Tour de Ski: Rickardsson, Kowalczyk win day six
Sweden’s Daniel Rickarsson and Poland’s Justyna Kowalczyk won the sixth stage of the FIS Tour de Ski today (Jan .7) in Cortina/Toblach, Italy.
Rickardsson finished the 10 km individual start race in 23:14.5, 1.7 seconds ahead of the Czech Republic’s Lukas Bauer in second. Bauer held the lead until the last few meters when Rickardsson overtook him. Tour leader, Norway’s Petter Northug finished third, 6.2 seconds behind Rickardsson.
Bauer and Rickardsson were out front the whole race as Northug kept up in third. Fourth-place finisher, German Axel Teichmann threatened at times as he increased his speed throughout the race but didn’t have enough to challenge for the win.
“I am very happy about my race today. It is my first victory on the World Cup level so it is amazing,” said Rickardsson. “My tactic was to race fast in the first lap and maintain speed in the second one as well. The next race on Saturday is in classic technique too so I could be in a good shape there as well. The final climb is very tough so we will see.”
Canadian Devon Kershaw had a heartbreaking day. He was in the top ten until the 7km mark when he broke his binding and finished 37th. Teammate Alex Harvey came up big with a ninth-place finish, followed by Ivan Babikov in 18th.
No Americans competed in today’s races.
Northug held his lead in the overall rankings and is now 20.1 seconds ahead of Swede Markus Hellner (5th today) in second. Teichmann is in third, followed by last season’s tour winner Switzerland’s Dario Cologna in fourth.
“I am very satisfied with today’s race,” said Northug. “I started from behind so I had a good overview. In the middle of the race I was feeling a bit tired but then it was better.”
The women were tested on a 5km classic course as tour leader, Poland’s Justyna Kowalczyk took the win 11.6 seconds ahead of Finn Aino Kaisa Saarinen in second. Slovenia’s Petra Majdic who finished third today, stands in second in the overall standings.
Former tour leader, Italian Arianna Follis, finished sixth today pushing her to third overall.
Sara Renner once again led the Canadian team in 19th place.
The Tour de Ski is an eight-stage event that crosses three countries over ten days. The overall winner gets 400 World Cup points and 150,000 Swiss francs (147,000 dollars). Competition continues Saturday as competition shifts to Val di Fiemme, Italy for the last two legs of the tour.
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Men’s results
| Rank | Bib | FIS Code | Name | Nation | Total Time | |||
| 1 | 49 | 3500015 | RICKARDSSON Daniel | SWE | 23:14.5 | |||
| 2 | 48 | 1217350 | BAUER Lukas | CZE | 23:16.2 | |||
| 3 | 62 | 3420239 | NORTHUG Petter jr. | NOR | 23:20.7 | |||
| 4 | 57 | 1221327 | TEICHMANN Axel | GER | 23:27.9 | |||
| 5 | 60 | 3500139 | HELLNER Marcus | SWE | 23:40.0 | |||
| 6 | 58 | 3180053 | HEIKKINEN Matti | FIN | 23:43.1 | |||
| 7 | 47 | 1067291 | DI CENTA Giorgio | ITA | 23:46.1 | |||
| 8 | 61 | 3510023 | COLOGNA Dario | SUI | 23:50.0 | |||
| 9 | 42 | 3100110 | HARVEY Alex | CAN | 23:56.9 | |||
| 10 | 52 | 1221036 | FILBRICH Jens | GER | 24:00.9 | |||
| 11 | 51 | 1101047 | SOMMERFELDT Rene | GER | 24:02.4 | |||
| 12 | 27 | 3480081 | SHIRIAEV Sergey | RUS | 24:04.2 | |||
| 13 | 38 | 1100077 | VITTOZ Vincent | FRA | 24:05.5 | |||
| 14 | 32 | 3420228 | JOHNSRUD SUNDBY Martin | NOR | 24:05.6 | |||
| 15 | 59 | 1345875 | GAILLARD Jean Marc | FRA | 24:07.8 | |||
| 16 | 39 | 1139459 | PILLER COTTRER Pietro | ITA | 24:08.3 | |||
| 17 | 45 | 3190111 | MANIFICAT Maurice | FRA | 24:10.3 | |||
| 18 | 54 | 3100190 | BABIKOV Ivan | CAN | 24:12.2 | |||
| 19 | 23 | 1297957 | MORIGGL Thomas | ITA | 24:13.7 | |||
| 20 | 22 | 1344711 | JAUHOJAERVI Sami | FIN | 24:14.1 | |||
| 21 | 36 | 3290016 | CLARA Roland | ITA | 24:14.6 | |||
| 22 | 15 | 3390034 | KARP Algo | EST | 24:16.0 | |||
| 23 | 40 | 3480314 | CHERNOUSOV Ilia | RUS | 24:16.5 | |||
| 24 | 43 | 3180054 | NOUSIAINEN Ville | FIN | 24:16.7 | |||
| 25 | 11 | 3480669 | SHAKIRZIANOV Raul | RUS | 24:17.5 | |||
| 26 | 14 | 3150069 | JAKS Martin | CZE | 24:18.0 | |||
| 27 | 12 | 3480015 | ALYPOV Ivan | RUS | 24:18.6 | |||
| 28 | 25 | 3050025 | HIRNER Manuel | AUT | 24:19.3 | |||
| 29 | 30 | 1298054 | PASINI Fabio | ITA | 24:19.9 | |||
| 30 | 31 | 3420199 | OESTENSEN Simen | NOR | 24:21.5 | |||
| 31 | 24 | 3660023 | IVANOU Aliaksei | BLR | 24:23.7 | |||
| 32 | 17 | 3670006 | CHEREPANOV Sergey | KAZ | 24:25.5 | |||
| 33 | 44 | 1175058 | KOUKAL Martin | CZE | 24:25.9 | |||
| 34 | 41 | 3480317 | TURYCHEV Sergey | RUS | 24:27.7 | |||
| 35 | 20 | 1277393 | LEYBYUK Roman | UKR | 24:27.8 | |||
| 36 | 34 | 3290007 | HOFER David | ITA | 24:28.0 | |||
| 37 | 46 | 3100006 | KERSHAW Devon | CAN | 24:28.2 | |||
| 38 | 50 | 1223849 | CHECCHI Valerio | ITA | 24:31.6 | |||
| 39 | 55 | 3420023 | GJERDALEN Tord Asle | NOR | 24:32.6 | |||
| 40 | 1 | 3190070 | MIRANDA Cyril | FRA | 24:40.0 | |||
| 41 | 28 | 3670022 | VELICHKO Yevgeniy | KAZ | 24:42.1 | |||
| 42 | 8 | 1223558 | FRASNELLI Loris | ITA | 24:42.9 | |||
| 43 | 19 | 3480023 | KUZNETSOV Alexander | RUS | 24:47.2 | |||
| 44 | 29 | 1324729 | GREY George | CAN | 24:49.7 | |||
| 45 | 21 | 1175155 | MAGAL Jiri | CZE | 24:52.8 | |||
| 46 | 56 | 1362947 | PERL Curdin | SUI | 24:53.2 | |||
| 47 | 26 | 3190029 | DUVILLARD Robin | FRA | 24:53.9 | |||
| 48 | 53 | 3200015 | REICHELT Tom | GER | 24:55.3 | |||
| 49 | 7 | 3670005 | KOSCHEVOY Yevgeniy | KAZ | 24:58.0 | |||
| 50 | 18 | 3660013 | LASUTKIN Alexander | BLR | 25:03.4 | |||
| 51 | 6 | 1286608 | PERRILLAT Christophe | FRA | 25:05.5 | |||
| 52 | 37 | 3670000 | CHEBOTKO Nikolay | KAZ | 25:08.8 | |||
| 53 | 16 | 1177580 | JONNIER Emmanuel | FRA | 25:11.9 | |||
| 54 | 10 | 1320849 | GOLOVKO Andrey | KAZ | 25:16.2 | |||
| 55 | 3 | 3670020 | OSIPOV Aleksandr | KAZ | 25:25.7 | |||
| 56 | 13 | 1344129 | SPERL Milan | CZE | 25:26.5 | |||
| 57 | 4 | 3660002 | PARCHEUSKI Mikalai | BLR | 26:04.7 | |||
| 58 | 2 | 1291070 | THOR OLSEN Jonas | DAN | 26:28.5 | |||
| Did not start | ||||||||
| 33 | 1178162 | ANGERER Tobias | GER | |||||
| 35 | 3480007 | PANKRATOV Nikolay | RUS | |||||
| 9 | 3420280 | ELIASSEN Petter | NOR | |||||
| Did not finish | ||||||||
| 5 | 3660029 | KARNEYENKA Leanid | BLR | |||||
Women’s Results
| Rank | Bib | FIS Code | Name | Nation | Total Time | |||
| 1 | 53 | 3435001 | KOWALCZYK Justyna | POL | 12:37.6 | |||
| 2 | 52 | 1255665 | SAARINEN Aino- Kaisa | FIN | 12:49.2 | |||
| 3 | 54 | 1276714 | MAJDIC Petra | SLO | 12:52.4 | |||
| 4 | 47 | 3425003 | STEIRA Kristin Stoermer | NOR | 13:03.2 | |||
| 5 | 46 | 1305426 | SKOFTERUD Vibeke W | NOR | 13:04.7 | |||
| 6 | 55 | 1138877 | FOLLIS Arianna | ITA | 13:04.9 | |||
| 7 | 50 | 1367021 | SIDKO Alena | RUS | 13:06.5 | |||
| 8 | 43 | 3485195 | TCHEKALEVA Yulia | RUS | 13:07.2 | |||
| 9 | 42 | 3425349 | KRISTOFFERSEN Marthe | NOR | 13:13.0 | |||
| 10 | 39 | 1247226 | ZELLER Katrin | GER | 13:14.5 | |||
| 11 | 35 | 1255471 | MURANEN Pirjo | FIN | 13:16.7 | |||
| 12 | 20 | 3505260 | PAJALA Magdalena | SWE | 13:18.3 | |||
| 13 | 30 | 3505013 | JOHANSSON NORGREN Britta | SWE | 13:18.6 | |||
| 14 | 51 | 1222200 | LONGA Marianna | ITA | 13:19.4 | |||
| 15 | 49 | 1255374 | ROPONEN Riitta-Liisa | FIN | 13:19.8 | |||
| 16 | 41 | 3185004 | SARASOJA Riikka | FIN | 13:22.0 | |||
| 17 | 36 | 3485030 | SCHUCHKINA Olga | RUS | 13:23.1 | |||
| 18 | 48 | 1088922 | SAVIALOVA Olga | RUS | 13:23.9 | |||
| 19 | 33 | 1128886 | RENNER Sara | CAN | 13:25.2 | |||
| 20 | 34 | 3485013 | NOVIKOVA Valentina | RUS | 13:26.1 | |||
| 21 | 22 | 3505069 | LINDBORG Sara | SWE | 13:30.5 | |||
| 22 | 16 | 1182042 | MALAHOVA-SHISHKINA Svetlana | KAZ | 13:32.4 | |||
| 23 | 45 | 1250524 | GENUIN Magda | ITA | 13:34.1 | |||
| 24 | 38 | 3055066 | SMUTNA Katerina | AUT | 13:35.1 | |||
| 25 | 40 | 1142563 | SHEVCHENKO Valentina | UKR | 13:38.6 | |||
| 26 | 23 | 1174670 | RAJDLOVA Kamila | CZE | 13:39.2 | |||
| 27 | 10 | 3485170 | ILJINA Natalja | RUS | 13:43.1 | |||
| 28 | 21 | 1099204 | LAURENT PHILIPPOT Karine | FRA | 13:44.1 | |||
| 29 | 28 | 1319976 | KOLOMINA Elena | KAZ | 13:45.5 | |||
| 30 | 29 | 3425301 | JOHAUG Therese | NOR | 13:47.0 | |||
| 31 | 19 | 1289227 | SANNIKOVA Alena | BLR | 13:48.2 | |||
| 32 | 32 | 1207165 | MEDVEDEVA Evgenia | RUS | 13:49.0 | |||
| 33 | 25 | 3665001 | VASILJONOK Olga | BLR | 13:50.9 | |||
| 34 | 15 | 3155008 | JANECKOVA Ivana | CZE | 13:51.3 | |||
| 35 | 11 | 3505497 | LARSEN Lisa | SWE | 13:52.5 | |||
| 36 | 31 | 1005017 | VALBUSA Sabina | ITA | 13:55.9 | |||
| 37 | 26 | 3295000 | BROCARD Elisa | ITA | 13:56.8 | |||
| 38 | 24 | 3565002 | FABJAN Vesna | SLO | 13:57.9 | |||
| 39 | 3 | 3665028 | DUBAREZAVA Nastassia | BLR | 13:59.1 | |||
| 40 | 12 | 3195126 | BOURGEOIS Celia | FRA | 14:00.4 | |||
| 41 | 27 | 3155041 | NYVLTOVA Eva | CZE | 14:01.0 | |||
| 42 | 9 | 1345390 | VINA Emilie | FRA | 14:01.5 | |||
| 43 | 4 | 1194555 | NESTERENKO Lada | UKR | 14:02.2 | |||
| 44 | 7 | 3675018 | MATROSSOVA Marina | KAZ | 14:02.3 | |||
| 45 | 1 | 3675007 | ROSHINA Tatjana | KAZ | 14:02.9 | |||
| 46 | 17 | 1101920 | CONFORTOLA WYATT Antonella | ITA | 14:06.8 | |||
| 47 | 14 | 1181848 | JATSKAJA Oxana | KAZ | 14:08.7 | |||
| 48 | 18 | 3295015 | RUPIL Silvia | ITA | 14:16.0 | |||
| 49 | 2 | 3195010 | HUGUE Coraline | FRA | 14:18.9 | |||
| 50 | 8 | 1316193 | JAKIMCHUK Vita | UKR | 14:20.0 | |||
| 51 | 5 | 1345293 | STORTI Cecile | FRA | 14:23.1 | |||
| 52 | 13 | 3195059 | BARTHELEMY Laure | FRA | 14:26.5 | |||
| Did not start | ||||||||
| 44 | 1322110 | ROTCHEVA Olga | RUS | |||||
| 37 | 3425183 | JACOBSEN Astrid Uhrenholdt | NOR | |||||
| 6 | 3665014 | RUDAKOVA Ekaterina | BLR | |||||
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