NORWEGIAN CROSS COUNTRY STAR ANDREAS NYGAARD has decided to board a plane to Iceland and ski the 2026 version of Fossavatnsgangan on April 18. It is an absolute pleasure for us to welcome one of the best long-distance skiers in the world and the most successful male athlete in the history of the Ski Classics series. As many of our readers will know, the Ski Classics is what we could call the long-distance world cup, consisting of some of the most prestigious cross country ski races on the planet, including Vasaloppet in Sweden, Birkebeinerrennet in Norway and Marcialonga in Italy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Andreas Nygaard, who is now 35 years old, was signed as a professional skier by Team Centric (now Team Ragde Charge) in 2014 after finishing sixth in Vasaloppet, despite stopping on the way to search for his ski googles that he lost (being a poor med student at the time, he really could not afford to lose those googles). After successfully finding the googles, he slowly caught the front group again and finished sixth. As the story goes, this earned him his first pro contract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ever since, Andreas Nygaard has been a major force in the world of long-distance skiing, winning the Vasaloppet twice, Birkebeinerrennet five times, Marcialonga once, plus numerous other major races. Three times he has taken home the yellow bib, the overall points competition of Ski Classics, and two times the green bib, the Ski Classics sprint competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier this year, the Norwegian sports magazine Kondis featured a long article on Andreas Nygaard, where the journalist described him as someone who has \u201emoved boarders, broken records and redefined a whole sport ... the most successful male skier in the history of Ski Classics\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We are looking forward to seeing Andreas on the starting line and hope you will be there with him. Registration is still open!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After a relatively snow-light winter at first, snow has come in considerable amounts. The Fossavatnsgangan has never been canceled due to a lack of snow, and it's not looking like that will happen this year either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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