Kirkpatrick

Terrible director of TV coverage today.

Though, guess that fog could've made his/her job more difficult.

Thank you.

Guess it wouldn't matter much in this particular race, as the 4th placed and higher placed athletes were 2 minutes behind. For first 6 kilometers we'd watch 3 guys, instead of 50.

Best would be interval here as well. 

Great from Marchand, maybe top 10 result even. Not great from Rodeš though, nor Kristoffersen.

6 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Iraq will begin forcing the American military off Iraqi land.

Mission accomplished.

4 minutes ago, TomJa said:

Roethe loses over a minute to Klaebo, so a miracle would have to happen or Klaebo would swell with every step.

Km more and maybe he'd get it. 

Krueger was awesome today.

Andorra 9th. 

Klaebo 1:06 behind, come on Roethe!

Can Roethe grab third? Can Klaebo lose that much?

1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

RIP Klæbo 

Ouch, 15+ seconds now behind.

No Eurosport at all anymore in Croatia, save for one or two small providers.

Discovery wanted too much I guess. But Player saved everything. No Croatian there as well, but there's Serbian, close enough.

EDIT: He does know the difference between points and seconds though! Serbia -> Britain. 

Are there no interns on Eurosport? Someone to google Tour de Ski for Mike and Pat, who continue with their disinformations. 

Pinturault DSQ even though it looked like he didn't straddle in replay. Kristoffersen +1.5!

41 started, 41 finished, Lampič, points winner, as 41st. 

Last year there were only 28 finishers.

Johaug looks like she could do another 10 km climb. Such a superiority on this track.

Neprayeva again second, Oesberg third (whole TdS I mean).

Weng going off with Johaug. Rest are 10+ seconds behind.

But now Johaug drops Weng as well.

Less than a km of climb, and the field is obliterated.

They are infuriating! At least read a wiki, I did that!

Pat and Mike again talking about bonus seconds and that they'll be a big part of this race, as in they'd be added to the time?

Bonus points are rewarded at 2.3 and 6.6 km though.

Final climb last year: 

Ustiugov 31:47.6

Bolshunov 32:34.1 (+0:46.5)

Klaebo 32:51.3 (+1:03.7)

9 kilometers then, and think only Ustiugov really gave it all upon that hill, but couldn't managed to catch Klaebo. Don't think Bolshunov really tried hard, was 1:40+ before final stage.

Krueger and Roethe were awesome, and easily the fastest guys with almost 30 seconds better time then the third closest (which wasn't any of the top 3).

Roethe 30:32.0

Krueger 30:33.3

Today I'd rather watch that small group of three, but we'll get huge one of 40+ athletes, yet another mass start.

Girls will be interesting, Johaug isn't that impressive this Tour, but the last time she raced on this hill, 2016, she left the others minute and a half behind!

Looks pretty nice timing wise, very competitive on both sides. But such a shame it's not pursuit.

Think Bolshunov and Klaebo are dead even now, before final race. Ustuigov 15 seconds behind?

Rest over 2 minutes or so.

Women's sprint final is way more diverse than men's. 4 Russians and two Norwegians there, including all three favourites for the Tour de Ski title. 

Both Oestberg and Johaug stopped in semi-final, Neprayeva marches on though (EDIT: not anymore - fall after some 50 meters). Cheering on Lampić there (EDIT2: Yes!).

Exciting end, but that's mass start, 80% was forgettable.

Didn't see replay yet, but seems that Johaug and Oestberg took each other out before the finish.

Think that maybe Pat and Mike, infamous Eurosport duo, don't know the rules completely as well as me. Constantly talking about bonus seconds at the finish, but apparently, there were none of those in today's race. Thinking that Bolshunov needed 24 seconds advantage to be in front to lead after the race (leads by 16 seconds now), and that Klaebo would be a minute over, but he's only 26s behind.

They do get bonus points, which I'm not sure what they're about.

They "become" seconds, and are deducted from the time before final day? Something like that?

So, Oestberg wins actually. But then Johaug wins by 0.3 if wiki is correct?

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