Silly Season: Ødegaarden Signs Contract With Swedish Pro Team

by Leandro Lutz • 24.04.2023
Thomas Ødegaarden
Thomas Ødegaarden climbed onto the podium in Ski Classics for the first time in his career during Season XIV. Now he has signed a three-year contract with a Swedish Pro Team.

Ødegaarden impressed when he finished in a solid second place at the Prato Piazza Mountain Challenge in mid-January. Only Emil Persson was stronger than the Norwegian Pro Team athlete on that day.

Ødegaarden has, in recent seasons, represented Tord Asle Gjerdalen’s team, Team XPND Fuel, but now he has signed a contract for the next three seasons with the Swedish Pro Team, Team Eksjöhus.

“I am really looking forward to becoming part of Team Eksjöhus. The people on the team are very welcoming, so I look forward to becoming part of this nice group. The team next year will be very strong. Both on the women’s side and the men’s side. So, it’s cool for a Norwegian to race for a big Swedish team. The goal next year will be to enter top positions for the team in Ski Classics,” says Ødegaarden in an Instagram post for Team Eksjöhus.

Signing a new contract, Ødegaarden becomes a teammate with, among others, Marcialonga winner Magni Smedås, Eirik Sverdrup Augdal, and Morten Eide Pedersen.

“A talented and young skier with really great capacity. Working with Thomas and being part of his journey will be incredibly nice. We think he can go very far. He is humble and has a fantastic attitude,” says Pro Team Director Espen Träldal.

Here you can find Thomas Ødegaarden’s Ski Classics results.

RESULTS
SEASONRACEDATETIMERANK
2023SUMMIT 2 SENJA2.4.20233:18:42.917
2023REISTADLØPET1.4.20231:57:37.14
2023BIRKEBEINERRENNET18.3.20232:25:33.65
2023VASALOPPET5.3.20233:43:51.830
2023GRÖNKLITT ITT19.2.20230:31:15.619
2023GRÖNKLITT CRITERIUM18.2.20231:55:19.510
2023JIZERSKÁ PADESÁTKA12.2.20232:06:03.012
2023KÖNIG LUDWIG LAUF5.2.20231:39:26.28
2023MARCIALONGA29.1.20232:50:06.025
2023PRATO PIAZZA MOUNTAIN CHALLENGE15.1.20231:38:40.22
2023PUSTERTALER SKI MARATHON14.1.20232:24:19.224
2023LA VENOSTA CRITERIUM17.12.20221:35:12.97
2023BAD GASTEIN CRITERIUM11.12.20221:38:19.555
2023KLARÄLVSLOPPET25.9.20223:28:32.733
2022YLLÄS-LEVI9.4.20223:22:34.361
2022REISTADLØPET2.4.20222:28:10.834
2022ÅREFJÄLLSLOPPET26.3.20223:08:53.038
2022VASALOPPET6.3.20223:46:44.158
2022TARTU MARATON20.2.20222:36:29.223
2022JIZERSKÁ PADESÁTKA13.2.20222:19:20.966
2022MARCIALONGA30.1.20222:54:03.317
2022LA DIAGONELA22.1.20222:27:57.942
2022LA VENOSTA TIME TRIAL15.1.20220:29:33.627
2022PRATO PIAZZA MOUNTAIN CHALLENGE9.1.20221:43:28.812
2022PUSTERTALER SKI MARATHON8.1.20222:37:19.917
2021ÅREFJÄLLSLOPPET27.3.20215:26:22.635
2021TÅSSÅSEN CRITERIUM 6421.3.20212:39:51.234
2021VÅLÅDALSRENNET20.3.20212:33:47.643
2021JIZERSKÁ PADESÁTKA14.2.20212:13:43.740
2021MARCIALONGA31.1.20213:16:09.547
2021TOBLACH-CORTINA24.1.20211:45:00.636
2021LA DIAGONELA16.1.20213:12:40.448
2020VASALOPPET1.3.20204:50:22.8111
2020JIZERSKÁ PADESÁTKA9.2.20202:11:23.250
2020MARCIALONGA26.1.20203:27:44.7134
2020VASALOPPET CHINA4.1.20202:23:35.18
2020LA VENOSTA14.12. 20191:38:36.756
2020INDIVIDUAL PROLOGUE1.12. 20191:33:25.774
2020KLARÄLVSLOPPET22.9.20193:32:17.756
2020GAUTEFALLRENNET31.8.20192:56:08.017
2019BIRKEBEINERRENNET16.3.20193:05:17.0296

Also Read: Ødegaarden Is In His Best Season So Far

The Season XIV of Ski Classics Pro Tour consisted of 14 events on 10 event weekends in 6 different countries. 

Ski Classics Pro Tour Season XIV (2022/2023)

  • Event 1: December 10, 2022 – Bad Gastein PTT, Bad Gastein, Austria, 15km
  • Event 2: December 11, 2022 – Bad Gastein Criterium, Bad Gastein, Austria, 35km
  • Event 3: December 17, 2022 – La Venosta Criterium, Val Venosta, Italy, 36km 
  • Event 4: January 14, 2023 – Pustertaler Ski Marathon, Sexten, Italy, 62km
  • Event 5: January 15, 2023 – Prato Piazza Mountain Challenge, Niederdorf, Italy, 32km
  • Event 6: January 21, 2023 – Engadin La Diagonela, Engadin Valley, Switzerland, 48km 
  • Event 7: January 29, 2023 – Marcialonga, Trentino, Italy, 70km
  • Event 8: February 12, 2023 – Jizerská50, Bedřichov, Czech Republic, 50km
  • Event 9: February 18, 2023 – Grönklitt Criterium, Orsa Grönklitt, Sweden, 50km
  • Event 10: February 19, 2023 – Grönklitt ITT, Orsa Grönklitt, Sweden, 12km
  • Event 11: March 5, 2023 – Vasaloppet, Sälen-Mora, Sweden, 90km
  • Event 12: March 18, 2023 – Birkebeinerrennet, Rena-Lillehammer, Norway, 54km
  • Event 13: April 1, 2023 – Reistadløpet, Setermoen-Bardufoss, Norway, 40km
  • Event 14: April 2, 2023 – Summit 2 Senja, Bardufoss- Finnsnes, Norway, 68km

More information about the Ski Classics Pro Tour you can find at skiclassics.com.

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