Katharina Hennig secured first place in the women’s race for Germany at the Tour de Ski stage 6. Results from the women’s 15km mass start race in classic technique.

Katharina Hennig, from Germany, took home first place today at the Tour de Ski stage 6. Frida Karlsson, from Sweden, snagged second place, 0.7 seconds behind.

Kerttu Niskanen, from Finland, completed the podium in third place, 0.8 seconds behind the winner.

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Top 5, 15km Mass Start C, Women

1. Katharina Hennig (GER), 44:26.7
2. Frida Karlsson (SWE), +0.7
3. Kerttu Niskanen (FIN), +0.8
4. Rosie Brennan (USA), +1.0
5. Teresa Stadlober (AUT), +10.9

Complete Results

Tour de Ski Overall after Stage 6 – Top 3 Women

1. Frida Karlsson (SWE), 2:31:16
2. Tiril Udnes Weng (NOR), +1:12
3. Kerttu Niskanen (FIN), +1:37

Rosie Brennan (USA), Team Robinson Trentino, who finished 4th at today’s race, is 5th overall, 2:28 behind the leader.

Another Pro Tour athlete, Astrid Øyre Slind (NOR), Team Aker Dæhlie, had a strong mass start performance finishing in the 6^th position. Now, Øyre Slind is 7th overall, 3:03 behind Karlsson.

The Final Climb up to Alpe Cermis, a 10km mass start race in freestyle technique, on Sunday, for both women and men, is the next and final event for the Tour de Ski 2022/2023.   

See below the complete program for the Tour de Ski 2022/2023.

FACTS: Tour de Ski 2022/2023 

• Tour de Ski 2022/2023 starts in Val Müstair, Switzerland, on December 31 and concludes in Val di Fiemme, Italy, on January 8. 
• The race consists of seven stages in nine days.
• Tour de Ski 2022/2023 is the 17th edition of the brutal stage race. 

TOUR DE SKI 2022/2023

Day-by-day schedule

Stage 1

• When: Saturday, December 31, 2022
• Where: Val Müstair, Switzerland
• What: Sprint Freestyle Technique
• Times: All times are CET
• 11:30: Qualification, women and men
• 14:00: Heats and finals, women and men

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Stage 2

• When: Sunday, January 1, 2023
• Where: Val Müstair, Switzerland
• What: 10km Classic Technique, pursuit
• Times: All times are CET
• 12:00: 10km Classic Pursuit, women
• 13:15: 10km Classic Pursuit, men 

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Stage 3

• When: Tuesday, January 3, 2023
• Where: Oberstdorf, Germany
• What: 10km Classic Technique, individual start
• Times: All times are CET
• 11:45: 10km classic individual start, men
• 14:45: 10km classic individual start, women

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Stage 4

• When: Wednesday, January 4, 2023
• Where: Oberstdorf, Germany
• What: 20km Freestyle Technique, pursuit
• Times: All times are CET
• 11:15: 20km Freestyle Pursuit, men
• 14:30: 20km Freestyle Pursuit, women

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Stage 5

• When: Friday, January 6, 2023
• Where: Val di Fiemme, Italy
• What: Sprint Classic Technique
• Times: All times are CET
• 10:00: Qualification, women
• 10:32: Qualification, men
• 12:30: Heats and finals, women and men 

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Stage 6

• When: Saturday, January 7, 2023
• Where: Val di Fiemme, Italy
• What: 15km Classic Technique, mass start
• Times: All times are CET
• 11:45: 15km Mass Start Classic, women
• 13:30: 15km Mass Start Classic, men 

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Stage 7

• When: Sunday, January 8, 2022
• Where: Val di Fiemme, Italy
• What: Final Climb – Alpe Cermis (aka “Monster Climb”) – 10km Freestyle Technique, mass start
• Times: All times are CET
• 11:00: 10km Mass Start Freestyle, women
• 12:45: 10km Mass Start Freestyle, men

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New this season is the same race distances for women and men in all World Cup events, as the International Ski & Snowboard Federation (FIS) decided in May. Several other changes have also been introduced to the World Cup.

Read More: Cross-Country Skiing Changes And World Cup Calendar For The 2022/2023 Season

Also Read: New Distances At The Cross-Country Skiing World Cup