2 times Sweden - Johansson and Svensson wins Chinese tour
2009-1-2 There was a double swedish victory today when Adam Johansson and Therese Svensson became the overall winners of Tour de Ski China.Swedish skier Adam Johansson claimed the total victory in Tour de Ski China 2009-10 on the men’s side. Having won the sprint of the 2nd Stage and taking a 3rd position in the first, Adam could afford to be placed 26th in today’s Vasaloppet and stil...[More]
Total standings after 2 stages in Tour de Ski China
2009-12-31Tour de Ski China 2009-10Total standings after 2 stages completedMEN
Rank
FIS
code
Name
Nation
Stage
1
Stage
2
Stage
3
TOTAL
1
3500317
JOHANSSON
Adam
SWE
60
100
160
2
3420159
DAMMEN
Kjetil Hagtvedt
NOR
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Double Sweden – Anna and Adam took first positions in China
2009-12-31 When Tour de ski China
continued during Tuesday 29th, Swedish skiers again took many top positions. With
a strong and convincing performance, Anna Simberg, from Bore won the women’s
sprint final ahead of Therese Svensson, from Jarpen. The men’s sprint also saw
Swedes on the podium where Adam Johansson claimed victory just ahead of Gustav
Hall, both from Club IFK Mora.
With...[More]
Swedish skiers in the top in Xiwuqi Sprint
2009-12-29It
seems that today was the day of the 80s generation skiers in the men’s sprint
in Xiwuqi. With Swedish Adam Johansson taking the 1st place,
followed by Gustav Hall (SWE), Remi Damevin (FRA) and Johan Edin (SWE), all
four top skiers on today’s podium was born 85 or later, leaving more senior
skiers like Anders Hogberg and Peter Larsson behind in the small final.
The
2nd stage o...[More]
Dammen and Seppas winners in 1st stage of Tour de Ski China 09-10
The first stage of the 3rd Tour de Ski China was held today in sunny weather and about
15 minus degrees at Xiwuqi, Inner Mongolia.
One Norwegian - Kjetil Hagvedt Dammen - managed to beat three Swedish skiers to
the first podium place in the men’s mass start which was set to 5.7km. Last
years Tour winner Anders Hoegberg came 2nd followed by Adam Johansson and
Bjoern Gund. Best Chinese was Ta...[More]
Maria Rydqvist and Peter Larsson to Tour de Ski China
With about three weeks to go to the 3rd
Tour de Ski China, there are
skiers from Sweden, Norway, Denmark,
France, Switzerland,
China etc confirmed to take part. One of them is Maria Rydqvist who is new to
the Tour in China.
Maria is a well merited skier with two wins in the Swedish National
Championships and 4 top 30 positions in Tour de Ski among other merits Her best World Cup finish was third i...[More]
Program ready for 3rd Tour de Ski China
2009-10-18
On Saturday December 26th, skiers set out from Europe for competitions in Tour de Ski China. They will be on a 9 days trip with 3 days of varied cross country races where they will not only compete with each other, but also with the ever improving skiers in Chinas National Ski Team.
All in all there will be some 100 athletes, coaches, waxing staff, leaders and referees on the to...[More]
Xiwuqi signs a 5 year contract for Tour de Ski China
Xiwuqi City in Inner Mongolia has hosted the first stages of Tour de Ski China ever since the start in 2008, apparently a good turnout for them since a new 5-year contract was signed by Xiwuqi Government and Nordic Ways on October 17th in the town hall. The contract runs 2010-2014 and lays a firm ground for the continuing development of the tour.
Last year, Xiwuqi hosted ...[More]
Summary of Tour de Ski China 08/09
Around New Year of 2009, the 2nd Tour de Ski China was successfully held in 3 cities around China. The skiers endured a temperature of minus 18 degrees centigrade on the first day of competition in Xiwuqi, a 50 km long Chinese Vasaloppet in Changchun and a sprint final at 3200 m above sea level at the newly constructed Ski resort in Shangri-la.
The 2nd Tour de Ski China had over 100 partic...[More]
