Today's World Cup premiere is thus the first competition in a short tour with three competitions. In the sprint, you can give yourself a good starting position for the two upcoming competitions.
There are also many world cup points to collect as the winner gets 50 world cups every day and the total tour winner gets 200 points.
- It is early in the season so it is important that the body works as it should and the technology works as it should. The tours are extra important this year. There are two larger and two smaller tours and they give a lot of points, says Blomquist.
In addition to the introductory tour is the classic Tour de Ski around the turn of the year, a Nordic tour in Sweden and Norway in February and a short sprint tour in North America in March.
"Don't be surprised if she goes really well"So the World Cup starts with a sprint and in normal cases Stina Nilsson would enter the competition with a favorite team, but she has been injured in the preseason.
- It is very difficult, even though she is so experienced and skilled, it is a challenge to perform in the World Cup without having made the preparations she has wanted to do. She has tested how much she can withstand this winter and has gone on a few small bangs. But she is great at coming back so I am not surprised if she goes really well.