Reigning champion Johannes Høsflot Klæbo will miss Tour de Ski 2023/2024. He is the second Norwegian skier to report a ‘DNS‘ within a few hours yesterday.

The Norwegian Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, winner of Tour de Ski 2022 and 2023 is forced to miss Tour de Ski 2023/2024.

“After I got flu the week after the World Cup in Trondheim, I had to return home from altitude due to six days of fever,” says Klæbo in a press release.

Replacing the traditional cross-country skiing legend is Henrik Dønnestad.

Earlier on Thursday, Simen Hegstad Krüger, second overall last year, reported that he will also miss Tour de Ski.

After the World Cup in Trondheim, Norway, the cross-country skiing World Cup heads to central Europe for Tour de Ski that starts tomorrow. Here is the complete competition program for Tour de Ski 2023/2024.

Now in its 18^th edition Tour de Ski consists of seven competitions over nine days in three different locations and two countries, and it’s the fifth stage of the 2023/2024 cross-country skiing World Cup.

The event starts on Saturday, December 30, 2023, with a sprint in freestyle technique in Toblach, Italy, and ends on January 7, 2024, with a 10km Final Climb in freestyle technique in Val di Fiemme, Italy. See below the complete program for Tour de Ski 2023/2024.

FACTS Tour de Ski Season 2023/2024

• When: Saturday, December 30, 2023, to Sunday, January 7, 2024 
• Who: Elite national skiers – women and men
• Where: Toblach/ITA, Davos/SUI, and Val di Fiemme/ITA
• What: FIS Tour de Ski

PROGRAM

Saturday, December 30, 2023 – Toblach/ITA: Sprint Freestyle (More details can be found here)

• 12:00 CET: Sprint Quali F, Men
• 12:00 CET: Sprint Quali F, Women
• 14:30 CET: Sprint Final F, Men
• 14:30 CET: Sprint Final F, Women

Sunday, December 31, 2023 – Toblach/ITA: 10km Interval Start Classics (More details can be found here)

• 12:15 CET: 10km Interval Start C, Women
• 15:00 CET: 10km Interval Start C, Men

Monday, January 1, 2024 – Toblach/ITA: 25km Pursuit Freestyle (More details can be found here)

• 10:00 CET: 25km Pursuit F, Men
• 12:30 CET: 25km Pursuit F, Women

Wednesday, January 3, 2024 – Davos/SUI: Sprint Freestyle (More details can be found here)

• 14:30 CET: Sprint Quali F, Men
• 14:30 CET: Sprint Quali F, Women
• 17:00 CET: Sprint Final F, Men
• 17:00 CET: Sprint Final F, Women

Thursday, January 4, 2024 – Davos/SUI: Pursuit Classic (More details can be found here)

• 10:45 CET: Pursuit C, Women
• 13:00 CET: Pursuit C, Men

Saturday, January 6, 2024 – Val Di Fiemme/ITA: 15km Mass Start Classic (More details can be found here)

• 11:30 CET: 15km Mass Start C, Women
• 15:25 CET: 15km Mass Start C, Men

Sunday, January 7, 2024 – Val Di Fiemme/ITA: 10km Mass Start Freestyle – Final Climb (More details can be found here)

• 14:30 CET: 10km Mass Start F, Men
• 15:45 CET: 10km Mass Start F, Women

Read More: World Cup calendar for the 2023/2024 Winter Season  

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