The World Cup sprint opener was last weekend in Düsseldorf Germany. Many of the best distance specialists did not race. They were training somewhere instead and most of them were skiing.  National Teams around the World are now preparing for the regular World Cup opener at Beitostolen Norway on November 22.Â
Men’s November World Cup schedule:
22. 15 km freestyle —Beitostolen, Norway
23. 4 x 10 km relay —Beitostolen, Norway
28. 15 km classic —Kuusamo, Finland
30. 10 + 10 km skiathlon/pursuit
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Women’s November World Cup Schedule:
22. 15 km freestyle – Beitostolen
23. 4 x 5 km relay – Beitostolen
28. 10 km classic – Kuusamo
30. 5 + 5 km skiathlon/pursuit — KuusamoÂ
“We will do some extensive ski testing and continue to work on technique. We have to get used to Norwegian snow again. We get spoiled after skiing on “living-room†prepped snow in Central Europe. It’s always more uneven and different back in Norway.â€
 Some hard training is also on the agenda.
 “We will do one hard interval session early this week and do a 10 km skate time-trial on Saturday, November 8.â€
 The skiers will take a break and go home between the 9th and the 12th and meet up again at Beitostolen on Wednesday November 12.
Sorgaard views the upcoming two weeks as very important.
“The next two weeks are very important since we just came down from altitude. We will keep the volume high for a little while longer. We will reduce (the training) a little bit before the domestic races (November 14,15 and 16) at Beitostolen, one week ahead of the World Cup. After those races we’ll rest up even more and get ready for the World Cup races. Things are looking good at the momentâ€Â
How important is it to ski fast at Beitostolen?
Those races are very important. World Cup points collected now are of equal value as those captured later this season. Some skiers are always in good shape early while other needs a few more races before they can ski fast and to their potential. It will always be that way. We hope that some on our team will ski fast at Beitostolen. The goal is to make sure that everyone on the team will ski to their potential -their best this year. Some will do that early and other will do it in Davos in December
