This Swiss Pro Team has two experienced athletes, Ilya Chernousov and Toni Livers. The latter won Marcialonga in 2018 and La Diagonela in 2017 while the former was a Swiss National Team member with many Olympic and World Championships participations.

The rest of the athletes were born in the latter part of the 90s and thus have many years left to ski. Lauro Brändli’s career best is his 51^st place at La Diagonela in 2020 while Andri Schlittler was 55^th and Nico Walther 58^th in the same race last winter.

The two female athletes Katerina Paul and Seraina Kaufmann do not have much experience in Visma Ski Classics. Paul, the only Austrian skier in the team, finished 24^th at Tåssåsen Criterium 63 while Kaufmann will have her long distance debut race this season. She has raced many Alpen Cup and local races in her home country.

“Our goal is to give young athletes the opportunity outside the Swiss National Team to compete at international competitions. We want our young athletes to grow step by step in the next five years to become top athletes in the tour. Furthermore, we aim to make Visma Ski Classics even more popular in Switzerland,” Markus Walser, the director, says about his team’s goals in the future.

 Pro Team Director: Markus Walser

Country: Switzerland

Ranking: 15.

Athletes: http://www.vismaskiclassics.com/pro-skiing/pro-teams/team-bsv-ibex/