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He predicted a cold start and it turned out to be true. Dario Cologna runs in the Finnish Kuusamo more than 15 km in the classic single start to 29th place.
Cologna loses a minute and a half to Johannes Hösflot Kläbo in the first distance race of the season. The Norwegian wins the race ahead of Russian duo Alexei Chervotkin and Alexander Bolschunow.
Cologna barely on the points, a disappointing start to the season. But that doesn’t have to mean anything in Cologna. On the one hand, Bündner was still ill at the end of the season’s preparation. On the other hand, the beginning in these regions of the ranking is almost a tradition among young people of 34 years. His hope is always to get going with some racing on his legs.
Klee with a strong final round
The second best Swiss is Beda Klee with 30 years. Klee convinces with a strong final round. After 10 kilometers he is 37º and still out of the World Cup points. Then he appears and makes his way. Among other things, he recovers almost half a minute in Cologna. Jonas Baumann (35th), Jason Rüesch (40th) and Jovian Hediger (66th) lose the points.
Johaug runs forward
For women, the picture is the same as last season: Therese Johaug runs away from all opponents in distance races. The Norwegian leaves everyone standing at Kuusamo during the mid-race 10km classic and finally wins alone with a 21.8sec lead. Behind Johaug are the Swedes Frida Karlsson and Ebba Andersson.
The best Swiss woman is Nadine Fähndrich, who is in 21st place, 1: 22.8 minutes behind. Sprint specialist Laurien van der Graaff turns 54 (SME)
