11. October 2024

The date for Styrkeprøven 2025 will be 14. – June 15. We have previously announced that our wish was to arrange Styrkeprøven 2025 during the weekend of June 21-22. We applied to the Norwegian Public Roads Administration for approval of this third full weekend in June, which together with the fourth weekend in June has...

30. August 2024

See https://styrkeproven.no/dato-for-styrkeproven-2025/ for updated info on the date for Styrkeprøven in 2025. Below is the text from the case we posted on August 30, 2024. – – – – – – – – – – We would like to arrange the touring race Styrkeprøven on the weekend of June 20-22 next year. Historically, Styrkeprøven has...

11. June 2024

In just a few days’ time, the longest bike ride of the year from Trondheim to Oslo will take place. There’s excitement in the body right now and my thoughts are spinning around both the weather forecast and a new mountain pass in the distance. The big question now is what to wear from the...

5. June 2024

Ill: Facsimile from the FB group Norway along 2024 This year, five fit guys from the Førde region are cycling the length of Norway from the North Cape to Lindesnes, a distance of almost 2,700 km. They plan to spend 10 days on the trip from Nordkapp to Lindesnes. The longest day’s stage will be...

31. May 2024

It’s almost a fortnight until Styrkeprøven 2024. The first version of this year’s race manual is available here. For the distance from Trondheim, it looks like there will be just under 600 registered participants this year, while we estimate that there will be around 700 participants from Lillehammer and perhaps up to 150 participants from...

15. May 2024

Today, the Norwegian Public Roads Administration has confirmed in a letter to Styrkeprøven AS that the basis for withdrawing the permit to organize the tour race Styrkeprøven in June was incorrect and that the event therefore still has a permit. Now it’s back to full speed ahead with the planning of Styrkeprøven. The Norwegian Public...

12. May 2024

Styrkeprøven believes there is no basis for withdrawing the permit since this decision is based on a bug in the software we are required to use, but the Norwegian Public Roads Administration would not do anything about this after the withdrawal was sent to us by letter. Therefore, the case must now be appealed to...

25. March 2024

We have now received the necessary permits from the Norwegian Public Roads Administration to organize the races included in Styrkeprøven 2024, i.e. starting from Trondheim, Lillehammer and Eidsvoll with the finish at Grorud in Oslo. The rides are arranged 15. – June 16. With that, we can welcome the Styrkeprøven for 55. time since 1967!...

22. March 2024

Riders on their way over the mountain