21Nov 2017 by DS News Team
Farewell To Team United Bakeries, Welcome Team Koteng

Farewell To Team United Bakeries, Welcome Team Koteng

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Team United Bakeries, one of the most recognizable names in Visma Ski Classics is no more Welcome Team Koteng that will compete in the same long distance skiing series that will kick off this week. Says John Kristian Dahl, triple winner of Vasaloppet and erstwhile Team United Bakeries (TUB) member “ We will fight for both the yellow champion bib and for winning the Pro Team competition. Individual wins in the big events such as Vasaloppet, Marcialonga and Birkebeinerrennet will be the most important goals” The new name of the team comes from a new main sponsor – and quite a sponsor it is! Ivar Koteng is a legendary property investor and manager, the guy who launched his business with several thousand Norwegian Kronas some 30 years ago and who's…
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03Nov 2017 by DS News Team
UpDated: Rollerski Mallorca And Keeping Up With World Best Skiers

UpDated: Rollerski Mallorca And Keeping Up With World Best Skiers

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UPDATE Sept. 2018 ...Kind of hard to believe, but almost a year has flown by since Team United Bakeries director Bernhard Rønning and the boss of Rollerski Mallorca, Manu Rullan came up with the idea as brilliant as it is simple: Allow amateur skiers into a professional skiing team camp. To train, live and even eat their meals together with some of the planet's best long distance skiers: Tore Bjorseth Berdal, Stian Hoelgaard, Astrid Øyre Slind, Torleif Syrstad and, of course, triple Vasaloppet winner John Kristian Dahl. Team United Bakeries had since become Team Koteng. But the idea really took off. This October Rønning & Rullan cordially invite skiers to join them on island of Mallorca again in late October for one-of-a-kind experience. And no, this is not an advertorial.…
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