Here are some of our best images from the Tour de Ski men’s 20k skiathlon.
The men’s field on the first climb.
First descent.
Dropping into the stadium.
Dropping into stadium.
Hellner, 4th.
Kershaw descending.
Freeman, 47th.
Cologna leading the pack up the first climb.
Kris Freeman, 27th.
Hamilton, 75th.
A group on the climb.
Filbrich, Legkov, and Hellner.
Freeman.
Kris Freeman.
Canada on the descent.
Dropping down.
One of the premes.
Simi Hamilton.
The leaders on the final climb.
Leaders.
Harvey, 7th.
Stadium.
Canada on the first hill.
Russia leading from the start.
Kershaw, 6th.
Babikov, pre-fall.
Freeman, early on.
Harvey in second.
Kershaw and Legkov.
Northug, 1st.
Nat Herz.
Hard at work.
Cologna, 2nd.
Cologna.
Harvey, mid-air.
Alex Harvey.
And again, Harvey.
Freeman, early in the skate.
Northug full compression.
Did I get the preme or did you?
Petter Northug (NOR) and Dario Cologna (SUI) fighting during last year’s Tour de Ski; in Italy today, they skied together for 35 kilometers before Northug emerged on top.
Northug and Cologna check each other out to see who’s ahead.
FasterSkierJanuary 1, 2012
