Overview
- Savely Korostelev finished 12th in the 20 km classic race in Toblach on January 1, clocking 47:55.5.
- Johannes Klæbo won the stage in 46:01.7, with Norway’s Mattis Stenshagen second (+51.1) and Sweden’s Edvin Anger third (+59.8).
- The result moves Korostelev to 10th in the overall Tour de Ski standings at +1:54, with Klæbo leading at 1:19:31.
- A day earlier, Korostelev fell near the finish of his mass-start heat, posting 9:56.8 for 16th in his heat and 64th overall; Gus Schumacher won that race ahead of Benjamin Moser and Lars Heggen.
- Korostelev was not injured, his mother said, while Olympic silver medalist Alexander Panzhinsky called the fall the main disappointment of the day.