Victoria Carl confirmed her outstanding form at the Tour de Ski and finished the pursuit in Toblach in second place. However, the American Jessica Diggins could not be beaten.
Next exclamation mark from Victoria Carl. The 28-year-old cross-country skier also presented herself in world-class form on the third stage of the Tour de Ski. In the 20-kilometer pursuit in Toblach, Italy, Carl came second (+46.50 seconds) and is therefore still in the race for overall victory in the tour. She also takes second place in the rankings. The American Jessie Diggins dominated the race from the start and also defended the yellow jersey with the day’s victory. Sweden’s Linn Svahn came third (+48.20). Katharina Hennig landed in 16th place (+2:24.20).
Fight for second place
After her second place in the classic race the day before, Carl started the 22-kilometer route with just seven seconds ahead and teamed up with the Swede Linn Svahn early on to pursue the American Jessie Diggins. Katharina Henning in eighth and Carlotta Rydzek in twelfth also had good starting positions.
Diggins was able to quickly expand her lead and was already more than half a minute ahead of Carl and Svahn after the first lap. Henning was able to place herself in the second chasing group and remained within striking distance for a long time, but ultimately had to pull away.
Diggins showed no signs of weakness as the race progressed, continued to extend her lead and brought an unchallenged victory to the finish. That left Carl and Svahn fighting for second place. Carl started the attack a good two kilometers from the finish, was able to outpace Svahn and also left the group of pursuers, who were getting closer and closer, behind him. She secured the fourth podium place of her career.
Hennig in 16th place
Svahn was also able to secure a place on the podium. A hundredth separated her from her compatriot Jonna Sundling. Katharina Hennig couldn’t keep up the pace and ended up sixteenth. Pia Fink was 22nd, Lisa Lohmann (32nd), Sofie Krehl (34th) and Coletta Rydzek (42nd) ended up in the top 50.
On Tuesday there is a rest day at the Tour de Ski, on which the entourage moves on to Switzerland, where the fourth stage (freestyle sprint) and fifth stage (20 km classic pursuit) will take place in Davos on January 3rd and 4th. pending. Afterwards we head back to Italy, where there is a mass start over 15 km (classic) in Val di Fiemme and the final stage up to Alpe Cermis.