Northug’s Next Challenges: Marcialonga and Vasaloppet

The skier everybody loves (to hate) says that he might race the 70km Marcialonga and 90km Vasaloppet in 2012. Without a major championships, these classic-technique long distance races seem like a good challenge – especially since both can be won with double-poling.If he does show up, it’ll be fascinating to see what happens. It’d be even better if other World Cup racers – men and women – came