Dream shattered at the last corner for the Italian. Klaebo wins over Northug and remains leader
The dream shattered at the last corner of Federico Pellegrino, fourth in the classic technique Sprint in Val di Fiemme. On the renovated track in view of the 2026 Games, the Aosta Valley native leads ahead of the Norwegian and leader of the Tour de ski, Johannes Klaebo, but is overtaken in the final straight and remains below the podium which sees Klaebo win over his compatriot and brother in art Even Northug, with the Swede Marcus Grate third at 64 hundredths, with Chicco (not helped by very fast materials) at 1″43.
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Now the double Olympic silver medalist and former Italian world champion is 8th in the Tour’s general classification, 2’54” behind leader Klaebo (2h00’55”) on the Swede Edvin Anger (1’35”) and on the other Norwegian Erik Valnes ( at 2’11″2); fourth in the general is the Austrian Mika Vermeulen at 2’24”, fifth the Norwegian Moseby at 2’25”, sixth the French Lapalus at 2’36” and seventh ahead of Chico is still a norge, Krueger, at 2’41 “. The other Italians Hellweger (11th) and Dapra (12th) were left out of the semi-finals. The words of the 34-year-old from Valle d’Aosta, who missed his second podium of the season after Lillehammer and remains third in the srint ranking: “I had a good qualifying, then a bit of luck in the quarter-finals but we did great. In the semi-final I played a bit cunning, given that they had gone slow in the first. I tried to play my cards in the final: I knew that they would pass me on the downhill and I tried to pull ahead on the uphill. We saw a competitive Federico Pellegrino and it was fun. It was important today to gather as many ideas as possible in view of next year’s Olympic Games: we will compete in February and the snow will be different, we will see if this will bring changes for the better or for the worse.”
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Among the women who won the classic Sprint was the Swiss Nadine Faendrich on the Swedish Linn Svahn with the Norwegian Heidi Wng (11 podiums in her career) third, the Finnish Jasmin Kahara below the podium, the German Gimmler fifth and the other Weng sixth, Lotta . Leading the Tour with 2 stages to go is the Norwegian Astrid Slind (2h15’59) ahead of her compatriot Therese Johaug at 8″, the Finnish Nisanen third at 29″, the outgoing holder Jessie Diggins fourth at one minute and Heidi Weng fifth at 1 ’27”. Eighth is Nicole Monsorno, who had set the second half in the qualifiers and was eliminated in the semi-finals like Caterina Ganza. In total there were 10 Italians promoted in today’s race. The two skiathlons are scheduled for Saturday, with the grand final climbing Cermis on Sunday. The 2024 winner, the Norwegian Amundsen, withdrew due to a sore throat.
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Meanwhile, as part of the 19th Tour, a federal Nordic ski center in Lago di Lago di Tesero was opened in Val di Fiemme. Present was the federal president Flavi Roda, who with the mayors of Val di Fiemme signed a letter of intent to create a structure dedicated to the federation which will be built right inside the cross-country stadium and which will start a collaboration between the Trentino valley, the Nordic Ski Fiemme and the FISI for the next twenty years.
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