Overview
- Norway’s Astrid Öyre Slind won the 10 km classic in Toblach by seven seconds over Austria’s Teresa Stadlober, with Jessie Diggins third at +8.8 seconds.
- With her podium, Diggins moved into the overall Tour de Ski lead by 39 seconds ahead of Slind after two stages.
- Coletta Rydzek placed 15th for a career-best 10 km World Cup result and retained a spot on the overall podium.
- Katharina Hennig Dotzler finished tenth to meet the Olympic qualification standard despite reporting a frozen contact lens during the race.
- Germany placed six of seven starters in the top 30, a team showing praised by head coach Peter Schlickenrieder, and the Tour resumes in Toblach with a new 5 km heat-mass-start stage on New Year’s Eve.