Tour de Ski Day 4: The Best Photos From Oberstdorf

by Leandro Lutz • 01.01.2022

The 1.2-kilometer sprint classic race for women and 1.5-kilometer sprint classic race for men in Oberstdorf, Germany, marked the fourth stage of the 16th edition of Tour de Ski.

After races in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, and Oberstdorf, Germany, day 4 of the brutal six-stage Tour de Ski featured sprint classic races for both men and women.

Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (NOR) and Natalia Nepryaeva (RUS) claimed stage victories today. Klæbo and Nepryaeva are the Overall Tour de Ski leaders (yellow bib).

Norway’s hat trick with Erik Valnes, Johannes Høsflot Klæbo and Pål Golberg in the men’s sprint final in Oberstdorf. Photo Maxim Thore/Bildbyrån

Johanna Hagström (SWE), Natalia Nepryaeva (RUS) and Johanna Matintalo (FIN) celebrate after the women’s sprint final in Oberstdorf. Photo Maxim Thore/Bildbyrån

Calle Halfvarsson (SWE), Erik Valnes, and Even Northug (NOR) cross the finish line the men’s sprint final in Oberstdorf. Photo Maxim Thore/Bildbyrån

Natalia Nepryaeva (RUS) and Johanna Hagström (SWE) cross the finish line in the women’s sprint final in Oberstdorf. Photo Maxim Thore/Bildbyrån

Francesco de Fabiani and Maicol Rastelli (ITA), Harald Østberg Amundsen and Eevn Northug (NOR), and Artem Maltsev (RUS) in the men’s sprint quarter final (heat 4) in Oberstdorf. Photo Maxim Thore/Bildbyrån

Johanna Hagström (SWE), Anne Kylloenen (FIN), Laurien Van der Graaf (SWI) and Tiril Udnes Weng (NOR) competes in the women’s quarter final (heat 1) in Oberstdorf. Photo Maxim Thore/Bildbyrån

Tour de Ski now moves on to Val di Fiemme, Italy, for Tour de Ski stage 5 and 6 on January 3 and 4. Stage 5 features a 10-kilometer mass start classic race for women and 15-kilometer mass start classic race for men. Stage 6 features the final climb with a 10-kilometer mass start skate race for both men and women.

Check out the Tour de Ski 2021/22 day-by-day schedule and ProXCskiing.com’s predictions for the overall stage race: Who Will Win Tour de Ski?

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FACTS: Tour de Ski 2021/22

Tour de Ski 2021/22 starts in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, on December 28 and concludes in Val di Fiemme, Italy, on January 4.
The race consists of six stages in eight days. Here are all the Tour de Ski details and the day-by-day schedule
Tour de Ski 2021/22 is the 16th edition of the brutal stage race. These are the winners from the previous 15 Tour de Ski events.
The overall winners get 400 World Cup points for the Tour de Ski, which consists of six stages in eight days. Stage winners get 50 World Cup points. Accordingly, there are potentially 700 World Cup points for winning every stage of the Tour de Ski, which would determine the overall World Cup for the season.