Overview
- He started in the third group, crashed shortly before the finish and placed 16th in his heat with a time of 9:56.8.
- Gus Schumacher won in 9:35.4, with Benjamin Moser second by 0.2 seconds and Lars Heggen third at +0.6.
- Five-time Olympic champion Johannes Klæbo finished 12th at +8.6.
- The race counted toward the fourth World Cup stage, which concludes on January 1.
- The Tour de Ski continues through January 4 following FIS’s acceptance of the CAS decision and the granting of neutral status to 21 Russian athletes.