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With three trips up the Mördarbacken today in the men’s 15km classical mass start there are plenty of stories to be told, but here is a glimpse of what it looked like.
Valjas celebrates.
Martin Sunby (NOR) congratulates Valjas.
Valjas takes third as Kershaw battles for fifth.
Valjas, still in fifth as teammate Kershaw looks to make a move of his own.
And here comes Lenny…
Entering the homestretch.
Devon Kershaw
Jean Marc Gaillard (FRA)
Roenning and Cologna move to the front.
Striding up the Mördarbacken.
Hellner and Roenning control the pace up the Mördarbacken.
Find your spot in line.
Hellner takes the lead and pleases the croud.
Lots of tucking today.
The leaders.
Daniel Rickardsson (SWE)
Starting up the Mördarbacken.
Marcus Hellner (SWE)
Alex Harvey during the 2012 World Cup Finals 15 k classic mass start in Falun, Sweden, where he placed 18th behind teammates Lenny Valjas in third and Devon Kershaw in fifth.
While other sections of the course were soft and wet, the Mördarbacken was quite hard.
Heading up the Mördarbacken.
The Canadian men mixing it up in the lead pack.
Heading up the Mördarbacken.
Cologna comes to the front.
Kevin Sandau (CAN)World Cup Finals, Falun, Sweden, Men’s 15km classical mass start, 2012
Devon Kershaw (CAN)
The Russians force the pace.
The Russians were doing work at the front.
Lapping through the stadium.
Lapping through the stadium.
Alex Harvey (CAN)
Cologna catches a draft.