Rick Halling of Atomic USA called Atomic’s International Nordic Race staff the day after the Tour de Ski. He was able to get the Director, Peter Jurich, and the Senior Technician, Roman Toferer on a conference phone. Team Atomic’s Tobias Angerer won the inaugural event. Tobias was favored to win the overall title and he followed through with consistent racing. A pleasant surprise for Team Atomic was newcomer Simen Oestensen of Norway who took third overall.
Tour de Ski: Interview With The Victors
FasterSkier · January 10, 2007
ROMAN: Ja, we had a very effective strategy. We kept it all very simple. Team Atomic would work with the wax technicians from the National teams. We would only wax a couple of pairs of skis for each athlete the night before the race.
PETER: And we keep the waxing very simple. We don’t use all them fancy powders with the bad smoke that make you cough.
ROMAN: Trond Nystad and I would go out on the tracks with different skis before the race and see what feel best.
RICK: No speed traps or glide tests?
ROMAN: No, best thing is just ski a few kilometers with different skis. Ski in the sun, ski in the shade, go up hills, go down hills, go in all conditions on the track and see which ski feels best.
