Press Release 7^th January 2018

HEIDI WENG LIKE A BUTTERFLY ON ALPE CERMIS (ITA)
IT IS THE SECOND TOUR DE SKI WON IN A ROW
BY THE NORWEGIAN

Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme (ITA) – Today the Final Climb 
Heidi Weng incredible ahead of Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg, she is once again the queen
Third place to Jessica Diggins who prevailed over Krista Parmakoski

“Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee", this is what Drew Bundini Brown whispered to Muhammad Ali during the boxing matches. A thought that fits perfectly also to Norway’s "butterfly” Heidi Weng who, thanks to her lightness, managed to find herself at ease even on the most difficult track of the cross-country skiing world: Alpe Cermis in Val di Fiemme (ITA), the last stage of Tour de Ski. But Weng is also capable of sticking, deleting the limited advantage that her compatriot Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg had at the start. There were two duels on the track of the last stage of the twelfth Tour de Ski: one between Weng and Oestberg and the other between Jessica Diggins (USA) and Krista Parmakoski (FIN). As soon as the track starts to climb Weng becomes unstoppable, boasting 35 seconds on Oestberg at km 8.1, while at the finish line the total advantage reaches +48.5, ending in 32:13.3. Diggins is third and Parmakoski fourth. At 2.30 pm the men Final Climb of 9 km will follow. 
For further information: www.fiemmeworldcup.com 

Ladies 9 km Pursuit Free - Final Climb

1 WENG Heidi NOR 32:13.3; 2 OESTBERG Ingvild Flugstad NOR 33:01.8; 3 DIGGINS Jessica USA 34:36.5; 4 PARMAKOSKI Krista FIN 35:11.0; 5 STADLOBER Teresa AUT 35:22.7; 6 NISKANEN Kerttu FIN 36:30.3; 7 SEDOVA Anastasia RUS 37:02.9; 8 VON SIEBENTHAL Nathalie SUI 37:09.4; 9 BJORNSEN Sadie USA 38:28.3; 10 BOEHLER Stefanie GER 38:54.4;