These are Jesper Nelin, Torstein Stenersen, Peppe Femling, Elvira Öberg, Emma Nilsson and last weekend's comet Linn Persson.

In addition, Sebastian Samuelsson has illness feelings, while Hanna Öberg is recovering from the cold, which made her stand over the competitions in Annecy last weekend.

- Sebastian felt bad during the morning, so we'll see how it goes for him. Hanna ran a first workout yesterday that felt ok, so it seems she's on her way back. Linn is a little better and hope to work out tomorrow. We take it day by day, says Johannes Lukas.

Intended as a training period before the World Cup

The illness cases mean that the riders miss valuable training during the Christmas break. The World Cup continues on January 9 in Oberhof.

- This is intended as a training period for the World Cup. So it is not perfect, but it is better if you are sick now than during the World Cup. The first priori is that everyone comes back in training as quickly as possible.

Could it be Hannah's cold that has infected other riders?

- We isolated her as best we could, we always do. In France the weather was very bad, it was cold and wet. After that, it was a long journey home that may have also affected. So it is difficult to say exactly what the diseases are due to.

The message is reminiscent of a similar situation during last year's season, when several riders in a short time had to throw in the towel due to stomach illness.