Klæbo and Nepryaeva win the Tour de Ski

The overall women's victory went to a Russian for the first time, Nepryaeva. The last stage in Fiemme Valley was secured by the Norwegian Heidi Weng, who came third in the tour rankings behind the Swede Ebba Andersson.

Top star Therese Johaug and a few others had forgone the tour this time in favor of a long Olympic training block. Others like Swedish co-favorite Frida Karlsson dropped out early. Caterina Ganz makes you sit up and take notice Nepryaeva didn't let her comfortable lead be taken away from her on the final day as fourth in the stage and ultimately won clearly ahead of Andersson (+47 seconds) and Weng (1:08 minutes). Defending champion Jessica Diggins from the USA fell back to eighth place. As the best Italian, the young Caterina Ganz from Trentino knew how to impress. She finished in 20th place.

Nepryaeva received 55.000 Swiss francs (around 53.000 euros) in prize money for her overall victory. Johannes Klæbo receives the same amount. The world's best cross-country skier from Norway was in a class of his own throughout the entire tour and finished fifth in the race. Klæbo won the cross-country skiing World Cup for the second time. The three-time Olympic champion (25) secured four of the six stage victories.

Klæbo's compatriot Sjur Röthe was unable to threaten his overall tour victory with his success on the day. The Norwegian won at Cermis ahead of the Russian Denis Spitsov and the two German surprise men Friedrich Moch and Lucas Bögl.

In the end, Francesco De Fabiani finished as the best Azzurro with 25th place. South Tyrol's only tour participant, Michael Hellweger from Sarner, dropped out early. The top 5 at the Tour de Ski 2022: Men Pos Name Country Time 1. Johannes Høsflot Klæbo NOR 2:24:56.0 hours 2. Alexander Bolshunov RUS +2:03.2 minutes 3. Iivo Niskanen END + 3: 14.5 4. Denis Spitsov RUS + 3: 21.5 5. Paul Golberg NOR + 4: 08.3

Women Pos Name Country Time 1. Natalia Nepryaeva RUS 1:59:38.5 hours 2. Ebba Andersson SWE +46.7 seconds 3. Heidi weng NOR + 1: 07.7 4. Krista Parmakoski END + 1: 48.6 5. Kerttu Niskanen END + 1: 52.0

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Klæbo and Nepryaeva win the Tour de Ski

Celebrations at Alpe di Cermis: Johannes Høsflot Klæbo and Natalia Nepryaeva mastered the monster climb on the steep ski slope in Fiemme Valley and defended their leading position in the Tour de Ski on the last day of racing.

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