March 16, 2017 (Toronto, ON) – We apologize for the delay and are excited to present the winners and final standings of the SkiTrax FIS Fantasy Lahti 2017 Contest following the Men’s 50km F where Canada’s Alex Harvey brought the house down with “the greatest race of his life” for his first individual gold medal at Worlds and Canada’s as well here. In the women’s 30km F the USA’s Jessie Diggins skied to a career-best stellar 5th place finish here.
In the contest standings Chip off the old Toblach wins with 285 points to claim the Grand Prize of 3-nights @ Delta Whistler Village Suites w/passes to Lost Lake and Ski Callaghan, $200 dining, Scandinave Spa (value $1,690). In second place it’s Cole + Dahria with 270 points taking home a pair of Salomon S-Lab Skate Pro/Skate Boots (value $500), while team skeila finished third with 265 points winning a cool Bjorn Daehlie Raw Jacket – men’s or women’s (value $499) – the complete list of winners is below.
Honourable mention goes out to Istanbul Champions who earned the most points but is not eligible to win prizes being based in Istanbul, Turkey. Ski ohoi from Norway was seventh overall and RED2017MIX from Russia was 9th.
Pls view the full contest final standings HERE.
Thanks to all contestants and all of our great sponsors including Tourism Whistler, Salomon, Bjorn Daehlie, Supercamp, Marwe, Cross Country Canada, USSA, One Way, and High Peaks Cyclery.
SkiTrax FIS Fantasy Lahti 2017 Contest Prize Winners
Chip off the old Toblach – Eric Ward – Montgomery, AL
* 1st Prize – Whistler Nordic Experience – 3-nights @ Delta Whistler Village Suites w/passes to Lost Lake and Ski Callaghan, $200 dining, Scandinave Spa (value $1,690)
Cole + Dahria – Chris mallory – Ketchum, ID
* 2nd Prize – Salomon S-Lab Skate Pro/Skate Boots (value $500)
skeila – Sheila Kealey – Ottawa, ON
* 3rd Prize – Bjorn Daehlie Raw Jacket – men’s or women’s (value $499)
Leans on Poles– Robert Bradlee – Reading, MA
* 4th Prize – Supercamp 2.5-day weekend camp w/coaching, lunches, trail passes etc. (value $445)
vinceruel – Vincent Ruel – Charney, QC
* 5th Prize – Marwe 610c Roller Skis (value $349)
Skeeters Team – Skeets Morel – Vancouver, BC
* 6th Prize – CCC High Sierra Rolling Duffle Bag (value $250)
tnt – Dan Streubel – Driggs, ID
* 7th Prize – One Way 9Max Ski Poles – 100% Carbon (value $199)
Geo – George Smith – Calgary, AB
* 8th Prize – Craft USSA training jacket – men’s or women’s (value $180)
Skierandrew35 – Andrew Meyer – Bozeman, MT
* 9th Prize – High Peaks Cyclery Ski Care w/Stone Grind, Hot Box, Hardening, Race Prep (value $150)
Team Montana – Todd McDowell – Bozeman, MT
* 10th Prize – SkiTrax Poor-boy hat (value $25)
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