SANDNES – “Sausage” Øystein Pettersen was third. “I feel like I am on top of my roller skiing game. Today, everything worked according to plan. I have worked a lot on the same tasks as last year, especially on technique, and it’s starting to look very good,” Bjørgen said to Norwegian television station NRK after Saturday’s race at the Blinkfestival in Sandnes.
Bjørgen has been named “the queen of Sandnes,” and with the two last victories in the southwestern town, there is no reason to change that.
However, the skier from Rognes in Trøndelag doesn’t read a lot into her dryland success. Her focus is on the World Championships in Holmenkollen in February.
Marthe Kristoffersen was second in the women’s sprint race Saturday.