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VASALOPPETMEDIA GUIDE VASALOPPET’SÅK SKIDOR, CYKLA OCH WINTER SPRING I FÄDERS WEEK SPÅR 2020 2020 ERNST BILLGREN, ÄVENTYRET VASALOPPET VASALOPPET ÄR EN IDEELL VERKSAMHET SOM ÄGS AV IFK MORA OCH SÄLENS IF. EN MOTOR FÖR FOLKHÄLSA OCH FÖRENINGSLIV. Media Guide Vasaloppet’s Winter Week 2020 Welcome to the Vasaloppet Winter Week 2020 – 499 years after Gustav Vasa’s adven- ture in Dalarna. As always we start with Vasaloppet 30 (previous Kortvasan) on Friday February 21 and finishes with the 96th Vasaloppet on Sunday, March 1. It’s the eleventh year in a row that Vasaloppet’s Winter Week will attract over 55,000 registered participants. It was on January 30, 2010 that the 50,000 dream was first reached for the Winter Week and Vasaloppet can truly look back on a fantastic decade. This year the Winter and Summer Weeks have eleven races each – and besides the fully-booked Vasaloppet there are start places available in all races for those who want to participate. Contact Vasaloppet’s press service: +46 (0)250-174 76 Camilla Sandy, PR Manager Vasaloppet +46 (0)70-384 95 00 or email [email protected] Tommy Höglund, Sport Manager Vasaloppet +46 (0)250-392 65, +46 (0)70-621 63 56 or email [email protected] Eva-Lena Frick, CEO Vasaloppet +46 (0)250-392 24, +46 (0)70-820 97 27 or email [email protected] Vasaloppet’s Winter Week 2020 Friday, February 21 Vasaloppet 30 30 km, start Oxberg Saturday, February 22 Tjejvasan 30 km, start Oxberg Sunday, February 23 Öppet Spår Sunday 90 km, start Sälen Ungdomsvasan 19 km start Hökberg, 9 km start Eldris Monday, February 24 Öppet Spår Monday 90 km, Start Sälen Tuesday, February 25 Vasaloppet 45 45 km, start Oxberg Friday, February 28 Stafettvasan 90 km, relay for five-person teams, start Sälen Nattvasan 90 90 km, two-person teams, start Sälen Nattvasan 45 45 km, two-person teams, Start Oxberg Saturday, February 29 Blåbärsloppet 9 km, start Eldris Sunday, March 1 Vasaloppet 90 km, start Sälen (fully booked) 2 Practical information for media Press centre The press centre is on the bottom floor of Vasaloppet’s House, near the finish in Mora. There will be no specific press services or premises in Sälen. In the press centre we provide service in the form of phones, printers, WiFi and opportunities for short-term reservation of a limited number of private work rooms. For press inquiries please refer to press service: +46 (0)250-174 76 Opening hours Thursday, February 20 12.00–15.00 Tuesday, February 25 12.00–15.00 Friday, February 21 12.00–18.00 Thursday, February 27 12.00–15.00 Saturday, February 22 09.00–15.00 Friday, February 28 10.00–18.00 Sunday, February 23 10.00–15.00 Saturday, February 29 10.00–18.00 Monday, February 24 12.00–15.00 Sunday, March 1 07.30–21.00 Press conferences Saturday, 13.00 Awards ceremony and press conference Tjejvasan, top three, at February 22 the stage in the finish area in Mora. Saturday, 15.00 Press conference with the elite before Vasaloppet. With Visma February 29 Ski Classics at Tjärnheden, the club house of Sälen’s IF, Sälen. Sunday, 15.00 Awards ceremony and press conference Vasaloppet men and March 1 women, top three, at the stage in the finish area in Mora. Press cards, press parking and drone Press cards are distributed in the press centre to all accredited members of the media. Note that a special permit is needed for work in the finish line area. Permits are applied for in the press centre. A limited number of parking spaces for members of the media are available at the start, the checkpoints and the press centre. A special car sign is needed and can be collected along with accreditation by those who have applied for permits. If you signed up that you will be using a drone you will get separate email with more information. Please note – it is not allowed to fly a drone during the start of Tjejvasan Saturday, February 22, and Vasaloppet Sunday, March 1. Food In the press centre we offer light refreshments every day. Food vouchers for lunch in the Vasaloppet Trade Fair restaurant can be purchased for an amount of 120 Swedish crowns in Vasaloppet’s House. 3 Follow Vasaloppet Bus to the Vasaloppet start on Sunday March 1 MEDIA There is a limited number of bus seats set aside for members of the media going to the Vasaloppet start. The bus sets off, with a guide, from the bus stop on Strandgatan below Mora Hotell at 04.25. The bus leaves the start at 08.10 and arrives in Mora in good time before the first person crossing the finish line. It is estimated that the bus will be back in Mora by about 11.00. Advance booking is required, and can be made at the press centre no later than Saturday, February 29 at 10.00. PHOTOGRAPHERS Vasaloppet has a bus, with a very limited number of seats, set aside for photographers. It departs from Mora and follows the elite from the start along the track back to Mora, including the finish. Advance booking is required, and can be made at the press centre no later than Saturday, February 29 at 10.00. If you take your own car to the start A rather troublesome journey awaits those who plan to follow the elite in their own car, and we recommend setting out in good time. You must have passed Fiskarheden before 07.00 – after that the Vasaloppet road is sub- ject to one-way traffic. And then you may count on the final five kilometres to the press parking by the start taking about an hour! On the road back to Mora you will follow the track and with some luck you should be able to see the elite pass Mångsbodarna, Risberg and Evertsberg. With even more luck, and keeping a cool head, you can also make it to photogenic Hökberg. There is, howe- ver, no chance of getting both to Eldris and the elite’s finish. Another good photo tip is the Evertsberg lakes; or why not go for the entry to the Oxberg checkpoint, where the track snakes its way in over snow-covered fields. Note that there is no parking space adjacent to the Smågan and Eldris checkpoints. Finish line photography in Vasaloppet A limited number of still photographers (15–20) will have access to photo steps at the finish in connection with the elite finish in Vasaloppet. A special photo-vest is required to set foot on the photo steps, and applying for such a vest can be done in the press centre no later than Saturday, February 29 at 10.00. Media broadcasting live from the finish has access to a mixed zone for interviews. We refer other media to the stands or to a special area behind the studio building and finish line portal. Accredited members of the media must follow directions from func- tionaries! 4 Särna Vasaloppsvägen Mora–Vasaloppet start, 115 km LÖVNÄS Vasaloppet track 10 km Älvdalen Sälen Evertsberg Start Oxberg Vasaloppet start Vasaloppet road E Vasaloppet road Mora Travel tips for photographers: The start – Mångsbodarna – Evertsberg (hill prize and good parking) – Oxberg – the finish in Mora. With your press sign in plain view you can park on the press parkings by the checkpoints. There is a limited number of parking spaces. NOTE! Stopping or parking is not allowed at Smågan or Eldris without special accredi- tation. Contact Vasaloppet’s PR Manager if you wish to apply.26 During Stafettvasan, driving into Hökberg will not be possible. Malung E Interviews after the finish in Vasaloppet Interviews with the elite are primarily made by live broadcasting media in a special mixed zone. Text journalists and photographers without finish line accreditation are referred to an area behind the finish line. A joint press conference for the women and men will be held on the stage in the finish area at 15.00. After the press conference there is time for additional inter- Have you seen views and photography. our facts guide? You can find it at vasaloppet.se/faktaguide or at the press centre. (Only available in Swedish) 5 Traffic directions Vasaloppet Winter Week 2020 Overview map Sälen – Mora Recommended route from Mora to Sälen runs across Älvdalen. See detailed map of Sälen by on back. Vasaloppet 30, Tjejvasan, Vasaloppet 45 and Stafettvasan Recommended route from Sälen to the Oxberg Start is via Älvdalen/Väsavägen. See detailed map of the Sälen See detild map Start on back . STARTPLATS of the Oxberg OXBERG Start on back. STARTPLATS Recommended route from Mora to SÄLEN the Oxberg Start runs over RV70. Vasaloppsvägen is subjected to one-way traffic during Vasaloppet 30, February 21 and Tjejvasan, February 22. You may not travel: Evertsberg – Oxberg 06.00–14.00 Vasaloppsvägen is subjected to one-way traffic. Only during Vasaloppet March 1. You may not travel: Evertsberg – Fiskarheden 07.00–15.00 Oxberg – Evertsberg 08.00–16.00 Alternative route via Älvdalen/Lövnäs – follow the signs. Alternative route between Sälen and Mora during the whole Vasaloppet week. Use route E45 towards Malung, exit towards Venjan/Limedsforsen, then towards Sälen RV 66. Sälen The Sälen Start (Berga by) The Oxberg Start Entering the start place för Vasaloppet 30, Tjejvasan, Vasaloppet 45 and for parking Road crossing closed on Stafettvasan. (one-way traffic) Öppet Spår 05:00–09:00 Nattvasan 90 19:45–20:15 Stafettvasan 06:00–09:15 Vasaloppet 04:30–09:30 Route redirected via LV 1051 Exiting the start place for Vasaloppet 30, Tjejvasan, Highway 66 is closed Vasaloppet 45 and from for southbound through parking on Stafettvasan.