Vasaloppet 2012 is already fully booked!

This week the number of entries for the 2012 Vasaloppet reached the registration ceiling, set at 15,800 participants. This means that Vasaloppet is once again fully booked and perhaps more popular than ever.  

14 November 2009, 25 August 2010 and 30 May 2011; this shows the development over the last three years for when Vasaloppet has been fully subscribed.  
“It’s really great that so very many have already decided to ski the classic Vasaloppet. Sad for those that didn’t manage to register in time, but the possibility to take on Öppet Spår is still there,” comments Jonas Bauer, Vasaloppet’s CEO.   

There can be several reasons why the race is full, even before there has been much hint of summer warmth. Those that didn’t manage to enter last year were quick off the mark this year. There were first class conditions during the whole of Vasaloppet’s 2011 Winter Week, which also gives a positive effect in that many wish to repeat their experience. 
“We thought, and indeed said so in the media, that Vasaloppet could be full just before Midsummer; but it can be that with the May salary in, many took the opportunity to register and enter before the increased entry fees from June 1,” says Jonas Bauer. 

In total for Vasaloppet’s Winter Week’s nine races 2012, there are so far of 24,500 people registered, an increase of 40 % compared with the same time last year. Among the other races, it is KortVasan and TjejVasan which so far have the most entries. Even for StafettVasan we note that many teams are out in very good time, since there were a lot of teams who were too late to register  for the 2011 race. The registration increase for StafettVasan is 200 %!

N.B. Registration of entries to the lower price is open up to & including 6 June. On account of technical problems with our website we are extending the possibility to register entries to all of our races which are not already fully booked.

Facts/ Vasaloppet 2012:
- Sunday 4 March 2012, start in Berga by at 08.00.
- 90 years jubilee (since the first race was in 1922).
- This is the 88^th Vasaloppet (cancelled 1932, 1934, 1990).
- Registered entries: 15,800.
- Direct transmission in Swedish Television & Radio, and in several other countries, including Norway and Denmark. 
- Reigning champion: Jörgen Brink, who has the chance of a third successive Vasaloppet victory. (Only “Mora-Nisse” Karlsson and Janne Stefansson have had a victory suite longer than two wins in a row.) 
- Reigning ladies champion: Jenny Hansson, who can be the first to achieve a double two years in a row (i.e. both TjejVasan and Vasaloppet).
- Is Petter Northug coming?

Forthcoming events in Vasalopps Arena:

Vasaloppets Summer Week 2011
Saturday 13 August: CykelVasan 90km (FULL), 45, 30 km. Starts Sälen, Oxberg.
Saturday 20 August: VasaStafetten 4.4-15km relay running race for teams of 10. Start Sälen.
Sunday 21 August: StavgångsVasan 3/9/19 km, for Nordic walkers. Starts Hemus, Eldris, Hökberg.

Vasaloppets Winter Week 2012: 
Friday 24 Feb: KortVasan, 30 km. Start Oxberg.
Saturday 25 Feb: TjejVasan, 30 km Start Oxberg.
Sunday 26 Feb: UngdomsVasan, 3/5/7/9 km. Start Hemus.
Sunday 26 Feb: Öppet Spår, 90 km. Start Sälen.
Monday 27 Feb: Öppet Spår, 90 km. Start Sälen.
Tuesday 28 Feb: HalvVasan, 45 km. Start Oxberg.
Friday 2 Mar: SkejtVasan, 30/45 km. Start Oxberg.
Friday 2 Mar: StafettVasan 9 km – 24 km. Start Sälen.
Sunday 4 Mar: Vasaloppet, 90 km (FULL). Start Sälen.