World Cup

The 2006-2007 World Cup schedule is still in the planning stage. See what it can end up looking like here! Source: Langrenn.com The sprint World Cup will again be in Düsseldorf, Germany while the distance Cup will start in Gallivare, Sweden. Here is what it might look like for the 2006-2007 season Period 1 October 28. 2006 Düsseldorf GER Sprint Freestyle October 29. 2006 Düsseldorf GER Sprint relay Freestyle November 18. 2006 Gällivare SWE 10...

Tour de Ski will start in 2007. The winner after eight hard competitions in ten days will take home US $125,000 and 400 World Cup points. Source: Langrenn.com The international ski president Gianfranco Kaspar is telling Eurosport that he is 90% sure that the Tour will be approved, even if the final decision won’t happen before November 7. The first competition will according to the plan be held in Munich, Germany on December 29, 2006,...

The Swedish first team of Thobias Fredriksson and Bjorn Lind was second in the sprint World Cup relay in Düsseldorf on Sunday. They skied a good race tactically and Bjorn Lind tried to crush the competition by skiing all out the entire last lap. Source: Skidsport.com — I would have liked to have him (Kjolstad) in front of me on the backside of the course where the headwind was strongest, but I was in front...

Johan Kjolstad disappointed in the individual World Cup sprint on Saturday. On Sunday he sprinted Norway’s second team to victory in the sprint relay.

Düsseldorf, GER—Canada’s top nordic skiers got their feet wet — literally — while sprinting along the banks of the Rhine in their opening World Cup cross-country skiing sprint event of the season Saturday in Düsseldorf, Germany. With a goal of measuring where they stand against the world’s best at this time of year, the five Canadians who hit the start line for the sprint event should have exchanged their race suits for wet suits as...

The Norwegian sprint coach Morten Aune was very happy with Saturday’s prolog, but felt that lack of decisiveness and a little heavy legs prevented better results for his sprinters.

The first women’s semifinal heat starts 9.43 AM Central European time. Canada’s team of Chandra Crawford and Sara Renner starts in the second heat at 10.01 AM The first men’s heat starts at 10.18 AM. Canada’s team of Devon Kershaw and George Gray is in the second heat. Start time it listed at 10.18, but it could be 10.43. Live results will be available online at:

Once again, a huge thankyou to Andre Watt for bringing us these live action shots straight from the Dusseldorf World Cup. Early break by Norway 1 in the men's race speed waxing

Norway’s first team won ahead of their second team in the women’s World Cup sprint relay in Düsseldorf, Germany on Sunday. Russia was third. Hilde G. Pedersen and Marit Bjorgen skied on Norway’s winning team and Ella Gjomle and Guro Strom Sollie skied on their second team. The Swedish team was unlucky when their skier fell on the first lap. The Canadian team did not advance to the finale and placed 15th. Source: Langrenn.com Results:...

The Norwegian second team won ahead of Sweden in Sundays World Cup freestyle sprint relay in Düsseldorf, Germany. Johan Kjolstad and Trond Iversen edgde out Sweden’s Thobias Fredriksson and Bjorn Lind and Norway’s first team with Eldar Ronning and Tor Arne Hetland for the victory. Canada’s team did not race. Source: Langrenn.com 1 NORGE II NOR 18:19.5 2 SWEDEN I SWE 18:19.6 3 NORGE I NOR 18:20.0 4 GERMANY I GER 18:21.2 5 GERMANY II...

Norway, Norway, Norway:: Today was without a doubt Norway´s day. In the women´s relay, the combination of veteran skier, Hilde Pedersen, and ski queen, Marit Bjoergen, easily mantained control through out the entire final, with Bjoergen putting down the hammer a few times and creating sizeable gaps. It seems as though Bjoergen is skiing at a completly different level than the rest of the women´s field. She is simply stronger and technically much more stabile....

Five Canadian will be in action Saturday morning in the World Cup sprint opener in Düsseldorf Germany. Live results will probably be available online at:

Marit Bjorgen of Norway was fastest in the Women’s prologue in the sprint World Cup opener in Düsseldorf, Germany on Saturday. No Canadians qualified for the second round. Complete Results:

Huge thanks to Andre Watt for bringing us these photos straight from the World Cup. World Cup skiers warm up on the manmade loop in downtown Dusseldorf Olympic Gold Medalist Tor Arne Hetland (2nd place today) Peter Larsson, perennial Dusseldorf winner Thobias Fredriksson Bjoergen at the finish

Bjorn Lind of Sweden was fastest in the men’s World Cup sprint qualification in Düsseldorf, Germany on Saturday. Complete results:

Marit Bjorgen of Norway won Saturdays sprint World Cup opener ahead of Kaisa Saarinen of Finland. Natalia Matveea of Russia was third and Anna Dahlberg fourth. Source: FIS Results: 1 1 1303777 BJOERGEN Marit 1980 NOR 2 3 1255665 SAARINEN Aino Kaisa 1979 FIN 3 4 3485202 MATVEEVA Natalia 1986 RUS 4 10 1237817 DAHLBERG Anna 1976 SWE 5 2 1220648 KUENZEL Claudia 1978 GER 6 8 1166037 KUITUNEN Virpi 1976 FIN 7 12 1138877...

Sweden’s Peter Larsson won Saturdays sprint World Cup opener for the fourth time in a row! Lasson accelerated at the halfway point in the final and got a gap to Tor Arne Hetland of Norway. Larsson held on to the finish line. It was a very good day for Sweden with Thobias Fredriksson in third and Fredrik Ostberg in fourth. Bjorn Lind won the B-final Source: Skidsport.com/Glid Results: Source FIS – Rain and temperatures of...

The sprint competition at the 2007 World Championship will take place indoor. The opening ceremony and the sprint competition in Sapporo, Japan at the 2007 Worlds will take place indoor. The organizers is promising a 1.2-kilometer loop rolling course at the Sapporo Dome with a spectator capacity of 30,000 Editor’s note: John Aalberg who successfully organized the Nordic events at the 2002 Olympics is involved in Sapporo’s trail design. Source: Skidsport.com

Gallivare, Sweden is a hot candidate to organize the World Cup premiere next season. Source: Skidsport.com/Glid Gallivare took over Ostersunds World Cup races last season when warm weather caused problems. The races were very successful and the town will most likely get to organize World Cup races in the middle of November next season. – It’s correct that there is a finished schedule suggestion at FIS that includes Gallivare, but the decision will not be...

Bjorn Lind and Lina Andersson won the Swedish skate sprint premiere in Mora on Sunday. Source: Skidsport.com/Glid The most experienced skiers were as expected best in the Swedish season opener in Mora on Sunday. Bjorn Lind won comfortably under perfect conditions the men’s race ahead of Peter Larsson. Thobias Fredriksson was third and Fredrik Bystrom was fourth. Lina Andersson won the women’s race clearly ahead of Anna Dahlberg. Anna-Karin Stromstedt was third and Ida Ingemarsdotter...