Ahead of Cykelvasan 90 2025 – news, facts and trivia

The prestigious Cykelvasan 90 starts on Saturday, August 9, at the classic Vasaloppet start time of 08:00 – at the equally classic Vasaloppet start location in Sälen. The largest mountain bike race in the Nordics is open to both elite and recreational cyclists and will be broadcast live by Sveriges Television on SVT1 and SVT Play from 07:50 to 12:00. Recreational participants can then be followed throughout the day on Vasaloppet.TV. Here is everything you need to know to follow Cykelvasan 90.

At present, more than 14,000 cyclists are registered for one of the weekend bike races, all of which finish in Mora:
Friday, August 8: Ungdomscykelvasan, 32 km, start Oxberg 08:00 (competition)
Friday, August 8: Cykelvasan 30, 32 km, start Oxberg 09:00 (leisure)
Friday, August 8: Cykelvasan Öppet Spår, 95 km, start Sälen 10:55 (leisure)
Friday, August 8: Cykelvasan 45, 45 km, start Oxberg 11:00 (leisure)
Saturday, August 9: Cykelvasan 90, 95 km, start Sälen 08:00/09:00/09:15 (competition/leisure)

You can register for all races right up to the start.
https://www.vasaloppet.se/en/summer/registration

The Vasaloppet Bike Festival takes place throughout the week in Sälen and, as a festive opening to the weekend, Cykelvasasprinten 2025 will be held on Thursday, August 7, from 15:30 to 16:35. Cykelvasasprinten is a showcase on Valleberget at Experiumtorget in Lindvallen; a fast-paced and exciting sprint competition! Watch top cyclists from multiple Nordic countries compete for a prize pool of 20,000 SEK.

In addition to the races above, events are also held for children aged 3–10:
Barnens Vasalopp Cykel in Sälen on Thursday, August 7, and Friday, August 8, at Vasaloppet Bike Expo in Lindvallen.
Barnens Vasalopp Cykel in Mora on Saturday, August 9, from Mora Ishall to the Vasaloppet finish line.
https://www.vasaloppet.se/en/about-us/barnens-vasalopp/#salen-cykel

Vasaloppet’s Summer Week continues with running on August 15–16, featuring the individual races Funkisvasan, Trailvasan 10, Trailvasan 30, Ultravasan 45, Ultravasan 90, and the team relay Vasastafetten. Running events for children will also be held.

Hemmavasan Cykel 2025
Hemmavasan is a complement to Vasaloppet’s Summer Week 2025. During the same period that races take place between Sälen and Mora – Friday, August 8 through Saturday, August 16 – participants can complete recreational cycling and running races at any location in Sweden, or around the world, in the digital Vasaloppet Arena.
https://www.vasaloppet.se/en/hemmavasan-cykel

Counties and nations 2025
All counties in Sweden have registered participants in Cykelvasan 2025. Here are the counties with the most participants:
Västra Götaland – 2,223 participants
Stockholm – 1,852
Dalarna – 1,350
Skåne – 722
Uppsala – 701
Östergötland – 669
Gävleborg – 665
Västmanland – 657
Jönköping – 629
Örebro – 600
Södermanland – 533
Värmland – 516

The various Cykelvasan races in 2025 have participants from 36 nations, including Sweden. The largest countries (besides Sweden) are Norway, Finland, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, France, and Switzerland.

Participants in Cykelvasan 2025 range in age from 7 to 86 years! The average age is 44.0. Combined, they have signed up to cycle 1,098,958 km, equivalent of 27 laps around the Earth.
(County, nation, and age statistics as of Monday, August 4, 2025.)

35 participants who have taken part in all 16 years of Cykelvasan 90 (including Hemmavasan) have also registered this year.

CYKELVASAN 90 – SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 2025
Cykelvasan 90 starts at the Vasaloppet start in Sälen and passes all the classic Vasaloppet checkpoints. The total 95 kilometres run on forest roads and wooden walkways across marshes, through bright pine forests, past rustic summer farms and meadows down towards the finish line portal in Mora. (90 kilometres of forest road/gravel and 5 kilometres of asphalt.)

Some updates to the 2025 race:
- The start has been moved earlier this year, putting the women’s elite start at 08:00 (same time as the winter Vasaloppet). The men’s elite start is at 09:00, and recreational cyclists start in groups every five minutes, starting at 09:15.
- The first slope now has a more even surface, making it possible to have two or three equally good tracks side by side all the way to the top, with the aim of creating a fairer start.
- Cykelvasan 90 is one kilometre shorter this year, 95 km instead of 96 km, since the course now goes straight at the Risberg checkpoint.
- At Mora Ski Stadium, construction is underway on a new roller ski track, meaning that all cycling courses now follow Hedvägen toward the stadium. Instead of steep climbs and descents, participants will cycle on an easy gravel road that ends in a downhill stretch by the 3-kilometre-to-go sign.

Start list, start numbers and number bibs 2025
https://results.vasaloppet.se/2025/?lang=EN_CAP

There are around 65 competitors registered in the women's competition class, and about 325 in the men's competition class.

The top 30 women from 2024 and the top 30 men from 2024 have start numbers in 2025 corresponding to their 2024 placements.
Start numbers for elite women (green bibs): F1–F100
Start numbers for elite men (white bibs): M1–M200
Start numbers for additional men in the competition class (blue bibs): 301–1250

In the leisure class, everyone wears a blue number bib.

At the start in Sälen, a so-called master start will be applied. This means that an ATV will guide participants at a limited speed from the start area to the road crossing before the first hill. During this stretch, all cyclists must maintain their position in the line and not pass the ATV. Separate start groups for women are available in Cykelvasan 90's leisure class, for those who prefer it.

Results and app
Start lists, live results, split times, and statistics are available here:
https://media.vasaloppet.se/2025/?lang=EN_CAP
username: vasa
password: media

Follow participants in the Vasaloppet app:
https://www.vasaloppet.se/en/summer/follow

The Elite – who will win in 2025?
In 2024, Jenny Rissveds and her Danish boyfriend Simon Andreassen won the women’s and men’s classes, but neither will be on the start line this year. Nonetheless, the elite fields are incredibly strong and interesting.

Women
When the women’s elite start at 08:00, several cyclists who have recently secured top spots in Cykelvasan will be on the starting line, including former winners Amanda Bohlin (2023), Elisabeth Sveum (2019), and Hildegunn Gjertrud Hovdenak (2014 and 2018). Last year’s runner-up Lejla Njemcevic from Bosnia and Herzegovina and third-place finisher Nathalie Eklund are also registered. Clara Lundmark, who finished second in 2023, Nellie Larsson, who finished third in 2022, and Terese Andersson, fourth in 2022, are also on the list. Terese also won this year’s Swedish Championship in marathon (XCM) in July. Moa and Linn Gustafzzon placed sixth and ninth in 2024. Just to name a few…

Amanda Bohlin has won all four races she has entered in the 2025 Långloppscupen and she currently leads the overall standings among the elite women.

Men
On the men’s side, Norway, as usual, will field a very competitive group. Kristian Klevgård, who won Cykelvasan in 2021 and 2023, will be joined by Østen Midtsundstad (second in 2023), Tormod Weydahl (fifth in 2023), Jonas Amundsen, and Håvard Gjeldnes. In addition, the strong Norwegian team Huntonhardrocx will be present with Vidar Mehl, Eskil Evensen-Lie, Martin Røste Omdahl, and Emil Hasund Eid, who have all secured top placements in Cykelvasan. Emil Hasund Eid finished second both in 2018 and 2024.

Among the Swedish men already registered are Viktor Henrysson (second in 2023), Hugo Forsell (third in 2023 and sixth in 2024), and Matthias "Mr. Cykelvasan" Wengelin, who has placed in the top ten no fewer than eleven times! He also won the Swedish Championship this summer. Wengelin currently leads Långloppscupen among the male elite, having reached the podium in all five races so far. However, he has been sick this past week but hopes to recover in time.

Some other notable participants in Cykelvasan 90 2025
Christian Bauer, purchasing manager ICA Sweden, married to Pernilla Wahlgren
Torvald Bohlin, former CEO of Aftonbladet and Deputy CEO of Telia
Victoria Grann Hammarström, fitness motivator, former national team gymnast (has completed several IRONMAN races)
Peter Hammarström, coach of the HV71 Swedish Women's Hockey League team, former ice hockey player, 2 Swedish Championship titles – with HV71 in 1995 & Färjestad in 2002 (married to Victoria above)
Louis Herrey, Eurovision winner 1984
Per-Anders Johansson, former road cyclist with a Swedish Championship bronze
Staffan Larsson, Vasaloppet winner 1999
Björn Lind, former cross country skier, two time Olympic Champion in 2006
Hans Olsson, former Olympic, World Championship and World Cup downhill skier
Maria Pietilä Holmner, former alpine skier, 6 World Championship medals
Ove Rytter, journalist, author, former bodybuilder with Swedish Championship bronze

The 101st Kranskulla and 37th Kransmas
Cross-country skier Maja Heikki from Sälens IF and football player Arvid Jerkgård from IFK Mora.

Awards Ceremony
Sprint prizes (3,000 SEK) are awarded to the first cyclist in the women's and men's classes to pass the highest point of Vasaloppet, after the first uphill slope, as well as the checkpoints in Smågan, Mångsbodarna, Risberg, Oxberg, Hökberg, and Eldris. A hill prize (5,000 SEK) is awarded to the first woman and man to reach Evertsberg. To receive the sprint and hill prizes, participants must complete the race. Garlands to the winners and placement medals to the top three. Training scholarships to the top ten women and top ten men in the competition class. The 2025 first prize in both the women's and men's classes is 40,000 SEK. The total prize sum is 288,000 SEK. The awards ceremony takes place in the finish area in Mora at 14:00. (A flower ceremony for the top 3 will take place immediately after finishing.)

Sveriges Television broadcasting Cykelvasan 90 live
Saturday, August 9 from 07:50 to 12:00 on SVT1 and SVT Play. Commentator: Björn Becksmo. Expert: Emil Lindgren. The programme is broadcast in HD. Available only in Sweden.
https://www.svtplay.se/video/jmL9Jvk/cykelvasan-1/lor-9-aug

Live broadcast in Denmark, Finland and Norway
Sport Live
https://www.sport-live.dk/programoversigt
Ilta-Sanomat TV
https://www.is.fi/aihe/live
Warner Bros. Discovery, broadcasting on HBO Max and Rex
https://warnerbrosdiscovery.no

Vasaloppet.TV broadcasts all races
Vasaloppet's own streaming service also broadcasts from Cykelvasan 2025:
https://vasaloppet.tv
See the whole programme:
https://vasaloppet.tv/tv-tabla-eng

View the full activity programme for the Vasaloppet Bike Festival and Vasaloppet's Summer Week 2025 – with many fun activities
https://www.vasaloppet.se/en/programme/calendar

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HISTORIC FACTS
Results 2024
Cykelvasan 90, 96 km Sälen-Mora, women, 2024-08-10
1 Jenny Rissveds, (SWE), Falu CK, 3.06.41.1
2 Lejla Njemcevic, (BIH), Allebike Factory team, 3.11.47.7
3 Nathalie Eklund, (SWE), Roland Cycling Team, 3.15.45.4
4 Clara Lundmark, (SWE), Hess Cycling Team, 3.21.51.5
5 Amanda Bohlin, (SWE), CK Hymer, 3.21.52.5
6 Moa Gustafzzon, (SWE), Team Vostroblock Evolite Cycling, 3.21.52.5
7 Terese Andersson, (SWE), Team Serneke-Allebike, 3.21.52.8
8 Larsson, Nellie (SWE), Team Motorhalland/Bukten MTB, 3.21.53.0
9 Linn Gustafzzon, (SWE), Falun, 3.22.00.9
10 Hedda Brenningen Bjørklund, (NOR), Lillehammer Cykleklubb, 3.23.59.6

Cykelvasan 90, 96 km Sälen-Mora, men, 2024-08-10
1 Simon Andreassen, (DEN), Cannondale Factory Racing, 2.42.10.7
2 Emil Hasund Eid, (NOR), Team Hunton Hard Rocx, 2.42.13.6
3 Østen Brovold Midtsundstad, (NOR), Solør CK, 2.44.03.7
4 Martin Røste Omdahl, (NOR), Team Hunton Hard Rocx, 2.44.03.7
5 Matthias Wengelin, (SWE), Säter, 2.44.04.5
6 Hugo Forssell, (SWE) CK Hymer, 2.44.04.6
7 Eskil Evensen-Lie, (NOR), Slemdal, 2.44.05.1
8 Vidar Mehl, (NOR), Team Hunton Hard Rocx, 2.44.05.8
9 Edvin Elofsson, (SWE), Allebike Factory team, 2.44.05.9
10 Anton Olars, (SWE), Falu CK, 2.44.06.1

Footnote: The hill prizes in Evertsberg were won by Lejla Njemcevic with a time of 1.49.18 and Emil Hasund Eid 1.32.28.

All Cykelvasan winners 2009–2024, women
2009 Hanna Bergman, Falu CK, 3.09.05
2010 Emmy Thelberg, Härnösands CK, 2.54.53
2011 Pia Sundstedt, Finland, 2.56.19
2012 Jennie Stenerhag, Falu CK, 3.02.06
2013 Alexandra Engen, GHOST Factory RT/Jönköpings CK, 2.55.37
2014 Hildegunn Gjertrud Hovdenak, Norway, 2.53.44 (Record time!)
2015 Jennie Stenerhag, Falu CK, 2.57.22
2016 Jennie Stenerhag, Falu CK, 3.07.49
2017 Jennie Stenerhag, Falu CK, 3.05.26
2018 Hildegunn Gjertrud Hovdenak, Norway, 3.04.39
2019 Elisabeth Sveum, Norway, 3.08.41
2020 Cykelvasan was part of Hemmavasan. No winner was crowned.
2021 Jennie Stenerhag, Falu CK/Åbro, 3.11.23
2022 Sandra Salinger, Mix Sports Club, 3.04.00
2023 Amanda Bohlin, CK Hymer, 3.25.57
2024 Jenny Rissveds, Falu CK, 3.06.41

All Cykelvasan winners 2009–2024, men
2009 Matthias Wengelin, Cykloteket RT, 2.43.27
2010 Magnus Darvell, Team Kalas/Pedalogerna, 2.39.00 (Record time!)
2011 Jesper Dahlström, Motala AIF Cykelklubb, 2.47.32
2012 Jesper Dahlström, Team Cykelcity, 2.47.20
2013 Fredrik Ericsson, CK Cykelcity.se, 2.43.01
2014 Johan Landström, Motala AIF/SCOTT 2.45.59
2015 Alexander Wetterhall, Team Tre Berg - BIANCHI, 2.44.35
2016 Lucas Eriksson, Serneke Allebike CK, 2.40.04
2017 Jonas Ahlstrand, Team ORMSALVA, 2.41.26
2018 Michael Olsson, Team Serneke Allebike, 2.40.16
2019 Emil Lindgren, Serneke Allebike MTB TEAM, 2.48.41
2020 Cykelvasan was part of Hemmavasan. No winner was crowned.
2021 Kristian Klevgård, IK Hero, Norway, 2.45.29
2022 Emil Lindgren, Serneke Allebike CK, 2.43.00
2023 Kristian Klevgård, X-Speed United Continental team, Norway, 2.51.31
2024 Simon Andreassen, Cannondale Factory Racing, Denmark, 2.42.10

Most wins and top 3 placements
22 cyclists have taken home the 30 Cykelvasan victories since the start in 2009. Jennie Stenerhag has won five times, Hildegunn Gjertrud Hovdenak twice, Jesper Dahlström twice, Emil Lindgren twice, and Kristian Klevgård twice.

The men's class only saw Swedish victories up until 2021 when Norwegian Kristian Klevgård won. He also won in 2023. The first Danish victory came in 2024. In the women's class there have been four foreign wins (Norwegian and Finnish).

Jennie Stenerhag has been in the top 3 eight times; as for the men, Emil Lindgren has seven top 3 spots.

Emil Lindgren and Matthias Wengelin can brag that they've been in the top 10 the most: eleven times each, to be exact! On the women's side, Jennie Stenerhag and Nellie Larsson have been in the top 10 ten times.

FACTS All top ten placements in Cykelvasan 90 2009–2024 (PDF, in Swedish)
https://www.vasaloppet.se/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/2024/08/Cykelvasan_90_genom_tiderna_tio-i-topp_2024-08-28.pdf

FACTS Cykelvasan's development year by year
2009: The first ever Cykelvasan 30, Cykelvasan 45 and Cykelvasan 90. The terms "Vasaloppet Winter Week" and "Vasaloppet Summer Week" are coined. With near 2,000 participants, Cykelvasan immediately becomes Sweden's biggest mountain bike race.
2010: Cykelvasasprinten ran for the first time in Lindvallen. Barnens Vasalopp Cykel (originally called Barnens Cykelvasa) for young children has also been arranged since 2010.
2011: The start in Sälen moves from Tjärnhedens IP to the Vasaloppet start in Berga by.
2012: Ungdomscykelvasan starts, a competition for youths aged 11–16 (run on the same course as Cykelvasan 30).
2015: Cykelvasan Öppet Spår is introduced, based on the winter version of Öppet Spår.
2016: First time the women's class start in Cykelvasan 90 takes place before the men's class start (previously there was a joint start).
2017: First year the race runs completely off roads with traffic.
2018: Cykelvasan's races are distributed across three different days.
2020: Cykelvasan was part of Hemmavasan due to the pandemic.
2021: Cykelvasan 90 Elit ran while others could complete Hemmavasan Cykel.
2022: Recreational athletes back again. SVT live broadcast for the first time.
2023: The shorter races moved to Friday. New route at the start: the first uphill slope is now included, just like in winter. Ladies who wished could join their own start group in the leisure class.
2024: A cycle along the Västerdalälven river is introduced after the start in Sälen, before the first hill. 200,000 cyclists finish.
2025: New start times, and a new route in Risberg makes Cykelvasan 90 and Cykelvasan Öppet Spår one kilometre shorter (95 km)

Official Police & Firefighter Swedish Championship in MTB Marathon 2024
In connection with Cykelvasan 90, the Swedish championship for police officers and firefighters will also take place. There are five classes for men and five for women, all starting together in the leisure class start group 7. The awards ceremony will be held at 15:00 at the Vasaloppet finish line.

Vasaloppstrippeln x 3
Vasaloppstrippeln means completing three different types of Vasaloppet during one and the same calendar year. The participant skis in Vasaloppet's Winter Week and runs and cycles the same distance in Vasaloppet's Summer Week in August. The distances are 90, 45 or 30 kilometres.

2026
Registration for Cykelvasan 2026 and other Summer Week 2026 races opens with an "early bird discount" from Wednesday, August 6, 2025 at 13:00 through August 27, 2025, on Vasaloppet's website www.vasaloppet.se/en

Start lists, results, statistics and media reports
At media.vasaloppet.se you can get start and results lists from all races, and follow skiers live. Login required.
https://media.vasaloppet.se/2025/?lang=EN_CAP
Username: vasa
Password: media

For regional results:
Choose ”Reports” at https://media.vasaloppet.se/2025/?lang=EN_CAPThen select the race and file format. ”Resultatlista (inklusive föreningar och län)” is a complete results lists for the chosen race. You can use this to sort by county, for example.

Upcoming events in the Vasaloppet Arena

Vasaloppet’s Summer Week 2025 – biking and running
Friday, August 8, Ungdomscykelvasan, start Oxberg, 32 km
Friday, August 8, Cykelvasan 30, start Oxberg, 32 km
Friday, August 8, Cykelvasan Öppet Spår, start Sälen, 95 km
Friday, August 8, Cykelvasan 45, start Oxberg, 45 km
Saturday, August 9, Cykelvasan 90, start Sälen, 95 km
Friday, August 15, Funkisvasan, start Mora, 4 km
Friday, August 15, Trailvasan 10, start Mora, 10 km
Saturday, August 16, Ultravasan 90, start Sälen, 92 km
Saturday, August 16, Vasastafetten, running relay, ten legs, start Sälen, 92 km
Saturday, August 16, Ultravasan 45, start Oxberg, 45 km
Saturday, August 16, Trailvasan 30, start Oxberg, 30 km

Vasaloppet's Winter Week 2026 and the 102nd Vasaloppet – cross country skiing
Friday, February 20, Vasaloppet 30, start Oxberg, 30 km
Saturday, February 21, Tjejvasan, start Oxberg, 30 km
Sunday, February 22, Öppet Spår Sunday, start Sälen, 90 km
Sunday, February 22, Ungdomsvasan, start Eldris, 9 km, start Hökberg, 19 km
Monday, February 23, Öppet Spår Monday 90, freestyle, start Sälen, 90 km
Monday, February 23, Öppet Spår Monday 45, freestyle, start Oxberg, 45 km
Monday, February 23, Öppet Spår Monday 30, freestyle, start Oxberg, 28 km
Tuesday, February 24, Vasaloppet 45, start Oxberg, 45 km
Friday, February 27, Stafettvasan, ski relay, five sections, start Sälen, 90 km
Friday, February 27, Nattvasan 30, individually or two-person teams, freestyle, start Oxberg, 30 km
Friday, February 27, Nattvasan 45, individually or two-person teams, freestyle, start Oxberg, 45 km
Friday, February 27, Nattvasan 90, individually or two-person teams, freestyle, start Sälen, 90 km
Saturday, February 28, Vasaloppet 10, freestyle, start Eldris, 9 km
Sunday, March 1, The 102nd Vasaloppet, start Sälen, 90 km

Vasaloppstrippeln – ski, bike and run, all in one year
Vasaloppstrippeln is a challenge where you complete three races – skiing, cycling and running – during one and the same calendar year. Choose between 30, 45 or 90 kilometres.

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