2005 December

Third World Cup victory for Angerer Tobias Angerer was the fastest races of the 30 km mass start race in Canmore. The German skier finished in a quite tight race 0,5 seconds ahead of 33-years-old Frode Estil from Norway. Angerer's team mate Jens Filbrich took the third position 2,0 seconds behind the winner. For the man in the yellow bib, Tobias Angerer, it was a successful trip to Canada. In four races he won 2...

Photos by Karl Saidla

Germany's Tobias Angerer followed up on his recent victory in the 30km pursuit in Vernon by winning today's 30km classic mass-start race a half second ahead of Norwegian Frode Estil. It was a 3-man battle at the finish with German Jens Filbrich taking the bronze spot. Kris Freeman in Thursday's 15km Photos and more details will be coming shortly. In addition, you can check out quite a few pictures from today's races at ESPN:

Beckie Scott showed a level of dominance that has arguably never been seen before from a Canadian, or for that matter from a North American woman. This morning was cold and crisp, with sunny skies and the temperature hovering around —17C. Beckie Scott charged to the front almost immediately and had the field strung out by about the 3km mark. The only women who put up a serious threat were Julija Tchepalova and Olga Rotcheva,...

Canadian Beckie Scott continues to rock the ski world, winning today's World Cup 15km mass-start classic race in front of a huge, loud home crowd in Canmore, AB. Scott is now ranked third in the overall World Cup, despite staying home from the early season World Cup races in Europe. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=skiing&id=2263707 ESPN photos of the men's and women's races –

Karl Saidla races for XC Ottawa

Here are a bunch more photos from yesterday's World Cup at the newly upgraded race venue in Canmore. The race was won by Italian veteran Pietro Piller Cottrer, who also took gold in the same same event in last year's World Championships. Once again there were several great results by North Americans. (Full results here: Canadian Fans Dan Roycroft and Rene Sommerfeldt Ivan Babikov (4th) Karl Saidla Tobias Angerer (3rd) Ivan Babikov (#32) Pietro Piller...

Evi Ssachenbacher Stehle Julija Tchepalova Lina Andersson Sara Renner Beckie Post-Race Ivan Babikov Post-race Women's Podium

Photos by Torbjorn Karlsen James Southam Kris Freeman Tore Ruud Hofstad Axel Teichmann Tobias Angerer Carl Swenson Andrew Johnson Teichmann

Karl Saidla & Megan McTavish skis for XC Ottawa

Pietro Piller Cottrer won the 15K free technique race in Canmore today, leading the split times from start to finish. Vincent Vittoz was second, and Tobias Angerer was third. Ivan Babikov, who is skiing for his native Russia, but now lives in Canada, finished a very impressive 4th, narrowly missing a podium spot. George Grey had the top North American finish in 16th. Grey started conservatively and was 41st after 1.6K but he got faster...

Julija Tchepalova and Beckie Scott waged a two-woman battle on the trails of Canmore today. Julija, starting last in the 53 person field, earned a small lead early on in the individual start free technique race and managed to hold Beckie off to win by 14 seconds. Everyone else was over a minute behind. Sara Renner finished 12th. Sarah Konrad had the top American finish, scoring World Cup points in 23rd place. Full report coming...

>Karl Saidla races for XC Ottawa Today I got a thorough look at the courses that will be used for the Canmore World Cups. Loosely each loop could be described as climbing a small mountain and then coming back down. I have described them in more detail below. I have also attached some pictures of people training and testing skis today. To get an idea of where the race courses are located, imagine that you...