70 skiers started this year’s “Tour de ski” in the women’s competition, but now just under half remain. It was known from the beginning that a large part would withdraw. Part of it “fell” after Wednesday’s sprint, which was the second and final sprint of the tour. As a result, some strong sprinters returned home.
40 of the 44 participants in the pursuit set off on Thursday in difficult weather conditions and all reached the finish line. However, only 33 skiers are registered for today’s start and there is no guarantee that all of them will actually start today. After the chase, Swedish sprinter Maja Dahlkvista, having reached the end of the chase, left the loop. Norwegian Anna Čersti Kalvo, winner of three medals at the 2023 World Championships in Planica, also announced her withdrawal, stating that she is not able to show the expected result and that her body does not react as she would like.
On Thursday, five Swiss women started the chase in Davos, of which only two reached Valdifemmi. Three remained at home, including Fendrich, also fighting for the top ten in the general classification, also one of those who “suffered” the bad weather in the run-up to reunification of the group, thus losing more than half a minute of advantage accumulated the day before in the sprint against direct competitors to enter the top ten of the general classification.
However, the vast majority of the Top20 in the overall ranking remained. Because today there is an interesting competition both for the assigned places and for entry into the top ten, for which Patricija Eiduka, who has shown an excellent performance so far, will certainly fight.
The top female skiers are aware of having to save their strength for Sunday’s start against the mountain, but there will also be those who want to gain precious seconds today and at a certain point will increase the pace, trying to break away from the lead of the race. group. The women will leave first at 12.30pm, Latvian time.
For the men, many more participants signed up for today’s stage: 55 skiers.
2024-01-06 07:30:00
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