After a period of information and discussion between Rossignol Group and team athletes under contract with Rossignol, Dynastar, Lange and Look, Rossignol Group is delighted to be able to announce that almost all of the athletes remain on-board.
The Group’s high performing products and the service provided by the racing team played a determining role in the discussions and this outcome. Rossignol Group counts itself fortunate to be continuing their partnership with the biggest names in the great “White Circus”: Jean-Baptiste Grange, Didier Defago, Ted Ligety, Christof Innerhofer, Julien Lizeroux, Werner Heel, Nadia Fanchini, Maria Pietilae-Holmner, Manuela Moelgg, Marie Marchand-Arvier… without forgetting Maria Riesch, Tina Maze, Silvan Zurbriggen, Fabienne Suter with Lange. In Canada, all Rossignol athletes decided to stay loyal to the brand: Michael Janyk, Manuel Osborne-Paradis, Jan Hudec, Jean-Philippe Roy, Brigitte Acton, Shona Rubens, Marie-Michèle Gagnon. Britt Janyk and Kelly Vanderbeek stayed with Lange.
Finnish skiers Virpi Kuitunen and Aino Kaisa Saarinen, the Italian Pietro Piller Cottrer, the Norwegian team with Eldar Roenning and Johan Kjoelstad, plus French athletes Vincent Vittoz and Roddy Darragon will stay with us to compete for those top podium positions. The Canadian biathletes Jean-Philippe Leguellec, Robin Clegg, Jaime Robb and Daïra Gaïazova in cross-country skiing will still proudly represent Rossignol on the international level.
Rossignol Group chalked up the greatest number of victories last season and is more ambitious than ever in terms of staying at this very highest level of competition and turning out outstanding champions again next season, our sights firmly set on the Vancouver Winter Olympics.
Rossignol Group sporting commitment is as resolute as ever and the technological resources that go alongside it still constitute one of the major development and growth axes for the Rossignol, Dynastar, Lange and Look brands.
We wish you all an excellent season…
See you at Sölden at the end of October for the launch of the 09/10 World Cup!
