CORTINA and TOBLACH, Italy – The men’s 35 kilometer course from Cortina to Toblach features a smooth gradual uphill and then a smooth gradual downhill, followed by 3 kilometers of familiar terrain in the Toblach nordic network. Due to this fact, on site photographers for the most part caught the racers only at the end, as they came through the stadium. Here is what we saw (that was not on the JumboTron).
Toby the Toblach Mascot
Fan Club Petter Northug
Yoshida and Musgrave (49th and 55th)
Freeman after Finish
Freeman Finishing
Chernousov and Bauer (7th and 8th)
Bauer (8th)
Chernousov and Bauer
Chernousov in the Tour de Ski.
Turychev (13th)
Vylegzhanin Leads 2nd Chase Group
Harvey at Finish
Kershaw, after placing fourth in the 35 k freestyle race in Stage 7 of this year’s Tour de Ski.
Maurice Magnificat (FRA) and Kershaw at the finish of Stage 7.
Kershaw, (Almost) Collapsed
Legkov and Swiss physiotherapist Isabelle Knaute at the finish of the 35 k stage of the Tour de Ski in 2012.
Legkov, Collapsed
Hellner, Collapsed
Magnificat, Collapsed
Northug
Petter Northug at the end of Stage 7 of the Tour de Ski.
5 Collapsed At Finish
Kershaw at Finish
The chase pack, led by Northug, on the homestretch.
Chase Pack Enters Stadium
The chase pack, nearing the finish.
Northug (2nd)
Cologna, on his way across the finish line.
Harvey Over the Top
Hellner and Kershaw
Marcus Hellner and Devon Kershaw in Stage 7.
Dario Cologna skiing to the win in Stage 7 of the Tour Ski.
