Thanks to her win, Kerttu Niskanen also took the lead of the Tour de Ski, 29 seconds ahead of Tuesday’s sprint winner Jessie Diggins of the USA, who was 16th today. The men’s order is led by Norwegian sprint king Johannes Hösflot Klaebo, who was fourth at fifteen.
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The best Czech runner Novák had the fifth fastest time at the first split in the 800 meters. But then he fell downhill as he stepped on the ice when he stepped on it. “I flew into the deep snow and lost some fifteen seconds. It ruined my whole race because I was thrown out of it and I got out of it in the first lap,” Novák described in a press release.
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Then, on the split times, he moved to the edge of the scoring thirty. In the end he managed to accelerate and moved to 23rd place. He was a quarter and three quarters behind Niskanen. “If the fall hadn’t occurred, I think I would be in the top 15, maybe I would have attacked the top ten,” Novak thought. “But my performance was also affected by the altitude at which I was not breathing very well. And as for the weather, the conditions were crazy. I think the spectators at the track must have had a good circus, because I thought that the hills barely we are climbing, “he added with a smile.
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The other two Czech runners did not score. Adam Fellner finished 51st and Petr Knop 80th.
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Niskanen confirmed that he is one of the best classics of today, and won by 19.3 seconds ahead of the Russian Alexander Bolshunov. His compatriot Paal Goldberg also got ahead of Klaeb.
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The 33-year-old Niskanen surprisingly finished third in her career, mainly due to a great performance at the end of the race. In the meantime, she was just second behind Ebba Andersson at 7.4 km, but she was 18.2 seconds ahead of Sweden. Russia’s Natalya Nepryevskaya finished third with a 30.5-second gap.
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Niskanen rejoiced at the first victory in the World Cup since February 2019, when she also won the classic ten in Cogne, which was her last podium.
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Petra Nováková during the 10 km freestyle race.Photo: WWTP / Pavel Lebeda
The Czech runners were in the top ten for a long time, guaranteeing points in the World Cup, but in the end they did not reach them. The Novaks were only seven tenths short, the Janats three seconds longer. The third Czech Petra Hynčicová took 73rd position. In the standings, the quarterfinalist of Tuesday’s sprint is Janatová 29th, Nováková 38th.
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“I found out that I’m seven tenths of a point from the hotel. And I have to say that I’m quite sorry, because even for my feeling it would be an encouragement that it’s getting better again. But it’s important for me. that I felt great strength during the race, and my speech was also good, “said Nováková, for whom it was probably the last start in the Tour de Ski. “We will discuss it later, but we have previously agreed with the coach that I will race in Lenzerheide and then go to high training to be ready for the World Cup in France and the Olympic Games.”
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After a day off, the Tour de Ski will continue on Friday 31 December in Oberstdorf, Germany with races with a mass start and on 1 January with classic sprints.
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| SP and Tour de Ski in cross-country skiing in Lenzerheide (Switzerland): |
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| Women & # 39; s 10 km Classic: |
| 1. Niskanenová (Fin.) 27: 04.0 |
| 2. Andersson (SWE) -18.2 |
| 3. Něprjajevová (RUS) -30.5 |
| 4. Pärmäkoskiová (FIN) -34.0 |
| 5. Karlsson (SWE) -44.6 |
| 6. Stadloberová (AUT) -45.8 |
| 7. Stupaková -48,1 |
| 8. Sorin (both Russians) -48.3 |
| 9. Matintalova (Fin.) -55.0 |
| 10. Kalvaa (NOR) -55.7 |
| … 31. Novakova -1: 39.8 |
| 33. Janatová -1: 42.8 |
| 73. Hynčicová (all CR) -4: 20.6 |
| Tour de Ski standings (after 2 of 6 stages): |
| 1. Niskanenová 29:45 |
| 2. Digginsová (USA) -29 |
| 3. Něprjajevová -35 |
| Anderssonov -48 |
| 5. Pärmäkoskiová -51 |
| 6. Lampičová (Slovenia) -52 |
| … 29. Janatová -1: 57 |
| 38. Novakova -2: 10 |
| 72. Hynčicová -4: 52. |
| SP standings (after 12 of 32 races): |
| 1. Dahlqvist (Sweden) 464 |
| Karlssonová 437 |
| 3. Digginsová 394 |
| 4. Johaug (NOR) 375 |
| 5. Brennanová (USA) 328 |
| 6. Lampičová 292 |
| … 44. Janatová 56 |
| 75. Beranová 13 |
| 96. Hynčicová 2 |
| 97. Nováková (all Czech Republic) 2 |
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| Men & # 39; s 15 km Classic: |
| 1. Niskanen (Fin.) 34: 51.7 |
| 2. Bolshunov (Russian) -19.3 |
| 3. Golberg -25,2 |
| 4. Klaebo (oba Nor.) – 34,3 |
| 5. Yakimushkin (Russian) -34.6 |
| 6. Of Fabian (It.) -54,1 |
| 7. Spikov (Rus.) -55.7 |
| 8. Valnes -59.6 |
| 9. Nyenso -1: 14,0 |
| 10. Tönseth (all Norwegians) -1: 16.1, |
| … 23. Novak -1: 43.7, |
| 51. Fellner -2:40,1, |
| 80. Knop (all CR) -4: 10.7. |
| Tour de Ski standings (after 2 of 6 stages): |
| 1. Klaebo 37: 02.6 |
| 2. Golberg -15,2 |
| 3. Niskanen -37,5 |
| 4. Bolshunov -44.0 |
| 5. Valnes -46.7 |
| 6. Jouve (Fr.) -1: 00,6, |
| … 19. Novak -2: 10.8, |
| 53. Fellner -3:18,6, |
| 80. Button -4:56.3. |
| SP standings (after 12 of 32 races): |
| 1. Klaebo 581 b. |
| 2. Jouve 343 |
| 3. Bolshunov 342 |
| 4. Usťugov (Rus.) 315 |
| 5. Valnes 311 |
| Terentěv (Rus.) 276, |
| … 15. Novák 176, |
| 61. Black 29, |
| 65. Scheller 24, |
| 79. Pechousek 16, |
| 100. Kalivoda (all CR) 7. |
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