From a Norwegian skier, a wall dispute to a strange monster – The pictures reveal the truth

On the opening stage of the Tour de Ski on Saturday in Toblach, a strange situation happened when the Norwegian Ansgar Evensen skied in the quarterfinals of the free sprint 1/5 to the top two with a broken right pole.

– The finish line was skied as parallel as possible and Edvin Anger a little skied on Evensen’s pole. The Norwegian finished surprisingly well with that stick, because it probably didn’t hurt much, reports Suomen, who saw the situation from the field Joni Mäki.

How were you able to ski from the quarterfinals to the finals with a broken pole, Ansgar Evensen?

– No, no, Evensen begins.

– I didn’t have any problems with the stick in the quarterfinals. It was in the semi-final, the man continues.

The pictures tell

According to the pictures and eyewitness observations, your right stick went a little above the goal line in the quarter-finals…

– I do not think so. I didn’t notice anything. I think I would have noticed if my rod had broken. In the semi-final, the pole broke on the last ascent, commented the Norwegian, who finished last in the 1/2 semi-final.

Newcomer

Evensen, 23, is this season’s Norwegian newcomer. The semi-final spot was the man’s fourth of the season.

– We have a really tough fight for national team places, so we have to use the seams perfectly. If it’s a bad race, you’re out of the World Cup, says Evensen.

In the sprint that opened the season in Ruka, the Norwegian was fifth in the final. The best finish of my career is the fourth place in the Drammen sprint from last March.

The hill froze

Joni Mäki was unable to take advantage of the Norwegian’s stick break, but ended up fifth in his quarterfinal. He was 25th in the final results.

– It was pretty hectic skiing. I should have applied for a better position on the first ascent. This is such a fast track that you would have to be in better places at the finish line if you want to succeed, Mäki commented.

The skier, who suffered from numerous illnesses in his career, has remained healthy in recent weeks.

– I hope you would be in better shape, so you could enjoy skiing. You should be able to ski more semi-final skis.

The sprint specialist is taking part in the Tour de Ski for the first time in his career.

– There are no value races this season, so nice to experience the Tour.

Are you thinking of stopping after the free sprint in Davos or were you thinking of going all the way to the end of the tour?

– Let’s see how it goes in Davos.

The second sprint of the Tour is on Wednesday next week.

Joensuu smiled

The best Finnish woman on Saturday in Toblach was Jasmi Joensuu.

– Not a disaster. Good job, not counting the final straight, Joensuu, who lost the semi-final spot in the final stretch, said with a smile.

She was in 16th place in the final results. The other Finnish women did not make it to the top 30 in the time trial.

– A place in the semi-finals was the minimum requirement. Skiing feels good and doing it was good. A familiar hymn, but the end stuck. It needs to be speeded up somehow.

Joensuu, who reached the final of the traditional sprint at the opening of the World Cup in Ruka, suffered from the corona virus at the beginning of December.

– There are no more sensations in the lungs. The biggest plus is that my health is good.

The Tour continues on Sunday with the traditional 10-kilometer timed start races.