At the end of the race, Klaebo had the most strength of the four-member leading group, which formed about four kilometers before the finish. The winner of the opening sprint from Lenzerheide won by 3.4 seconds ahead of the defending champion in the Tour Alexander Bolshunov from Russia, followed by Nor Sjur Röthe and Andrew Musgrave.
Fellner reached the finish line with a gap of 53.7 seconds and at the age of 28 he recorded the best result in his career. In the beginning, he had to deal with a collision, but paradoxically it helped him. “I went to the race with the risk that I would take a risk and try to get as far forward as possible, but right on the first hill it got complicated because they kicked my stick. So I was at the end of the package. Fortunately I got a spare stick quite quickly and it can be said that it made me healthy, and I tried to pull the loss back, “he said in a press release of the Czech Union. “Then everything went relatively smoothly, until it surprised me. I entered the season knowing that I had to earn points. It’s an encouragement,” he added.
Petr Knop was 52nd. Novák, who started as the eighteenth man in the standings, finished six places behind him. In the first third of the race, he stayed with the best in the main group, but in the second round, after losing his wand, he fell into the sixth ten, from which he could not get after accelerating the pace. Novák lost his 33rd position in the Tour, Fellner is forty-first.
Cross-country skier Michal Novák.Photo: Czech Ski and Snowboard
The Czechs were on the verge of thirty during the race, but in the end only Hynčicová scored the points, losing 51.9 seconds to the winner. Janatová reached the finish line with a gap of 1: 04.3 and is 27th in the standings of the Tour. Hynčicová, who took on a big shortfall in the second stage, is ranked 61st in the series.
Klaebo leads the shortened miniseries by 45 seconds ahead of compatriot Paal Golbergerm, Bolshunov is third with a gap of another two seconds. The excellent sprinter Diggins replaced the winner of Wednesday’s classic ten, Kertta Niskanen, who finished 22nd on Friday with a loss of 41.4 seconds. The Tour is now second in 13 seconds.
On Saturday, sprints are classic in Oberstdorf.
| SP and Tour de Ski in cross-country skiing in Oberstdorf (Germany) – freestyle start races: |
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| Men – 15 km: |
| 1. Klaebo (Nor.) 32: 26,4 |
| 2. Bolshunov (Russian) -3.4 |
| 3. Röthe (Nor.) -4,0 |
| 4. Musgrave (Brit.) -5,6 |
| 5. Of Fabian (It.) |
| 6. Halfvarsson (SWE) both -23.6 |
| 7. Parisse -25,1 |
| 8. Lapalus (oba Fr.) -27,8 |
| 9. Golberg (Nor.) -30,8 |
| 10. Yakimushkin (Russian) -35.2 |
| … |
| 26. Fellner -53,7 |
| 52. Button -1:28.5 |
| 58. Novák (all CR) -1: 49.7 |
| Tour de Ski standings (after 3 of 6 stages): |
| 1. Klaebo 1:09:28 |
| 2. Golberg -45 |
| 3. Bolshunov -47 |
| 4. Niskanen (Fin.) -1:19 |
| 5. Yakimushkin -1: 40 |
| 6. Valnes (Nor.) -1: 53, |
| … |
| 33. Novák -4: 00 |
| 41. Fellner -4:11 |
| 65. Button -6:23 |
| SP standings (after 13 of 32 races): |
| 1. Klaebo 631 b. |
| 2. Bolshunov 388 |
| 3. Jouve (Fr.) 343 |
| 4. Usugov (Rus.) 315 |
| 5. Valnes 311 |
| 6. Terentěv (Rus.) 276 |
| … |
| 15. Novák 176 |
| 64. Black 29 |
| 68. Scheller 24 |
| 80. Pechousek 16 |
| 101. Kalivoda 7 |
| 106. Fellner (all CR) 5 |
| Women – 10 km: |
| 1. Digginsová (USA) 21:30,8 |
| 2. Karlsson (SWE) -0.5 |
| 3. Sorinová (Rus.) -0.8 |
| 4. Andersson (SWE) -1.2 |
| 5. H. Wengová (Nor.) -2,6 |
| 6. Hennig (DEU) -3.5 |
| 7. Stadloberová (AUT) -4.6 |
| 8. Něprjajevová -8.0 |
| 9. Claudelová (Fr.) -12,1 |
| 10. Kalvaa (NOR) -18.5 |
| … |
| 28. Hynčicová -51.9 |
| 39. Janatová (both CR) -1: 04.3 |
| Tour de Ski standings (after 3 of 6 stages): |
| 1. Digginsová 51:44 |
| 2. Niskanenová (Fin.) -13 |
| 3. Něprjajevová -14 |
| Anderssonov -21 |
| 5. Sorinová -43 |
| 6. Pärmäkoskiová (FIN) -44 |
| … |
| 27. Janatová -2: 33 |
| 61. Hynčicová -5: 15 |
| SP standings (after 13 of 32 races): |
| Karlssonová 483 |
| 2. Dahlqvist (Sweden) 464 |
| 3. Digginsová 444 |
| 4. Johaug (NOR) 375 |
| 5. Brennanová (USA) 328 |
| 6. Lampičová (Slovenia) 306 |
| … |
| 46. Janatová 56 |
| 75. Beranová 13 |
| 90. Hynčicová 5 |
| 98. Nováková (all Czech Republic) 2 |
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