April 23, 2017 – The Czech Republic’s best cross-country skier, Lukas Bauer, already announced before the start of this season that it would be his last. Bauer competed at five Olympic Winter Games, 11 World Championships and 19 World Cup seasons. During his long career Bauer won 18 World Cups, two silver FIS World Championship medals and three Olympic Winter Games medals. In 2008 and 2010, Bauer won the FIS Tour de Ski and secured the overall FIS World Cup title during the 2007/08 season. Watch a video of Bauer’s career here.