Overview
- Johannes Høsflot Klaebo won the men's 20 km classic pursuit start to finish for his 103rd World Cup victory, beating teammate Mattis Stenshagen by 51.1 seconds with Edvin Anger third.
- Jessie Diggins controlled the women's 20 km pursuit for her 30th World Cup win, widening her overall cushion as Moa Ilar took second and Teresa Stadlober third.
- After placing 12th in the new Heat Mass Start, Klaebo began the pursuit with a 45-second head start and at times expanded it to more than a minute.
- Germany recorded mixed results: Pia Fink finished 12th and sits four seconds off tenth overall, Janosch Brugger placed 25th, Florian Notz 27th, Friedrich Moch 55th, and Coletta Rydzek fell to 42nd.
- The German roster thinned as Katharina Hennig Dotzler withdrew slightly ill on Dec. 31 and Anian Sossau-Daubermann plus Theresa Fürstenberg skipped Toblach to prioritize other events, with a Val di Fiemme sprint Saturday and the Alpe Cermis mass start Sunday up next.