Vermeulen fights strongly! Fifth place in the skiathlon of the Tour de Ski!

Vermeulen fights strongly! Fifth place in the skiathlon of the Tour de Ski!

The Austrian cross -country skier Mika delivered a strong performance at the Tour de Ski! The 25-year-old achieved a remarkable fifth place at the skiathlon, only 5.1 seconds behind winners Johannes Klaebo from Norway. Vermeulen narrowly missed the podium and also had to give up the Italian Federico Pellegrino, who impressed with a surprising second place (+2.4). The Norwegian Jan Jensen (+3.9) came third. With this result, Vermeulen remains fourth in the overall ranking, with a gap of 2:24 minutes onto the leading Klaebo, such as sueddeutsche.de .

The Norwegians dominate the scene and show their strength again because five athletes landed among the top six. Harald Østberg Amundsen, who won the third stage of the Tour de Ski with an impressive performance, can now have hopes for the overall ranking, while Klaebo can continue to assert the leadership despite a deficit. With so much talent from Norway, it remains to be seen how Vermeulen is in the next race and whether he remains true to his upward trend.