsnes, Norway, 60 km

Further information on the SkiKlassiker -Pro tour can be found on skiclassics.com