Climb bib favorites for Season XV
Are you curious who the favorites are for this season’s Climb bib? Dive into the action with us at ProXCskiing.com as we uncover the Climb favorites and showcase their talents on the uphill.
Climb Competition
The squared-patterned “Lumberjack” Climb bib is worn by female and male Pro Team athletes with the most current Climb points before each event. The events have 0-2 Climb checkpoints. The seven fastest women and seven fastest men split times at the Climb checkpoints will get points. The overall winner is the athlete with the most Climb points after the season in each gender.
Last season (Season XIV), the Iconic Climbs category was created to enhance interest in the climbs and reward the strongest athletes slightly more. The Iconic Climb points give 50% more points than a Category 1 Climb, 45 points instead of 30 points in the Climb competition.
For Season XV, there will be four Iconic Climbs. First was up to Cascata, the last hill to Cavalese, at Marcialonga. The second Iconic Climb was Raudfjellet, the first long hill in Birkebeinerrennet.
The hilly final part of this season’s Pro Tour promises to be challenging with the last two Iconic Climbs of the winter.
The third is the Orta climb in Reistadløpet, and finally, the new Iconic Climb for Season XV, the Magdaskaret climb, in Summit 2 Senja.
Read More: Iconic Climbs Season XV
Ahead of the final Pro Tour events, the Climb bib rests on the shoulders of Johan Hoel, Team Ragde Charge, and Emilie Fleten, Team Ramudden. Who are the favorites for the Climb overall competition Season XV on the men’s and women’s sides?
Also Read: Ski Classics Standings after Birkebeinerrennet 2024
Climb Men Favorites – Ski Classics Season XV
Ahead of Reistadløpet, Johan Hoel, Team Ragde Charge, leads the Climb competition with 151 points. Thomas Bing, eD system Silvini Team, is in close second place with 146 points, followed by Thomas Ødegaarden, Team Eksjöhus, in third with 138 points. Kasper Stadaas, Team Ragde Charge, is in fourth place with 134 points and is eager to grab more Climb points.
The battle for the Climb competition on the men’s side is fierce this winter. Hoel, Bing, Ødegaarden, and Stadaas are the biggest favorites.
These Pro Team athletes are having a good fight for the lumberjack jersey, and it will be interesting to see what these athletes can offer in the final part of Ski Classics Season XV. Who are the favorites for the Climb competition overall Season XV on the men’s side?
Climb Bib Favorites Men – Ski Classics Season XV
- Nationality: Norway
- Date of Birth: 17.12.1994
- Pro Team: Team Ragde Charge
- Climb Points: 151 points
- Likelihood to win: 4 out of 5
- Nationality: Germany
- Date of Birth: 03.04.1990
- Pro Team: eD system Silvini Team
- Climb Points: 146 points
- Likelihood to win: 4 out of 5
- Nationality: Norway
- Date of Birth: 14.12.1998
- Pro Team: Team Eksjöhus
- Climb Points: 138 points
- Likelihood to win: 3 out of 5
- Nationality: Norway
- Date of Birth: 21.02.1994
- Pro Team: Team Ragde Charge
- Climb Points: 134 points
- Likelihood to win: 3 out of 5
Climb Men – Top 10 after Birkebeinerrennet
Climb Women Favorites – Ski Classics Season XV
Ahead of Reistadløpet, Emilie Fleten, Team Ramudden, leads comfortably the Climb competition with 307 points in total and 134 points ahead of second place, with only two Iconic Climbs and a total of 90 points in the game.
Kati Roivas, Team Eksjöhus, is in second place with 173 points, followed by Ida Dahl, Team Engcon, in third with 156 points. Magni Smedås, Team Eksjöhus, is trailing behind in fourth place with 120 points.
The women’s Climb competition is intense this winter. Fleten is a dominant force on the climbs and looks promising for the remaining Pro Tour events of the season. On the other hand, Roivas, Dahl, and Smedås are fighting hard to grab some good points and guarantee a podium place in the Climb competition.
It will be interesting to see what these athletes can offer in the final part of Ski Classics Season XV. Now, who are the favorites for the Climb Podium Season XV?
Climb Bib Favorites Women – Ski Classics Season XV
- Nationality: Norway
- Date of Birth: 09.06.1992
- Pro Team: Team Ramudden
- Climb Points: 307 points
- Likelihood to win: 5 out of 5
- Nationality: Finland
- Date of Birth: 09.09.1994
- Pro Team: Team Eksjöhus
- Climb Points: 173 points
- Likelihood to podium: 4 out of 5
- Nationality: Sweden
- Date of Birth: 17.01.1996
- Pro Team: Team Engcon
- Climb Points: 156 points
- Likelihood to podium: 3 out of 5
- Nationality: Norway
- Date of Birth: 17.06.1995
- Pro Team: Team Eksjöhus
- Climb Points: 120 points
- Likelihood to podium: 2 out of 5
Climb Women – Top 10 after Birkebeinerrennet
Ski Classics Pro Tour Season XV
The Season XV of Ski Classics Pro Tour consists of 15 events on 11 event weekends in 6 different countries. The season started in Bad Gastein, Austria, on December 9, 2023, and will end in Norway with the 100km Ski Classics Grand Finale Janteloppet on April 13, 2024.
Next up is Reistadløpet on April 6 and Summit 2 Senja on April 7. The events mark the 13th and 14th Ski Classics stages of Ski Classics Season XV.
Ski Classics Pro Tour Season XV (2023/2024)
- Event 1: December 9, 2023 – Bad Gastein PTT, Austria, 13km
- Event 2: December 10, 2023 – Bad Gastein Criterium, Austria, 36km
- Event 3: December 16, 2023 – La Venosta Criterium, Italy, 37km
- Event 4: December 17, 2023 – La Venosta ITT, Italy, 10km
- Event 5: January 13, 2024 – 3 Zinnen Ski Marathon, Italy, 62km
- Event 6: January 20, 2024 – Engadin La Diagonela, Switzerland, 55km
- Event 7: January 28, 2024 – Marcialonga, Italy, 70km
Event 8: February 11, 2024 –Jizerská50, Czech Republic, 50km- Event 9: February 17, 2024 – Grönklitt Classic, Sweden, 60km
- Event 10: February 18, 2024 – Grönklitt ITT, Sweden, 13km
- Event 11: March 3, 2024 – Vasaloppet, Sweden, 90km
- Event 12: March 17, 2024 – Birkebeinerrennet, Norway, 54km
- Event 13: April 6, 2024 – Reistadløpet, Norway, 50km
- Event 14: April 7, 2024 – Summit 2 Senja, Norway, 60km
- Event 15: April 13, 2024 – Ski Classics Grand Finale – Janteloppet, Norway, 100km
More information about the Ski Classics Pro Tour can be found at skiclassics.com
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