A good day for the Russian team in Toblach!
Dec 31, 2019·Cross-Country
For the 10th time, the Italian town of Toblach hosts the World Cup family during the Coop FIS Cross-Country Tour de Ski performance by Le Gruyère AOP. The third stage of the Tour included first the 15km of the men where the Russian team showed an incredible dominance by sweeping all 3 podium spots and additionally placing another 3 athletes in the top ten.
For Sergey Ustiugov, the reclaiming of the yellow Tour leader BIB did not matter so much. He was much prouder and released that he was able to ski an outstanding performance by winning +22.6 sec ahead of his team colleagues because very special guests were cheering for him besides the race course. "I am just really glad to win today because my mother and my first coach are here and they cheered for me during the race, which helped me a lot. They came here to support me and I am happy that I can give them this victory as a present. Today it is really cool to have this triple podium of the Russians and I would like to thank all the fans that support us along the course. They seem to get more and more during the Tour! So it's cool that they all are watching Cross-Country skiing and cheer for our team," Ustiugov said shortly after his victory.
The Swede Calle Halfvarsson would have deserved a spot on the podium as he skied a well structured race during the 15km F. At the finish line however, he lost the spot on the podium by only just 0.6 seconds to Alexander Bolshunov who celebrates his birthday today.
Johannes Høsflot Klæbo leads the point standing 23 points ahead of Federico Pellegrino.
The starting order of the 4th stage on the 1st of January 2020 will be according the results of todays competition.
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