The great Klæbo wins CT Sprint: he is the king
Simone Mocellini with a magic 3rd place at home
Weng wins, Frida Karlsson not good but still leader
Norway on top, both among women and men
Great audience and cheering today in Lago di Tesero for an enthusiastic fifth stage of Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme with the CT Sprint. Klæbo finds his fifth victory out of five and the young “Moce” (nickname for Simone Mocellini) gets a super third place, after Klæbo and Halfvarsson.
Women Tour de Ski still makes noise. Frida Karlsson stops at qualification while Lotta and Tiril Udnes Weng with Mathilde Myhrvold share the podium. Tiril Weng is the World Cup overall leader while Karlsson leads Tour the Ski overall ranking. Val di Fiemme confirms as a positive home for Scandinavia and Norway above all.
Atmosphere during finals was exciting: Klæbo controlled his energies at first for an exceptional final, thanks to his typical extraordinary materials. His fifth victory equals with Sergej Ustiugov’s in 2017. Second place for the Swedish Calle Halfvarsson and third for the “star of the day” Simone Mocellini.
Sprint is over, athletes and staff started to program the fearful 15 km CT Mass Start. Today was a beautiful day, temperatures have been below zero yesterday night, and therefore athletes were able to ski on a perfect snow.
Tomorrow, six laps of 2,5 km, a tough track with different climbs. A tactical race is possible, best athletes at the frontline followed by who saved some energy after all those races in a row.
OC counted 5000 people among the audience: grandstands were full. Tomorrow, women start at 11.45 am and men at 1.30 pm.
Press office hosted a fun moment this morning: surprise birthday party for Petter Northug organised by the OC, with cake and candles. TV2 reporter wished, while toasting, for a victory on Sunday’s Rampa con i Campioni. Bibs ready also for Dario Cologna and Peter Schlickenrieder.
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Women Sprint Classic
1 WENG Lotta Udnes NOR 3:06.04; 2 WENG Tiril Udnes NOR +0.35; 3 MYHRVOLD Mathilde NOR +0.67; 4 HENNIG Katharina GER +0.83; 5 PARMAKOSKI Krista FIN +1.29; 6 BERANOVA Tereza CZE +2.55
Men Sprint Classic
1 KLAEBO Johannes Hoesflot NOR 2:43.85; 2 HALFVARSSON Calle SWE +0.26; 3 MOCELLINI Simone ITA +0.94; 4 CHANAVAT Lucas FRA +1.23; 5 HAEGGSTROEM Johan SWE +1.41; 6 CYR Antoine CAN +2.99
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