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Vasaloppet 2016 avgjordes med spännande upploppsstrider i både herr- och damklassen. Norrmannen John Kristian Dahl vann en av tidernas största klungspurter i Vasaloppet och tog sin andra seger närmast före landsmannen Stian Hoelgaard. Tjeckisk/österrikiska Katerina Smutná tog segern två sekunder före Britta Johansson Norgren.
Vasaloppet 2016 was decided with exciting final spurts in both the men's and ladies' class. Norwegian John Kristian Dahl won one of the largest group spurts in Vasaloppet history and took his second victory ahead of his compatriot Stian Hoelgaard. Czech/Austrian Katerina Smutná won the ladies' class two seconds ahead of Britta Johansson Norgren.
For the seventh year in a row, more than fifty thousand participants managed to complete their Winter Week races, and this year the total was 55,435 (including all Stafettvasan sections). Only 2,128 participants broke off their races, which is about half as many as last year. There were a total of 68,024 registered participants.
Kl 08.00 på söndag den 5 mars 2017 är det i Berga by i Sälen dags för starten för det 93:e Vasaloppet sedan premiären 1922. I år är det 100 år sedan Vasaloppets meste segrare Nils ”Mora-Nisse” Karlsson föddes och Vasaloppet uppmanar alla att åka loppet i röd mössa för att hylla skidhjälten. Vasaloppet presenterar här som vanligt en mängd intressanta historiska fakta inför loppet på söndag.
The 93rd Vasaloppet since the beginning in 1922 will start in Berga by in Sälen on Sunday March 5, 2017, at 08:00. This year marks the centennial of the birth of Nils ”Mora-Nisse” Karlsson, who won Vasaloppet more than anyone else, and Vasaloppet is asking everyone to ski the race with a red cap to honour this skiing hero. As usual Vasaloppet has collected and compiled many interesting historic fa