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Kategori: About the mushers

  • FL-1200 TD Ruling Regarding Ola B. Sunde

    FL-1200 musher Ola Brennodden Sunde was ill on arrival to cp Levajok. The TD permitted his team to maintain animal welfare for his team. Ola Brennodden Sunde was ill when arriving at cp Levajok. He managed to feed and care for his dogs before entering the checkpoint facilities. Brennodden Sunde chose to take his mandatory…

  • Race status at noon, Sunday 11 March

    Here’s an update on the development in all three race classes during the past couple of hours. FL-junior: The FL-junior class of Finnmarksløpet constitutes the largest ever junior race in Norway, with 17 teams starting the race. Sadly, two teams have had to scratch from the race and there are currently 15 teams on trail.…

  • Race status on 10 March

    FL-1200: The current leaders of the FL-1200 pack have covered some 240 kilometres (150 miles) when they rest at checkpoint Jergul tonight. Ola Brennodden Sunde was the first musher to arrive in Jergul at 16:28 CET. The 28-year old then said he expected to rest here for a couple of hours. Following behind hime was…

  • Participant in Finnmarksløpet hit by snowmobile

    One of the participants in the FL-junior race was Saturday hit by a snowmobile while on-trail between Alta and Jotka. The incident happened Saturday afternoon CET. The race marshal and the reindeer police, who followed the field of junior mushers, have taken care of the participant. The participant was injured in the knee and chose…

  • When do they arrive?

    Checkpoint Approx. arrival for first musher  Alta/Start  Friday 09.mars kl. 19:00 – 20:30  Kautokeino  Saturday 10. mars kl. 05:00 – 08:00  Jergul  Saturday 10. mars kl. 16:00 – 20:00  Levajok 1  Sunday 11. mars kl. 05:00 – 09:00  Tana bru  Sunday 11. mars kl. 19:00 – 00:00  Neiden 1  Monday 12. mars kl. 07:00 –…

  • Watch Race Start Live

    While the FL-1200 race started last night (CET), we have two race classes starting today. Race start for FL-junior and FL-500 takes place from 13:00 CET onwards, and the location is downtown Alta, Finnmark County. Race start will be streamed live on our home page as well as on our Facebook page. After race start,…

  • Winner Candidates, Profiles and Rookies

    It is time to take a closer look at some of this year’s candidates. Let there be no doubt: Participants starting and finishing the Finnmark Race (‘Finnmarksløpet’) are all winners. All race classes are demanding. Participants should maintain good animal welfare while master a series of challenges before they can cross the finish line downtown Alta…

  • Live broadcast

    Finnmarkløpets showstart and official opening/FL-1200.

  • Status from Finnmarksløpet

    Status from Finnmarksløpet

    Even though the race itself is a few months ahead, exciting things happen. The deadline for enrollment in both senior classes expires on Thursday 30 November. Should you be secured space during the course, both the enrollment and the full registration fee must be dated by the last day of November. For the junior class,…