Tour de Ski. Summary
Category: Russia
Nikolay Morilov
Olga Rotcheva
Natalia Korosteleva
Nikolay Pankratov
On the top of alpine slope in Val di Fiemme finished second Tour de Ski sponsored by CRAFT Sportswear. Swede Charlotte Kalla and Czech Lukas Bauer became Tour winners. Russian best were Olga Rotcheva (5th place) and Evgeny Dementiev (9th place).
In this Tour Russians managed to get three podiums: gold of Nikolai Morilov in the town sprint in Prague, silver of his sister Natalia Korosteleva in sprint in Asiago and bronze of Nikolai Pankratov in classic individual in Nove Mesto. Olga Rotcheva looked good during all stages and stayed in top-5. She even started third in the last uphill. Unfortunately, disappointing mistake on the uphill, when Olga skied extra distance, prevented her from finishing in top-3.