Tour de Ski Day 5: The Best Photos From Val di Fiemme

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Tour de Ski Day 5: The Best Photos From Val di Fiemme

by Leandro Lutz • 03.01.2022

The 10-kilometer mass start classic race for women and 15-kilometer mass start classic race for men in Val di Fiemme, Italy, marked the fifth stage of the 16th edition of Tour de Ski.

After two races in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, and two in Oberstdorf, Germany, day 5 of the brutal six-stage Tour de Ski featured mass start classic races for both men and women.

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

Iivo Niskanen (FIN) and Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (NOR) celebrate after the men’s 15km mass start in Val di Fiemme (ITA). Photo Maxim Thore/Bildbyrån

Iivo Niskanen (FIN) (second place), Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (NOR) (first place) and Alexey Chervotkin (RUS) (third place) after men’s 15km mass start in Val di Fiemme (ITA). Photo Maxim Thore/Bildbyrån

Perttu Hyvarinen (FIN) and Remi Lindholm (FIN) celebrate after the men’s 15km mass start in Val di Fiemme (ITA). Photo Maxim Thore/Bildbyrån

Thomas Bing (GER) competes in the men’s 15km mass start in Val di Fiemme (ITA). Photo Maxim Thore/Bildbyrån

Heidi Weng (NOR) (second place), Natalia Nepryaeva (RUS) (first place) and Krista Parmakoski (FIN) (third place) celebrate after the women’s 10km mass start in Val di Fiemme (ITA). Photo Maxim Thore/Bildbyrån

Hristina Matsokina and Natalia Nepryaeva (RUS) after competing in the women’s 10km mass start in Val di Fiemme (ITA). Photo Maxim Thore/Bildbyrån

Johanna Hagström (SWE) competes in the women’s 10km mass start in Val di Fiemme (ITA). Photo Maxim Thore/Bildbyrån

Coralie Bentz (FRA) falls when competing in the women’s 10km mass start in Val di Fiemme (ITA). Photo Maxim Thore/Bildbyrån

Tour de Ski concludes tomorrow in Val di Fiemme, Italy. 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.