Ristomatti Hakola leaves the Tour de Ski.

Ristomatti Hakola leaves the Tour. Jussi Saarinen

Finnish skiing star Cross mat Hakola34, says he is leaving the Tour de Ski. The skier confirmed the decision with a message he published on Instagram.

Hakola describes his decision as brutal, but necessary. He says that he suffered minor illnesses after last week’s World Cup in Davos.

– A crude decision to leave the Tour home after three minutes. After the World Cup in Davos, there was a bit of illness, and the Davos camp became more and less cheerful. Now I have the flu again, so it doesn’t help to blow the game off, Hakola writes.

The story is updated.

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