September 09, 2013 – The Swix Ski Classics series will in 2014 consist of the six most prestigious ski races across Europe. The fourth season of the long distance ski championship Swix Ski Classics will start the 12th of January with Jizerská Padesatká in Czech Republic, Marcialonga on the 26th of January in Italy followed by König Ludwig Lauf the 2nd of February in Germany.

After the first three races there will be 4 weeks of a recovery and training period. Thereafter the tour continues with Vasaloppet the 2nd of March in Sweden, Birkebeinerrennet the 15th of March in Norway and the tour final at Årefjällsloppet on the 29th of March in Sweden. All races are open for professional team skiers as well as amateur skiers.

“We believe the 2013 Swix Ski Classics was successful and have decided to keep the same races the coming season of 2014. Staying with 6 races in tour we guarantee the TV audience that the best skiers will be starting in all races. However the tour is in the future open for an expansion with a pre-christmas race as well as an event in february,” says David Nilsson, CEO Swix Ski Classics.

The third seasons of Swix Ski Classics 2013 the series continued its expansion with live TV broadcast of all races to over 20 TV-channels worldwide broadcasting in 59 countries. The tour had 52.000 skiers on main race race day and over 200,000 spectators along the tracks. Stay tuned for more information about Swix Ski Classics in front of the 2014 season here.

Swix Ski Classics calendar 2014

– Event 1 Jizerska Padesatka                   Czech Republic           12th January 2014
– Event 2 Marcialonga                                Italy                              26th January 2014
– Event 3 König Ludwig Lauf                     Germany                       2nd February 2014
– Event 4 Vasaloppet                                 Sweden                        2nd  March 2014
– Event 5 Birkebeinerrennet                       Norway                        15th March 2014
– Event 6 Swix Ski Classics Final              Sweden                       29th March 2014