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January 20 (Jackson, NH): GMVS coach and winner of last weekend's Tour de Rumford continued his winning ways and dominated today’s TD Banknorth White Mountain Classic. Another coach and strong finisher in last year's NENSA Marathon Series won the women's event. Lindley Van Der Linde from Holderness School earned a 7:38 victory over Trina Hosmer (Putney SC/Stowe, VT) and Alex Jospe (CSU/Newton, MA). In the men's event it was two Dartmouth Outing Club skiers, Ben...

Like much of the Nordic World this winter, the Michigan Cup race series has had a rough start, with four cancelled race weekends. There just has not been snow at the race venues. For added snow challenge, the “home snow” for daily training has been only a rare treat. Of course, rollerskiing went far into the winter season, and that gets a little stale after a time, especially after the time when we thought we’d...

A collection of videos from NENSA's Tour de Rumford races this past weekend. Saturday Classic: http://www.nensa.net/news/news_more.php?id=1817 Sunday Skate: http://www.nensa.net/news/news_more.php?id=1820

Bates College Holds On To Claim the Chummy Broomhall Cup January 14 (Rumford, ME): Over four hundred cross-country skiers from across New England arrived here on Friday excited to take advantage of the “only show in town”; they ended up getting the best show in the history of the TD Banknorth Eastern Cup. The 1.7 kilometer loop that coaches and competitors thought would be a limiting factor ended up setting the stage for action-packed racing...

January 13 (Rumford, ME): The 2-kilometers of snowmaking held up to 435 competitors in Day 2 of the TD Banknorth Tour de Rumford / Chummy Broomhall Cup Weekend. Not only did the event set records for the number of participants, but it also provided arguably the most competitive field ever assembled for an Eastern Cup. The early racers featured J2 skiers covering three laps of the Black Mountain course. Megan Killigrew (Peru, VT/Stratton Mtn School),...

A small but enthusiastic crowd of city folks turned out to watch the 100m World Record attempt held in Madison Friday night as the opening event of the 2007 Capitol Square sprints. 13 men and 2 women each had 3 attempts to set the fastest time on a very slight downhill grade down the main street in front of the capitol building. The manmade snow was fast but somewhat soft and punchy, as there was...

Comments from www.skisport.ru The Russian selection system for the Tour de Ski takes is based on three factors: World Cup results, Russian National Trials and the vote of the national team head coach. Originally the National Trials should have taken place in Krasnogorsk, near Moscow, but had to be moved North-East to Syktyvkar due to the lack of snow. The results of the Natioanal Trials were nothing short of sensational. Twenty three year old Sergey...

Frode Estil and Roger Aa. Djupvik of Norway started in 50-k pace in the recent 15-kilometer in Cogne, but came on very strong as the race progressed. See the two skiers race profiles here. – I started a little too careful. It irritates me that I wasnt more offensive, says Frode Estil, who came on very strong and finished with a good 6. place. Didnt understand that it was World Cup Another slow starter was...

Rocky Mountain Nordic announces the second season of the Colorado Cup in conjunction with RMN’s new administrative role in the cumulatively scored series of nordic ski races throughout Colorado. Rocky Mountain Nordic, a division of the United States Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA), is the Rocky Mountain region’s official governing body for cross-country, or nordic, ski racing. The Colorado Cup’s first season took place in the 2005-06 winter and resulted in a successful combination of...

Breckenridge, CO – Aspen Valley Ski Club J1 Noah Hoffman impressed many this past weekend in Breckenridge at the Rocky Mtn NRL races. Finishing 8th overall in Saturday's 10k classic, Hoffman went on to finish 3rd overall in Sunday's 10k skate, just 10 seconds behind University of Denver standout Rene Reisshauer. Reisshauer also won Saturday's Classic while CU's Maria Grevsgaard won the classic for the women and Subaru's Jana Rehemaa won Sunday's skate race. GOLD...

Bjorgen, Gjomle and Solli became the first women to double-pole the entire course in a classic sprint race. Editor's note: We are not sure if the claim of being the first women to double-pole a classic race is accurate. We assume that they mean national or international-level events that include variable terrain (not street sprints). FasterSkier.com readers, please comment below if you know about other female skiers who might have done this. All the girls...

Martin Larsson of Sweden won a 15-k classic race in Kiruna on Saturday. Andrew Newell was top American in 8th place. Andrew Johnson was 9th, Chris Cook 10th and Torin Koos 11th. Results: Men Interval Start Classical 15 km 1 LARSSON Martin 0.0 219 32:20.8 1 Arvika IS 2 FLINKFELDT David 19.6 214 32:40.4 2 Piteå Elit SK 3 KARLSSON Niklas 35.4 220 32:56.2 3 IFK Moras SK 4 KOMAMURA Shunsuke 47.1 223 33:07.9 4...



Petra Majdic of Slovenia and Peeter Kummel of Estonia won Saturday’s FIS freestyle sprint race in Muonio Results: 12.11.06 women sprint F karsinta A-final 1 MAJDIC Petra SLO 03:07,1 2 FOLLIS Arianna ITA 03:09,8 3 KOROSTELEVA Natalia RUS 03:10,1 4 SIDKO Alena RUS 03:11,8 B-final 5 ILJINA Natalja RUS 03:13,2 6 GENUIN Magda ITA 03:14,8 7 VALBUSA Sabina ITA 03:15,5 8 HENKEL Manuela GER 03:15,9 9 KOLOMINA Elena KAZ 03:16,4 10 VEDENEEVA Elena RUS 03:16,7...

Several racers double-poled the entire course in Friday’s classic sprint in Norway. The winners, Ella Gjœmle and Jens Arne Svartedal want harder courses that forces diagonal stride.

Angerer and Neumanova dominated in Muonio Katerina Neumanova and Tobias Angerer dominated Saturday’s freestyle races in Muonio. American skiers: David Chamberlain 58th and David Keefe 60th Women 10 km freestyle 1. Katerina NEUMANNOVA CZE 27.25,7 2. Kristina SMIGUN EST +29,1 3. Valentina SHEVCHENKO UKR +42,5 4. Alena SIDKO RUS +1.00,5 5. Justyna KOWALCZYK POL +1.03,3 6. Manuela HENKEL GER +1.04,6 7. Petra MAJDIC SLO +1.12,8 7. Olga SAVIALOVA RUS +1.12,8 9. Anastasia KAZAKUL RUS +1.16,6...

Jens Arne Svartedal won the classic sprint in the Norwegian opening week at Beitostœlen on Friday. Svartedal won the men’s race ahead of Eldar Rœnning and Øystein “The Sausage” Pettersen. http://www.langrenn.com/index.php?id=376150 Prolog men: Ole Einar Bjœrndalen On Saturday, biathlon skier Ole Einar Bjœrndalen was in a class by himself and crushed the Norwegian cross country elite in a 10-k freestyle race. None of the Norwegian national team skiers were close to Bjorndalen in Saturday’s race....

Ella Gjœmle beat Marit Bjorgen in Friday's sprint race at the Norwegian Opening races in Beitostolen. But Bjorgen bounced back to win both distance races on Saturday and Sunday. In the sprint, Ella Gjœmle won ahead of Marit Bjœrgen and junior skier Astrid Jacobsen. – It irritates me that I’m so slow in the start phase. I have always been a slow starter, especially in classic, but I was heavier and slower than normal, said...

Jan Egil Andresen was kicked off the Norwegian team after last season. He was 42 seconds ahead of the fastest national team skier in a 12 k skate time-trial on Sunday. – I felt good, but I still have to qualify in the Norwegian opening next weekend in order to race in the upcoming World Cup races. At this point this result doesn’t mean anything, but it’s an indication that I have done lots of...

Bjorgen again Marit Bjorgen dominated a time-trial for the Norwegian women’s team on Monday. Skofterud showed positive progress. The Norwegian women’s time did a 5+5 kilometer duathlon with individual start at GÃ¥lÃ¥ on Monday. Marit Bjœrgen won by 53 seconds ahead of Vibeke Skofterud Coach Egil Kristiansen felt that Vibeke Skofterud showed progress. – She has shown a positive trend for a while now after lots of good training. She looks to be in very...