CRAFT Sportswear at the Grand-Prix “Sprint Tour”

Category: Russia

From the 1st till the 5th of April in Russia will be held multi-stage cross-country competitions Grand-Prix “Sprint Tour”! In 2008 five sprint races will be held during four days in Yekaterinburg, Severouralsk, Yugorsk and Khanty-Mansyisk. 60 top skiers, among them 30 top male and 30 female athletes, will perform on tricky courses, and take part in uphill and downhill races on excitingly steep slopes! Due to assistance of the CRAFT Sportswear three Swedes, Olympic sprint champion Bjorn Lind, junior World sprint champion Robin Bryntesson and World Cup stages winner Emil Joensson will take part in these competitions.

THE PROGRAMME OF GRAND PRIX “SPRINT TOUR” COMPETITIONS 2008
- Tuesday, April 1st - 1st stage, Yekaterinburg
18.30-22.00 elimination race, classical style,
930mx4 - 2 semifinals, men; 2 semifinals, women;
930m X 6 - The finals, men; The finals, women
- Wednesday, April 2nd - 2nd stage, Severouralsk
17.00-20.00, 950m extreme sprint race, Free style. Qualification, semifinals, finals
- Thursday, April 3rd - 3rd stage, Yugorsk
20.00-22.00, 100m super sprint race, classical style. Qualification, semifinals, finals
- Saturday, April 5th - 4th stage, Khanty-Mansiysk
11.00-13.30, 1000m sprint race, free style. Qualification, semifinals, finals
- Saturday, April 5th - The Tournament Final, , Khanty-Mansiysk
18.00-19.30, 1300m (women) and 1400m (men) uphill race, free style with pursuit, men, women

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