Ustiugov first to lead Tour de Ski start to finish; Canada’s Harvey seventh
CAVALESE, Italy — Alex Harvey of St-Ferreol-les-Neiges, Que., finished a career-best seventh on Sunday in the Tour de Ski.
The 28-year-old Harvey finished the final stage of the circuit — a nine-kilometre skate-ski pursuit race that finishes with the final three kilometres straight up an alpine ski hill that boasts a 28 per cent hill grade — in 33 minutes 7.4 seconds.
“It was quite good today. That was the best position ever for me up the climb, and I had the 14th best time on the day,” said Harvey, who also skied faster than the overall leader Sergey Ustiugov on the day. “I was skiing with Manificat and Heikkinen who had the top-two times on the day. I was with them for a bit, but it was just a bit to fast for me. They crushed everyone on the hill.
Russia’s Ustiugov won the final stage and overall Tour de Ski. Ustiugov won an unprecedented six of the seven stages — finishing with a winning time of 30:27.7.