Cologna and Björgen win Tour de Ski prologue

In the men's distance race in the free technique over a distance of just over four kilometers, the Swiss Dario Cologna came out on top. He won in 9.54,2:15 minutes and secured a time bonus of 5,5 seconds over his pursuers. The Swede Calle Halfvarsson took second place, five seconds behind Cologna, while the Norwegian Petter Northug came third (+XNUMX). Last year's winner Marin Johnsrud Sundby came tenth.

Satisfactory result for the South Tyroleans

A good result also came out for two South Tyroleans. David Hofer came 20,8nd, 22 seconds behind, Roland Clara finished one place behind the native of Val Gardena in 23rd place.

Dietmar Nöckler, on the other hand, lost a little more than half a minute to Cologne (+34,7) and took 50th place.

Norwegian triple success for women

Marit Björgen put her stamp on the women's race, which was around three kilometers long. She won the Norwegian triple with a lead of 10,7 seconds over Heidi Weng and 12,2 over Ragnhild Haga. Last year's overall winner Therese Johaug (also Norway) came fourth. There was no South Tyrolean at the start.

The Tour de Ski continues on Sunday with a pursuit competition in the classic technique. The women run on a 9-kilometer route, the men on 15 kilometers.

FIS Tour de Ski, Prologue Men in Oberstdorf (GER) - 4 km freestyle:

1. Dario Cologna SUI 9.54,2:15 minutes (-XNUMX seconds time credit) 2. Calle Halfvarsson SWE +5,0 (-10 seconds time credit) 3. Petter Northug NOR +5,5 (-5 seconds time credit) 4. Ilia Chernousov RUS +7,0 5. Marcus Hellner SWE +8,2 6. Evgeniy Belov RUS +8,5 7. Andrey Larkov RUS +9,0 8. Jonas Baumann SUI +11,6 9. Maurce Manificat FRA +11,8 10. Martin Johnsrud Sundby NOR +11,9

22. David Hofer ITA/St. Christina +20,8 23. Roland Clara ITA/Reischach +21,6 50. Dietmar Nöckler ITA/Brunico +34,7

FIS Tour de Ski, prologue women in Oberstdorf (GER) - 3 km freestyle:

1. Marit Björgen NOR 7.53,0:15 minutes (-XNUMX seconds time credit) 2. Heid Weng NOR +10,7 seconds (-10 seconds time credit) 3. Ragnhild Haga NOR +12,2 (-5 seconds time credit) 4. Therese Johaug NOR +13,2 5. Nicole Fessel GER +13,5 6. Ingvild Flugstad Östberg NOR +15,1 7. Sadie Bjornsen USA +19,0 8. Elizabeth Stephen USA +19,9 9. Coraline Thomas Hugue FRA +20,0 10. Justyna Kowalczyk POL +20,3

* There was no South Tyrolean cross-country skier at the start

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Cologna and Björgen win Tour de Ski prologue

The most important stage race in cross-country skiing began on Saturday in Oberstdorf (Germany) with the traditional prologue.

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